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Provided you have a large enough tank and sufficient plant cover for the shrimp to hide in so that it won't be killed by the Betta. The shrimp is classed as a fish when following the basic rule. This rule is 1 inch of fish needs a minimum of 1 gallon of water and all water containing life must have a cycled filter.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoBettas eat small shrimps. Glofish (Zebra Danio) and Neon tetras will pick at their legs if they can. So if you wish to risk it just remember that any living thing in your tank will be using up oxygen and will also be pooping too. So you will need to make sure your filter is up to the extra work and you will also need to make larger weekly water changes if you want things to go well. The basic rule is "1 inch of fish needs a minimum of 1 gallon of water". (read living aquatic organism for fish)
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∙ 14y agoProvided the tank is large enough for both creatures you could try but it is possible that the Betta will rip the legs of the shrimp. To keep them successfully you will need a minimum of 3 gallons of water for the Betta and another 2 gallons for the shrimp, a filter, a heater/thermostat and a thermometer. So a (nominal) 5 gallon tank (which will only contain at most 4 gallons) is way too small.
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∙ 11y agoIt varies. Some get along fine, some bettas attack and eat the shrimp, and some types of shrimp turn aggressive and start tearing and eating the betta's fins. You can't really tell ahead of time what the individuals will do.
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What does the baby betta fish eats is it the pellets or something else?
Baby bettas should be fed live or frozen brine shrimp and daphnia. Older bettas will eat bloodworms,daphnia,brine shrimp,betta pellets, and blackworms.
Do betta fish eat earthworms?
no... they eat blood worms[dried] or small baby ghost shrimp
What is everything a betta will eat?
blackworms, bloodworms, mosqito larve, betta pellets, daphnia, infursia, baby brine shrimp, tublex worms, ect.
How many times per week does a Betta fish eat?
if you have betta pellets, then you need to feed them 3 pellets once a day
What clownfish eat?
clown fish will eat blood worms, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, flake food, and pellets.
What could a betta fish eat?
They eat :special pellets, flakes, bloodworms, black worms and brineshrinp
Why won't my blue betta fish eat nutricous betta flakes but only pellits?
The fish has probably been reared on Flake and does not recognise the Pellets as food. In this case I would supplement the fishes diet with a few live Brine Shrimp or Dapnia occasionally. hello im the person who asked this questin my blue betta wont eat flakes but only pellits and i cant find any live food in burnaby or coquitlum and i have a problum TODAYS CHRISTMAS! and i cant find live brine shrimp for my poor betta -flipper10158
Do newts eat shrimps?
yes they geat ghost shrimp and brine shrimp
Do aquarium shrimp hurt the fish?
My Angelfish love to eat ghost shrimp.
Are betta fish herbivores?
No, they eat things like bloodworms and brine shrimp.
What do stinkpot turtles eat?
In captivity stinkpots tend to favor carnivorous food items like aquatic turtle pellets, snails, earth worms, grasshoppers, crickets, ghost shrimp, small crayfish & commercial aquatic turtle pellets are taken.
What do leaf fish eat?
leaf fish eat ghost shrimp
