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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / July 2005Maximum critter load for a 2 gallon tank?
Hi folks, I just set up a 2 gallon freshwater aquarium and I'm wondering how much wildlife it can support and what other kinds of creatures I can place in it that will get along with the existing inhabitants. I want a lot of variety, but without running the risk of overstocking it. It currently has: 1 male betta fish 1 adult ramshorn snail 1 tiny baby snail that just hatched 1 ghost shrimp Watercress and other types of live plants I am using an oversized Aquaclear 150 overhead power filter designed to handle up to a 30 gallon aquarium, using both the activated carbon and ammonia-absorbing Zeolite cartridges, and I change about 20% of the water every week so keeping the water pure is certainly no problem. I also just did an oxygen concentration test, which shows a good 8 PPM at a temperature of 81 degrees. Thanks for any tips! :-) - Logic316 "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement." -- Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural address - 1801 You are in the goldfish area, a subgroup of rec.aquaria.freshwater. But I can answer this for you. In the future, you'd want to head over to rec.aquaria.freshwater The 2G tank is currently at it's maximum with that betta and snail. If you want a tank with lots of variety an dplants, something 29G or larger would be required to house fish that like to school (like tetras) along with some algae patrol critters. Lilly > I am using an oversized Aquaclear 150 overhead power filter designed to > handle up to a 30 gallon aquarium, ........ ==================== This would be excessive "current" for a 2 gallon tank.  SignatureMcKoi.... the frugal ponder... My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o> >>I am using an oversized Aquaclear 150 overhead power filter designed to >>handle up to a 30 gallon aquarium, ........ > > ==================== > This would be excessive "current" for a 2 gallon tank. Not at all. My power filter is fully adjustable so I turned the current down very low. And my betta and ghost shrimp love playing under the waterfall :-) - Logic316 "History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap." -- Ronald Reagan You are at capacity. My bettas (6 individual males - 2 females, housed separately in 2 gal aquaria) ATE my ghost shrimp when they shed their outer skins....(sigh!) n > You are at capacity. > > My bettas (6 individual males - 2 females, housed separately in 2 gal > aquaria) ATE my ghost shrimp when they shed their outer skins....(sigh!) > > n I had a similar experience. I had an Amano shrimp in with a particularly aggressive betta, and he chased the shrimp clear out of the tank after it moulted. Be sure your shrimp has a cave that's too small for the betta! SignatureElaine T __ http://eethomp.com/fish.html <'__>< rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com >> You are at capacity. >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > tank after it moulted. Be sure your shrimp has a cave that's too small > for the betta! Yeah, I've been trying to make a little "safe house" for the ghost shrimp with some rocks, but it's kind of tough because that betta's pretty curious and even with all the space available for him in the tank, he deliberately seeks out and enters the tiniest crevices. - Logic316 "Conservative: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others." |
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