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 Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:43 am
one of my bettas died a while ago and so i have an extra 2.5gal. is there any other fish out there that could happily live in one without a filter? or whats a amall filter i could use?
it doesnt have to be a fish, any aquatic animal i would be happy with.
and do gohst shrimp need a filter?
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:51 am
they do make small filters :3 i have a 3 gallon tank and it came with one but you can buy them separately as well.
i dont think you would need a filter (as long as you do water changes) as long as you had some other kind of circulation to get oxygen. so you could just add a small airstone and you wouldnt need the filter at all :3
so you could do shrimp or some snails or a single small fish or even a pair of small fish (something under 2 inches) or a pair of killifish
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:54 am
what are some good hardy small fish?
so i guess next time i go to the store ill be keeping an eye out for an airstone or one of those tiny filters.
killifish look cute but ive never seen a store that sold them
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:08 pm
you could order the killifish from that site...the price is for a pair :3 (the cheapest one they have is the same kind of killifish i have)
there are endlers live bearers
dwarf puffers
they will not eat flakes or other prepared foods. feed them frozen blood worms. they NEED to be in a cycled tank (if you have a larger tank just fill the smaller one up with that water) you cannot treat them with certain meds because they do not have scales. they have to be in that tank alone (and in that small a tank you could probably keep a pair) i know this all sounds complicated but i have some and have had no problems at all ^_^
this is all i've got so far >_< i have a small tank and went though all kinds of info o find a good fish that wasnt a betta for the tank and i ended up getting the puffers
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:34 pm
last time i tried dwarf puffers they died after 2 months, but i didnt have the tank cycled. i would love to try them again but i think ill wait until i have another 10gal set up or even a 29gal and just fill it up with them whee
ill see if my dad will let me order from that site
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:11 pm
yeah the puffers really need a cycled tank (and they are true freshwater fish...a lot of people think they are brackish and kill em that way)
my killifish have constantly been in LETS MAKE BABIES mode but i havent added anything for them to lay eggs on
thats another thing about them..they lay eggs and apparently they will do so frequently but they will only survive if you wish them so XD unlike live bearers where you may end up with a filled tank in no time
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:38 am
Happy Skittles Lizzy yeah the puffers really need a cycled tank (and they are true freshwater fish...a lot of people think they are brackish and kill em that way)
my killifish have constantly been in LETS MAKE BABIES mode but i havent added anything for them to lay eggs on
thats another thing about them..they lay eggs and apparently they will do so frequently but they will only survive if you wish them so XD unlike live bearers where you may end up with a filled tank in no time oh thank god. as i said in my other thread, i have a feeder guppy and she has been popping out babies like crazy even though she hasnt been around a male in months
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:55 am
yeah they can hold sperm for a while @_@ thats why its like...impossible for people to be specific when breeding live bearers like guppies and mollies
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:27 am
how long can they store sperm?
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:47 am
a month apparently? XD
i want to say i read some where
a few weeks
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:39 am
then how on earth is she still poppin gout babies? my last male died in back in feb.
random question, how do i know when its time to change out all the stuff in my filter? i have an aquaclear filter with the sponge and all that
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:11 am
imma send a pm
because the way i am doing my tanks is based on some really new neat stuff i have read and i dont want to post it here for everyone to see because its kind of REALLY backwards and may be a bad idea for people just starting new
although it makes lots of sense
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:56 am
Female guppies (and most livebearers I assume?) can hold sperm until it's all used up.
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