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i have an eclipce 6 with 2 ghost shrimps, it has been cycled and running for the last 6 months, and im finally breaking it down.

What would be a good idea. I want to put one of my HM males in there as the center fish, and base stocking around him.

What is something that is good, he is a very passive male so he will make a good tank buddy.

Maybe a nice little shoal of some peaceful cories?

I would think with a 6g tank your stocking options are few. A shoal of cories would look nice but your tank would be way overstocked. I would just keep the betta and shrimp in there, it would still be a great looking tank and your betta would be the main attraction.

Justin

Colts Fan For Life
30g platy tank: 2 sunburst wag platys, 2 redtailed white calico platys, 2 red wag platys, 1 fry(not sure who it belongs to), 1 Golden CAE.
Bettas:1 VT male

No cories in anything under 10g at least but even then I'd only suggest it for very experienced aquarists that are putting nothing but cories in the tank or it will end up easily overstocked. Best not to recommend cories for anything under 20g unless it's special circumstances.

Some really small schoolers like neons or threadfin rainbows would work. I really liked my threadfins and I doubt they would be considered a target by a betta but they are sensitive and very e to ich when transported so quarantine is necessary. Once they get over being moved and settled into a new tank they aren't too bad. Not for a cycling tank for sure and not really a beginner fish but they don't usually die off if you miss a few water changes on an otherwise well kept tank.

If you want bottomfeeders aside from shrimp I'd do either kuhli loaches(3-4) or 1 of the rather small plecos like clowns.

Sry Christopher, I dont know of many betta tank mates. Somthing hardy, loaches are a good choise.

-Newb

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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

Somthing hardy, loaches are a good choise.

There's not a loach I can think of that would fit in a 6 gallon. Even dwarf loaches (Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki) get to be about 2.5 inches and need a school of at least 6, plus they're active enough to appreciate a bigger tank.

Kuhli loaches are the only ones I'd consider. They have alot less body mass and are less active than botia loaches. None of the botia species are acceptable and the only other common non botia species is the dojo loach which gets over 8".

Bumblebee gobies! I bet 2,3,4 would do good in that tank! Not sure how'd it go with the beatta tho.. and the brakish-ness and all.

In that size tank I think I would try a trio of cherry barbs and some kuhli loaches.

In the profile it says kuhli loaches get to be 4.7 inches long, at that size you could have one in there and not much else. A trio of cherry barbs would be ok. let us know what you decide to get.

Justin


Colts Fan For Life
30g platy tank: 2 sunburst wag platys, 2 redtailed white calico platys, 2 red wag platys, 1 fry(not sure who it belongs to), 1 Golden CAE.
Bettas:1 VT male

Kuhli loaches are extremely thin bodied like eels and usually aren't stretched out to their full length. They add less to the bioload and take up less space than a typical 4" fish. More like that of a 1" fish. They also spend most of their time touching the bottom or some other decoration and don't take up much swimming space. That means you could fit 3-4 in a 5-6g without much issue so long as you don't overstock the rest of the tank. There's more to look at than the length of the fish. Body mass and swimming habits make a huge difference. There are also several species sold under Kuhli loach. Mine only got to 3".

Bumblebees are best kept in a species only tank. They don't do nearly as well in freshwater versus brackish and they will likely tear a betta's fins to shreds. Nippy little monsters.

Just to kind of support what Sham said, I've got 3 kuhli loaches in my 10 gallon and I'm fairly sure they're done growing at around 3". They don't add much load at all and I could probably add a couple more to my tank. There shouldn't be any problem with 3 of them in a 6 gallon tank. Add more places for them to hide and you'll actually see them more. Great fish