fish suggestions for bowl

test4echo · 05-09-2006, 09:34 PM

I have a small bowl (about a quart) that is currently empty except for some java moss growing on a small piece of driftwood. I would appreciate any suggestions/ comments you may have of fish to put in there. The space is just enough for a fully grown male betta. This bowl has no lid nor heater and is a Marineland Betta Sphere in case anyone wants to know. The fish listed above in the poll are just ideas i have thought of so far and would like any input on other fish that would be compatible in this evironment. Thanks for your suggestions.

joephys · 05-09-2006, 09:51 PM

Snail

Daveedka · 05-09-2006, 10:17 PM

I'd Vote snail as well, IF you do not have a filter daily large (75% or more) water changes are needed to protect your fish. this can be done, but Would detract fromt he entertainment value in my mind.
Cherry shrimp are pretty sensative to ammonia (Otherwise tough enough) so it would be hard to keep them as well. A snail will is not bothered by ammonia or nitrites, and you would be amazed just how interesting a snail can be.
dave

onepawnup · 05-09-2006, 10:28 PM

hmm i was thinking of keeping snails to keep a quarenteen tank cycled
should i remove the snails when im quarenteening or just leave them in ??

tkos · 05-10-2006, 07:50 AM

I wouldn't keep anything in that small of a bowl. The water will need to be changed daily or will just go nasty.

Onepawnup, you should start a new thread so we don't get discussions mixed up. You'll get better answers that way.

FreddytheFish · 05-10-2006, 01:59 PM

I vote for "nothing".

Unless you are ready to commit to almost daily water changes, don't put something in a bowl.

Blinky · 05-10-2006, 03:19 PM

How about turning it into a pico planted tank? Maybe not as easy to set up as a plain betta tank, but loads of fun and much nicer to look at IMO - find small-leaved and/or slow-growing plants, make the most aesthetically appealing layout you can, and ta-da! Instant conversation piece, no fish necessary. Add a few ramshorn and Malayan trumpet snails to keep algae down and gravel/sand stirred and you're done

Here's a (side) picture of my 1g pico just to give you an idea, it was up and running for about a year before I gave it away. I fertilized the plants twice a week and used a 13W PC desk lamp, it was very easy to care for.

DeputyChiefJR · 05-10-2006, 03:21 PM

I think a plastic fish would survive ok in there

quenton · 05-10-2006, 04:52 PM

"But they keep bettas in little drinking glasses at my LFS!!!"

Sorry, I have to vote nothing too. Anything under a couple of gallons is not a fish tank. Plants only maybe?? Snail? Maybe 2 shrimps?

UncaBret · 05-10-2006, 05:27 PM

I agree with that, a couple of ghost shrimp maybe.

IceH2O · 05-10-2006, 05:37 PM

Sea Monkeys?

larissa · 05-10-2006, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncaBret

I agree with that, a couple of ghost shrimp maybe.

I don't think it would be acceptable for shrimp of any kind either. Most shrimp are pretty sensitive to bad water. It might be doable if the water was changed every one or two days, but there's also the possibility of the shrimp jumping out if there is no top.

UncaBret · 05-10-2006, 05:55 PM

Oooooh, good point.

Okay. sea monkeys, like Ice suggested. They can also be a food source.

DirtyDawg10 · 05-11-2006, 11:13 AM

The only thing I would put in a bowl that small is cereal & milk...No fish.

nursie · 05-11-2006, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeputyChiefJR

I think a plastic fish would survive ok in there

I was gonna suggest glass fish..ones made out of glass that is.

sploke · 05-11-2006, 12:02 PM

Sea monkeys would probably work lol

rosita · 05-12-2006, 04:45 AM

Leftovers!!!!

test4echo · 05-12-2006, 06:59 PM

Then what are betta bowls for if you can't even put one in them?!!!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!???!!?!!!?!?!

larissa · 05-12-2006, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by test4echo

Then what are betta bowls for if you can't even put one in them?!!!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!???!!?!!!?!?!

Not good for anything, IMO.

