Bottom Feeders For Betta Tank

They are doing well too.

Bottom feeders for betta tank. Secondly the food tends to accumulate at the bottom of the tank and bettas are surface feeders. Most bottom feeders tend to stick to their roots literally and are only rarely ever seen near the top of the tank. Ghost shrimp are considered as a feeder so if you keep small ghost shrimp into your betta tank then your betta fish may eat them.

Once i get the new sponge filter for the small and 10g tank set up and running for about a week or a half with distilled water and the medication i will put the ones in the tank into the big one and have him in the small one instead of the bowl. Bamboos are filter feeders that need high water flow rates way too high for betta fish and loads of tiny particulate foods to eat that they will not find if. 1 betta in 3 4 gals fine by me but 5 gals is best.

Bottom feeders don t just feed at the bottom of the tank they live there too. Level 2 original poster 0 points 11 hours ago. If you want a tank mate that ll help with the algae get a 10 gallon aquarium and consider a group of otocinclus catfish or a single clown pleco.

A possible viable option for feeding your betta for a couple of days is to add feeder fish to the tank. The bottom feeders are in the tank with the female betta and tetras. 20 gallon minimum if you want a school of corydoras or other small bottom feeders with ur betta.

Fwiw i d never ever try to keep a bamboo shrimp in a betta tank. You could probably house 3 4 pygmy cories with your betta in a tank that size. Loaches catfish and eels are just a few of the many species that love being at rock bottom.

A 5 gallon aquarium isn t big enough for any algae eaters but bottom feeders. What kind of fish can live with betta in a 10 gallon tank. Feeder fish are actually fish fry that your betta will gradually pick off and feed on while you re away.