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I'm in the process of putting together a heavily planted 2.5g for my betta. I'd really like to add some sort of shrimp or two, but not if they'll turn into betta snacks

So what are your personal experiences...

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i have never done it, but i have mixed veiws, i guess depending on the betta, but i am guessing bamboo shrimp(or wood shrimp) would be better in a betta tank than a smaller ghost shrimp, so it really comes down on teh betta, and type of shrimp.

i had a group of shrimp in my 10 gallon with a couple bettas but more of other fish, and the shrimp stuck around for a while, untill some jumped and i couldent find them (darn clear bodies!) and the others dissapeared, so i guess im not sure lol, but why not test it for yourself? ghoast shrimp dont cost too much, and if some die, then either move them or the betta, and have a happy shrimp tank, or a happy betta tank

Ghost shrimp and other shrimp of about 1.5" or larger will sometimes work. Small shrimp that are bite sized will often be seen as snacks. Ghost shrimp are still about 50/50 on whether the betta will attack them or not and an escaping shrimp does have a chance of flipping itself out of the tank. I would not keep any shrimp I really liked with any labyrinth fish. The risk that you will one day find your shrimp dead is pretty high. The large wood shrimp may be the only exception since I have seen mine fend off both sparkling and 3 spot gouramis with ease.

Wood shrimp would probably get along with bettas just fine but do not fit in a 2.5g tank. Even if you get the smallest species which would physically fit their feeding habits are not good for a small tank. They prefer to filter feed and to keep enough food suspended in the water column would ruin the water quality on a tank that small. The 3 in my 90g get fed 2 droppers full every other day of artemia food and crushed flakes mixed into a liquid filter feeder food designed for marine inverts. Being filter feeders though they are quite safe for larger tanks with even the smallest of fish.

I added some Ghost Shrimp to my 20 gallon, hoping my betta would enjoy hunting them... So far, I still have all 6 Ghost Shrimp, and that was 1 month ago...

My experience has been that ghost shrimp become food. Depends on the individual, but my betta babes, adored eating them. But since they are inexpensive, I didn't mind letting them have fresh food.

I had a single ghost shrimp in a 10g with a male betta and the betta ignored the shrimp, but I put a ghost shrimp in a 5 gal. with a female betta and it was quite horriffic how she attacked, killed, and ate the poor thing. You could try one of the large filter-feeding shrimp like bamboo shrimp or singapore wood shrimp. They are about 3 inches long, will not harm fish, and are usually intimidating enough that the fish will leave them alone.

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