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cheech_n_chong Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 19-Apr-2005	Hi, I want to know if I could keep a ghost shrimp with a betta in a 2g tank with no filter,heater, or aeration.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	the betta may eat that shrimp "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Tartar_Sauce Fingerling Posts: 49 Kudos: 11 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Sep-2001	Hehe, I've had luck with 2 seperates 2.5 gals with male bettas, so far, the shrimp are unnoticed. They are a bit big for him to just eat in one bit though... I assume baby shrimp would be snacks... Just another opinion...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
smantzer Big Fish Posts: 378 Kudos: 347 Votes: 10 Registered: 02-Nov-2004	Even when my shrimp were about the size of my bettas' body, he still picked off its legs, then its eyes, then its tail, etc until it died a slow, painful death...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Tartar_Sauce Fingerling Posts: 49 Kudos: 11 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Sep-2001	Bad news... Shrimp are gone and betta doesn't look guilty about it! Oh well, I rescind my first post! Silly betta makes me look bad!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	mmmm tasty live food. I'm still waiting to see if my rainbow shrimp survive in my 55g. The gouramis have been eyeing them but I saw one out and about yesterday. Inverts and labyrinth fish don't always make the greatest mix. They get too curious and taste them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27


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