stocking ideas for 5 1/2 gallon aquarium

[gar man]

that would be awsome but where do u get them at?

 

[Noto]

www.aquaculturestore.com and http://jonahsaquarium.com usually have them.

 

[gar man]

i think ill stick with female bettas unless someone is willing to uy and donate some pygmies to me and back to my question how many female bettas can go into a 5.5 gllon aquarium?

 

[Coryd55]

I'm not a big fan of bettas. I vote CRS. They can get a little pricey.

 

[kickthefool]

get a dwarf puffer, full of personality and grows to only 1"

 

[D-007]

Forget all that. What you want are pygmy sunfish!

That particular one looks stunning, is that the Everglades pygmy sunfish Elassoma evergladei ?

They would indeed be a nice addition to a tank, even a 5½ gallon one but at $8.95 each per male and $7.95 each per female, I wouldn't blame the OP to sticking with just a Betta or Inverts.

 

[gar man]

can anyone answer my question?

 

[micstarz]

I think you could have three (female bettas), but it would be a bit pushing it. Never have two, because one will become dominant and the other will be miserable. When you have three, you have a pecking order. (I saw something similar on an article about GSP's)

 

[thingthing]

get a paridisefish. basically a bigger badder betta

they will kill everything else in a tank that small

 

[albirdy]

I would say breed Cherry Red Shrimp as suggested earlier.
Get black gravel, black background. Java moss, java fern, anubias nana, and you have a great low-tech planted tank that will produce hundreds of shrimp. which you can also use as feeders for potential cichlids you might have, or to sell/barter for the hell of it.