How much can a 2 gallon tank hold animal wise?

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?

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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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




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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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http://groups.google.com/group/The-F...Aquarium?hl=en

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




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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-F...Aquarium?hl=en

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.

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.

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.