Daveedka · 05-12-2006, 08:22 PM

Unfortunately for beatta's the folks who made Beatta bowls were marketing experts not fish keepers. They are quite possibly the single most abused species of fish in our hobby.

dave

View Poll Results: fish:
male betta	2	14.29%
female betta	0	0%
a few cherry red shrimp	2	14.29%
other (please post)	10	71.43%
Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

05-09-2006, 09:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
test4echo I'm here for the food Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7	fish suggestions for bowl I have a small bowl (about a quart) that is currently empty except for some java moss growing on a small piece of driftwood. I would appreciate any suggestions/ comments you may have of fish to put in there. The space is just enough for a fully grown male betta. This bowl has no lid nor heater and is a Marineland Betta Sphere in case anyone wants to know. The fish listed above in the poll are just ideas i have thought of so far and would like any input on other fish that would be compatible in this evironment. Thanks for your suggestions.

05-09-2006, 10:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Daveedka in memory of Rusty Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,974	I'd Vote snail as well, IF you do not have a filter daily large (75% or more) water changes are needed to protect your fish. this can be done, but Would detract fromt he entertainment value in my mind. Cherry shrimp are pretty sensative to ammonia (Otherwise tough enough) so it would be hard to keep them as well. A snail will is not bothered by ammonia or nitrites, and you would be amazed just how interesting a snail can be. dave __________________ I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

05-10-2006, 03:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
DeputyChiefJR I'm hungry Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Britain, CT Posts: 626	I think a plastic fish would survive ok in there __________________ Jon 75 Gallon Mixed Africans 26 Gallon Community

05-10-2006, 05:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
UncaBret I don't knoooow....... Join Date: May 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 2,208	I agree with that, a couple of ghost shrimp maybe. __________________ I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. -Abraham Lincoln-

05-09-2006, 09:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
joephys Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: auburn, wa Posts: 4,393	Snail

05-09-2006, 10:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
onepawnup new but learning Join Date: May 2006 Location: TEXAS Posts: 34	hmm i was thinking of keeping snails to keep a quarenteen tank cycled should i remove the snails when im quarenteening or just leave them in ??

05-10-2006, 07:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
tkos Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 137	I wouldn't keep anything in that small of a bowl. The water will need to be changed daily or will just go nasty. Onepawnup, you should start a new thread so we don't get discussions mixed up. You'll get better answers that way.

05-10-2006, 01:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
FreddytheFish Anachrønøs Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 961	I vote for "nothing". Unless you are ready to commit to almost daily water changes, don't put something in a bowl.

05-10-2006, 03:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Blinky Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 162	How about turning it into a pico planted tank? Maybe not as easy to set up as a plain betta tank, but loads of fun and much nicer to look at IMO - find small-leaved and/or slow-growing plants, make the most aesthetically appealing layout you can, and ta-da! Instant conversation piece, no fish necessary. Add a few ramshorn and Malayan trumpet snails to keep algae down and gravel/sand stirred and you're done Here's a (side) picture of my 1g pico just to give you an idea, it was up and running for about a year before I gave it away. I fertilized the plants twice a week and used a 13W PC desk lamp, it was very easy to care for.

05-10-2006, 04:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
quenton Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 173	"But they keep bettas in little drinking glasses at my LFS!!!" Sorry, I have to vote nothing too. Anything under a couple of gallons is not a fish tank. Plants only maybe?? Snail? Maybe 2 shrimps?

05-10-2006, 05:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
IceH2O Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill,SC Posts: 642	Sea Monkeys?

05-10-2006, 05:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
UncaBret I don't knoooow....... Join Date: May 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 2,208	Oooooh, good point. Okay. sea monkeys, like Ice suggested. They can also be a food source. __________________ I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. -Abraham Lincoln-

05-11-2006, 11:13 AM	#14 (permalink)
DirtyDawg10 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,391	The only thing I would put in a bowl that small is cereal & milk...No fish. __________________ Derek Self-Proclaimed FUTURE Fish Master IN TRAINING

05-11-2006, 12:02 PM	#16 (permalink)
sploke ladies love country boys Join Date: May 2006 Location: Eastern CT Posts: 402	Sea monkeys would probably work lol

05-12-2006, 04:45 AM	#17 (permalink)
rosita hardy har harrr Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cape Fear River Basin Posts: 2,076	Leftovers!!!! __________________ uuhhhhh . . . . I have no words . . . .

05-12-2006, 06:59 PM	#18 (permalink)
test4echo I'm here for the food Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7	Then what are betta bowls for if you can't even put one in them?!!!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!???!!?!!!?!?!

05-12-2006, 08:22 PM	#20 (permalink)
Daveedka in memory of Rusty Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,974	Unfortunately for beatta's the folks who made Beatta bowls were marketing experts not fish keepers. They are quite possibly the single most abused species of fish in our hobby. dave __________________ I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

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