How much can a 2 gallon tank hold animal wise?

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I have a new 2 gallon tank with a bio-wheel, carbon filter and full
hood. I have one betta in it right now but I'd like to add two African
Dwarf frogs and/or some glass shrimp.

Is two gallons two small to achieve this?

[Gill Passman]

wrote:
> I have a new 2 gallon tank with a bio-wheel, carbon filter and full
> hood. I have one betta in it right now but I'd like to add two African
> Dwarf frogs and/or some glass shrimp.
>
> Is two gallons two small to achieve this?
>

In a tank that small....I would keep the betta and maybe some
shrimp.....I'm not certain of the bio-load of frogs but IME the betta
and shrimps would be enough providing the betta doesn't take a fancy to
a shrimp dinner (mine hasn't yet)

Gill


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[Nikki]

just a quick thought to think about....I put my frogs in with my betta and
my betta tried nipping at the ADF, he also would not share the blood worms
with the frogs, I am sure people have kept them together and in a bigger
tank i dont think i would of had that problem, but incase you get a betta
have a back up plan.
Nik




"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>> I have a new 2 gallon tank with a bio-wheel, carbon filter and full
>> hood. I have one betta in it right now but I'd like to add two African
>> Dwarf frogs and/or some glass shrimp.
>>
>> Is two gallons two small to achieve this?
>>
>
> In a tank that small....I would keep the betta and maybe some
> shrimp.....I'm not certain of the bio-load of frogs but IME the betta and
> shrimps would be enough providing the betta doesn't take a fancy to a
> shrimp dinner (mine hasn't yet)
>
> Gill
>
>
> Also posting troll free on
> http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium?hl=en

[jake]

I kept two African Dwarf Frogs and a Betta in a 5 gal. Mistake. Both
the frogs are now dead and the betta is all alone.

I think that it is overstocking, as well as the fact that bettas can be
pretty aggressive over food.

Nikki wrote:
> just a quick thought to think about....I put my frogs in with my betta and
> my betta tried nipping at the ADF, he also would not share the blood worms
> with the frogs, I am sure people have kept them together and in a bigger
> tank i dont think i would of had that problem, but incase you get a betta
> have a back up plan.
> Nik
>
>
>
>
> "Gill Passman" > wrote in message
> ...
> > wrote:
> >> I have a new 2 gallon tank with a bio-wheel, carbon filter and full
> >> hood. I have one betta in it right now but I'd like to add two African
> >> Dwarf frogs and/or some glass shrimp.
> >>
> >> Is two gallons two small to achieve this?
> >>
> >
> > In a tank that small....I would keep the betta and maybe some
> > shrimp.....I'm not certain of the bio-load of frogs but IME the betta and
> > shrimps would be enough providing the betta doesn't take a fancy to a
> > shrimp dinner (mine hasn't yet)
> >
> > Gill
> >
> >
> > Also posting troll free on
> > http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium?hl=en

[Tynk]

wrote:
> I have a new 2 gallon tank with a bio-wheel, carbon filter and full
> hood. I have one betta in it right now but I'd like to add two African
> Dwarf frogs and/or some glass shrimp.
>
> Is two gallons two small to achieve this?

Hi there.
A 2g tank is much too small to house 2 ADF's and a male Betta.
AD Frogs put out a lot of waste and need a larger tank than you would
think (for being so small).
You could try some Ghost Shrimp. Get larger ones.
Just be aware that many become food.
Other than that, the tank is too small to house really anything else
except a single Betta.

[Tynk]

jake wrote:
> I kept two African Dwarf Frogs and a Betta in a 5 gal. Mistake. Both
> the frogs are now dead and the betta is all alone.
>
> I think that it is overstocking, as well as the fact that bettas can be
> pretty aggressive over food.
>
Hi Jake.

You mentioned your AD Frogs died.
I'm curious, were you feeding them Bloodworms (frozen not freeze dried)
and doing by hand (or with a dropper)?
I ask because you mentioned the Betta being aggressive at feeding time
(which is perfectly normal for a Betta), and knowing how fast a Betta
can gobble up food, and how slow eaters the Frogs are, I wonder if they
got enough food.
Lack of food is the number 1 killer of these cute froggies.

[jake]

I fed them frozen bloodworms by hand. Normally the betta would just eat
the food before the frogs could get it, so I started increasing the
number of bloodworms and substituting the betta's normal feeding when I
fed bloodworms. I know that the frogs got some but the betta usually
amnaged to get 80 percent of the food.

Tynk wrote:
> jake wrote:
> > I kept two African Dwarf Frogs and a Betta in a 5 gal. Mistake. Both
> > the frogs are now dead and the betta is all alone.
> >
> > I think that it is overstocking, as well as the fact that bettas can be
> > pretty aggressive over food.
> >
> Hi Jake.
>
> You mentioned your AD Frogs died.
> I'm curious, were you feeding them Bloodworms (frozen not freeze dried)
> and doing by hand (or with a dropper)?
> I ask because you mentioned the Betta being aggressive at feeding time
> (which is perfectly normal for a Betta), and knowing how fast a Betta
> can gobble up food, and how slow eaters the Frogs are, I wonder if they
> got enough food.
> Lack of food is the number 1 killer of these cute froggies.

[Tynk]

jake wrote:
> I fed them frozen bloodworms by hand. Normally the betta would just eat
> the food before the frogs could get it, so I started increasing the
> number of bloodworms and substituting the betta's normal feeding when I
> fed bloodworms. I know that the frogs got some but the betta usually
> amnaged to get 80 percent of the food.
>

Hi Jake.

The next time you try your hand at African Dwarf Froggies, try using a
dropper to feed them.
It's so much easier and you control not only where the food goes, but
how much comes out at a time.
I found this method to be perfect for feeding both a male Betta and a
couple ADF's in the same tank.
I was also using this method for feeding them in the 75g as well.
Being in a larger tank, by the time they found food the Angelfish would
have eaten it and been looking for more already. I was able to keep
them nice and fat that way.
I find the ones at the local pharmacy used for liquid medication
(usually for babies or kids) work out great.

[swarvegorilla]

"Tynk" > wrote in message
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>
> jake wrote:
>> I fed them frozen bloodworms by hand. Normally the betta would just eat
>> the food before the frogs could get it, so I started increasing the
>> number of bloodworms and substituting the betta's normal feeding when I
>> fed bloodworms. I know that the frogs got some but the betta usually
>> amnaged to get 80 percent of the food.
>>
>
> Hi Jake.
>
> The next time you try your hand at African Dwarf Froggies, try using a
> dropper to feed them.
> It's so much easier and you control not only where the food goes, but
> how much comes out at a time.
> I found this method to be perfect for feeding both a male Betta and a
> couple ADF's in the same tank.
> I was also using this method for feeding them in the 75g as well.
> Being in a larger tank, by the time they found food the Angelfish would
> have eaten it and been looking for more already. I was able to keep
> them nice and fat that way.
> I find the ones at the local pharmacy used for liquid medication
> (usually for babies or kids) work out great.
>

Turkey baster can work pretty well too.
Thats me production line feeder when I'm dumb enuf to raise a betta spawn