What fish in a 2 gallon bowl. Please help.

I just bought a 2 gallon bowl. My question is what fish can I put in the bowl. I was thinking 4-6 ghost shrimp and some live java fern. Can I maybe put a betta in there to. Any suggestion would really help thanks.

 

I'm not sure if this applies to all fish but I've heard that fish can get really stressed in bowls because the vibrations from the movements from the fish are reflected back onto the fish by the bent glass. This causes permenant stress & the fishes resistance to desease weakens. But again this may only apply to some fish. Im not really sure.

 

I haven't heard of that before but what fish do you think I can have in a 2 gallon tank of any shape.

 

a betta would work and same with ghostshrimp.....im not sure however if a plant would work in there or not.

 

i would put the betta i think the live plant would be fine just make sure it gets light

 

I returned the bowl and got a 2 gallon tank set up with a ugf hood/light and heater. Does this change my stocking ideas. Another idea is 1-2 platys and a fiddler crab or 1-2 fancy guppies and a fiddler crab or maybe 1 honey or dwarf gourami and a fiddler crab. Would this work. Any suggestions.

 

the carb might eat the platy's and guppy's and might attck the gourmai

 

the crab might eat the platy's and guppy's and might attck the gourmai

 

fiddler crabs are nocturnal, so they will be on the hunt when the fish are calmed down and "sleeping" so that wouldnt be a good idea

 

could I just have the 2 platys and a snail or a honey or dwarf gourami.

 

yep

 

the platies and a gourami might be ok but dont quote me 100 percent. The gourami might need a tank that is 10 gallon minimun. -tl

 

Even a filtered 2 gallon is extremely limiting.

You could go with 1 maybe 2 guppies, 1 betta, 1 dwarf gourami, 1 platy, one sword tail, 1 african dwarf frog, 1 apple snail maybe 2, or some ghost shrimp (btw, that's one of those choices, not all of them). You might be able to fit a dwarf puffer in a 2 gallon, but I'm not entirely sure.

That's pretty much it.

-Chelle

 

How many ghost shrimp. I am planning to have live plants that would help right.?

 

I've never actually kept ghost shrimp before so I'm going to just guess at 3 or 4. Live plants will help a little, but not a whole lot in that small of a tank.

-Chelle

 

are you tlaking aobut just ghost shrimp and nothing else in the tank? im thinking maybe 5 or 6.....i have kept them before, they are pretty cool to watch, especially when eating....you can see the stomach working (the green organ that moves like an ocean wave)

 

Yeah just 5-6 Ghost shrimp and maybe a mystery snail and some live plants would this work. :y_the_best:

 

do you have the dimensions on the tank?

 

FIRST OFF.. to OP.. a few african dwarf frogs are fun they chase eachother around, but you gotta be careful with them for feeding and make sure they get the food and that the other fish arent eating their food.. :\....


TO CHELLE- hey i've been reading a lot and i have a 5g hex tank that im setting up at the moment. right now i have a very small 1g betta tank that came all with the stuff in it. and i added a thermometer so i can make sure theyre not cold. i have a male betta and an african dwarf frog then get a long pretty well except one time i caught the frog riding the betta but other than that one time theyre fine.

anyways i was thinking about added a little dwarf puffer once i transfer everything to the 5g. its an eclipse hex-5 i have live plants for it and im gonna put some neat stuff for the fish to hide in etc. i guess my question is.. can you put the dwarf puffer with the beta without the puffer killing the beta? half the sites i've gone to say it should be alright. and the other half says either not sure or no. but then when i got the frog a lot of sites said it depends on the agressiveness of both.. so do you think its the same case with the puffer in that it is a chance?

 

I had a betta and mystery snail in a small heated tank and they did very well. Bettas ideally need a heated tank, being tropical fish. They mioght survive in an unheated tank, but they do not thrive. They are much more active and vibrant in a heated tank. Dwarf African Frogs are cool, I have 2 in my aquaruim and they are such fun to watch. Just gotta watch for escapees...