2.5 Gallon Tanks

[Kairi]

i want two 2.5 gallon tanks for betta fish.... i know you can cycle a 3 gallon, can you cycle a 2.5 gallon?

 

[OohFeeshy]

Sure, if it's filtered. People seem to think that you can't cycle anything under 5g, but I've successfully cycled a 3l (just under 1g) tank, and will attempt to cycle a 1/2g once I've made the filter better.

 

[Kairi]

they'll be filtered by a penn plax small world filter. well, heck, if you truely cycled a one gallon- once these babies grow out of the 1 gal i have them in at the moment, i might cycle that then...

 

[dthoffsett]

I just cloned my betta tank. I added the filter for the betta tank to one of the filters on my other tank, waited 2 weeks, and presto, instantly cycled betta tank. I still kept a close eye on the stats in the betta tank for the first week or so to make sure.

 

[Kairi]

well, the 10 gallon that one betta is in presently has an altogether different filter than the two 2.5 gallons i plan on getting at some point this summer. i'm pretty sure they have no filters unless i use a penn plax (like in the 1 gallon)