What would be good in a 1 gallon besides Betta or Goldfish?

[gscorvette]

Hi,

I am looking at buying two little 1 gallon fish tanks that have lights/filter/heater. I currently have 4 bettas in there own little homes and would rather put something else in the 1 gallons.

What would be something neat? I have a lot of other fish so it would have to be something interesting if possible.

Gretchen

 

[geKo]

Ghost shrimp...

1 gallon is to small for most things.

 

[mcshell]

agree!
at first, you may find you can put a few neon tetras in a 1 gallon, but soon you'll find it too small for the fish.
However, the biggest problem i found with the 1 gallon is the cleaning part is a bit clumsy. the build-in filter usually doesn't work too well, and i ended up need to clean the tank quite frequently (like once a month). After switching to a 10 gal is much better. Only need to clean the tank once every 3 months.

 

[1979camaro]

once a month is frequent? holy cow...every three months is all you clean? most people clean at least once a month, if not weekly....you might want to consider increasing the frequency of your partial water changes

 

[colesea]

I clean all my tanks, regardless of size, once a week. That's just good fishkeeping.
~~Colesea

 

[bobrob]

About your title, Goldfish shouldnt be in a 1 gallon tank they should have 10 gallons to themselves.

 

[bobrob]

They probably cant but does anyone else think that paradise fish can live in a 1 gallon. I dont think they can.

 

[Twinbot]

Shiny rocks.

 

[FroggyFox]

lol twinbot

I agree. I have a little one gallon tank that I use for a hospital tank when I need to or for little itty bitty fry. The cleaning part is the worst...i'm in agreement with mcshell on that part. (of course all of my tanks get cleaned more often than theirs) it is a huge pain to clean the thing and its usually just easier to take the fish out and clean the whole damn tank. (which of course isn't really good for the fish)

 

[Dragonett]

Nothing, to be honest. A Betta is the only thing that you can keep in a container that size. Goldfish do much better in larger tanks, like 10 gallons, minimum.

 

[HawkEye_Pierce]

I think its even cruel to put a betta in that small of a tank...bettas like toswim too...10 gal is the smallest tank I would ever put fish in..

 

[beaver8888]

well you cant do much of anything with a 1G maybe you should step up to a 10G or higher i aggre with twinbot on what you should do with it

 

[PreciousGems]

First of all, nothing can really go in a 1 gallon. Goldfish (like stated above) need 10 gallons just for one! The common goldfish grows up to 8+ inches. Bettas would be your only option, or maybe and african dwarf frog? I love african dwarf frogs (not ot be confused with african CLAWED frogs), and you could put maybe 2 of them in that size of tank. They are sensitive to temperature changes, so make sure your heater stays between 75-78*F.

While I am all for the bigger-the-better, I disagree that its cruel to keep a betta in a 1 gallon. I keep my breeding males in 1 gallons for conditioning, and my females in 1/2 gallons for conditioning. It all depends on cleanliness of the water. You go tell any betta breeder that a 1 gallon is cruel, and they will laugh so hard. Most of them have drip systems that are constantly being filled with clean water and drained of dirty water.

Now I know you meant that 1 gallon bowls that are not cleaned often are cruel for bettas to be put in. And I agree. I always recommend people buy at least a 2.5-5 gallon for their betta. But I would not generalize and say that its cruel to keep them in other sizes. The MINIMUM for a betta in my opinion is a 1/2 gallon, but I do get disappointed when people who don't have a mass number of bettas (like myself, and other betta beeders and hobbyists) keep them in that small of tanks.

Alexa

 

[HawkEye_Pierce]

what I meant was that its cruel because there is no room for the fish to swim...try living in a closet and see how you like it...and in the closet is messy even worse!...when you see a betta in those cups at the store or even in those tiny betta tanks they don't look too happy...but look at a betta in a 10 ga and they are perky fins are flowing....

 

[MrMup04]

you could put a guppie

 

[fishysmell]

Algae is just about all I think is capable of living happily in a 1 gallon.

Diz: What are you doing with that many fish in a 5. That is way too many fish for a five gallon. Thats a decent load on a 10 gallon. A few neons is just about all that should be put in a 5. I don't even think bettas should be put in a 5 gallon. Anything an inch or more long should have at least a 10 gallon home.

 

[fishlover25]

fishy its no use on telling Diz that he has to much fish in his tanks