1/2 gallon bowl stocking
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gar man;3174638; said:I just got two 1/2 gallon fish bowls, the kind that is flat on 2 sides, and i want to know what i can put in it for plants and some little creature in them. Any advice would help. Thank you for taking time to read this!
Dirt and a houseplant.
Or shrimp.
I don't think bettas deserve this type of housing. IMO, replace them with larger bowls or better yet, 5g tanks.
I agree completely. I did not intend to sound like that was a good idea. Looking back at the post it looks that way. A betta needs a 10 gallon IMO. My rescued betta (Living in a clear cup in my little sisters classroom when I went to go pick her up. I tripped out and ended up leaving with the betta lol noone saw ....Lupin;3175179; said:
He is in a 10 gallon now with a sponge filter and tons and tons of bamboo plants which I think help filtration and I rotate some females through but he just seems to want to beat them up. 
Even ghost shrimp can't handle ammonia. So if you will do daily water changes around 30-50%. And put some cycled gravel or sand in the bottom. I would think you could probably do 5 shrimp. I would get some bamboo for plants.
