stocking a 2.5g

[tprize]

What if any fish can I put in a 2.5G Pico. I was thinking one or two fish some really small stuff though, like a shrimp goby or something like that. Let me know what you guys suggest.

 

[Illuminati]

Something like a trimma goby would be cool, half inch and red.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

except those only live like 6 months in the wild i believe (read about that somewhere). And i've only seen them at one lfs by me so i dont think they're all that easy to come across, but they are sposed to be pretty easy to keep and they're cheap.

 

[InvaderJim]

Pair of Neon Gobies?

 

[hgbarwick]

I personally would not go with a fish in a 2.4 gallon. I think it is to small for any fish. Would you like to live in a tiny box? Instead why not go with an interesting crab or shrimp. That would be a better choice.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

well you have to watch how the fish in question acts. I've got a little gobie in a 3g pico. The thing does not move a whole ton at all. Every now and then he'll hop around, but mostly these little guys hover in one spot or just burry themselves w/just their heads popping out.

In fact, i would say that it moves less than the hermit crab that is in there haha. Even when it was in a bigger tank (my 29) it stayed within around a 12 inch radius. Hardly left its little home.

 

[zma21]

Well, if he only has a few inches of space to move around, I can understand how one would think that a goby won't move much.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

you seemed to have missed the last 2 sentences....

Even when it was in a bigger tank (my 29) it stayed within around a 12 inch radius. Hardly left its little home.

 

[Tang~Cop]

I Yellow Tang would look nice LOL!

Um I think mayby a few snails or a crab would be perfect.

 

[wea747]

I have a spike fin goby and a yellow clown goby in my 3 gallon, and I will soon be getting a small regular clown for it, and a clown goby for my 1/2 gallon pico

 

[sir_dudeguy]

I Yellow Tang would look nice

Indeed it would! And you forgot to add a barracuda too

 

[hgbarwick]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9077625#post9077625 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wea747
I have a spike fin goby and a yellow clown goby in my 3 gallon, and I will soon be getting a small regular clown for it, and a clown goby for my 1/2 gallon pico

IMO thats way to many fish for a 3 gallon. A clown will get 3'' that would give it almost no room to move.

 

[DJChesnutRabbit]

Holy Cow !
That is alot of fish for a tank that size.
My 2 cents.
-Rabbit