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I have a 2.5 unfiltered,,unheated tank..what else is there besides bettas? Or girl bettas? CAn 2 bettas fit?OR, I have pacman frog(dont worry he has his own 10g )who eats live goldfish,only live. So i was wondering if it would be easier to put them in there,instead of keeping them in a bredding net thing? I could use a kiddie tank bubbly thing.Moo. thank you

In that size tank you are limited to a betta in my opinion. Anything else is going to require filtration and/or a heater.

-Josh

I'm with jmara inasmuch as a betta is probably the only type of fish you could keep in there, and personally I would get a small heater if you were to keep one.

As far as keeping the goldfish, I would keep putting them in the 10 gallon breeder net. The extra water volume is going to help dilute all the ammonia that the goldfish pump out, and they pump our a lot. Goldfish are the underwater equivalent of large cows suffering from congential intestinal distress that just drank a half-gallon of really strong hot sauce, so as far as waste production goes, they rank right up there in the fish category.

Other options for the small tank:

Make it a small shrimp tank.
2-3 ghost shrimp, 2-3 cherry shrimp, or an amano shrimp would be great for a tank that size.

Set up an aquagarden.
Just do a small, planted setup with no fish or inverts.

A small hermit crab tank.
Okay, sure, it's not exactly an aquarium, but dangit, hermit crabs are just plain cool.

Joe Potato

Hermit crabs aye...What do You know about these little d00ds..like substarte,water,feeding..o just plain everything

im thinking a nice heavy planted aquarium, with 5 neon tetras, if u get a heater and maybe a small sponge filter. i had a small hagen sponge filter in a 2.5, it kept the water quite clean. Just make sure u get new sponges and carbon for it

5 neons is pushing it substantially in 2.5 gallons.
Each neon needs at least 1 g of space in my opinion.

Couple options:

Shrimp - find a groovy shrimp you like and keep a few of em. Lots of really neat shrimp out there.

A snail - try a neat snail like a small mystery snail, an asolene spixi, or a japanese trapdoor. They get bigger, but could always be traded in for a small one later, or put in a bigger tank later.

A trio of Heterandia Formosa - the mosquito fish.
Easily a trio can be kept in 2.5g, im probably even understocking these fish. Commonly, 10 per 5g is the usual stocking. Like guppies, but teeny tiny.

A nice male or female betta.

A pair of white clouds (yeah they need a school and more space technically, but I think a pair could be done well if w/c were kept regular and the tank was filtered. (sponge filters for this size tank or a minute "nano filter".

Other than that, im of the same ideas as the rest.


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