1.66 Gallon Tank.

[halfbloodprincess]

What would be the best stocking for that size tank? Along with a betta.

 

[sic0198]

An african dwarf frog will live in the betta tank.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Any type of shrimp?

 

[kniesh]

Cherry Shrimp or Ghost shrimp would be great in there and would go great with ur Betta.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Thanks!

Anything else that could go?

 

[three-fingers]

Snails if your pH isnt acidic. I take it this tank will have a heater filter light .ect? Go for some nice snails like mahogany mts or red ramshorns(i would only get one rams horn as they breed) . Though in a tank that small it would be the betta and frog, or the betta and shrimp(only a couple) and snails(can be messy so not any too big and make sur ethey dont breed). Or betta and 3 shrimp, or a betta and a few ramshorn snails.
Personally i would go for triops and snails though...but thats just me.

 

[halfbloodprincess]

Ok so how bout this.

1 betta
1 cherry shrimp
1 ramshorn snail

Yes it will have a heater and filter.

 

[n3ont3tra]

I would say 3 shrimp and a snail. If you plant then it'll look really nice.

EDIT: That's a good stockcing. Nothing more though.

 

[MegTheFish]

You should just stick with the betta, OR an african dwarf frog, OR shrimp in my opinion. The tank is small and shouldn't even really hold a betta in a first place but people still do it. And just because you have the tank doesn't mean you have to do anything with it, I know the feeling, its hard to let it sit empty! But I have lots of tanks under 5 gallons laying around the house, could always be used as a quick QT tank or hospital tank. Its just that a tank that hard is difficult to keep stable, you would have to be doing water changes atleast twice a week and I know from experience that that can stress out fish

 

[n3ont3tra]

I wouldn't just do one ADF or shrimp, though, because they do much much better in groups. There will be a lot of evaporation in a tank that small. As long as you do enough water changes you should be okay. I'd say every 2 to 3 days, 50%.

 

[MegTheFish]

I wouldn't just do one ADF or shrimp, though, because they do much much better in groups. There will be a lot of evaporation in a tank that small. As long as you do enough water changes you should be okay. I'd say every 2 to 3 days, 50%.

I agree neontetra. So either a betta or a couple of shrimp would work (2 adfs would be too much).

 

[n3ont3tra]

I don't think 2 ADFs would be too much... I think you could probably have 3 in there. It'd be better than having 1.

 

[three-fingers]

3 adf's in a 1.66 gal?! Bearing in mind that the actual volume would be smaller anyway...three would be way too much. A tank that small has a very small bioload. Three would only work with 100% water changes daily, frogs poop alot.
I agree that 1 is not ideal, so i woulden't do it, but its better than 3. Go for the betta or the shrimp(three cherry shrimp, nothing bigger!) and snails(once again make sure they don't breed).

 

[erk628]

If I were you, but I'm not but if I was I would get a five gallon!

 

[daspricey]

to be honest...
nothing.
imo bettas need 5g at least, just cuz they live in puddles doesn't mean they would perfur it. they like room to swim about.
the only livestock i owuld add is 3 cherry shrimp and 1 apple snail.

david