When your parents/roommate/gf says "no more tanks" but you still have a little room left on your desk.

My betta lives in a 5.5 gallon tank and he loves his snail and shrimp buddies. I can't say for sure but I could have swore I heard them singing Kumbaya in harmony last night. 😂🤣😆

Understocking, proper animal husbandry, and careful maintenance are great ways to make it work.

The fluctuations in small tanks can be handled with proper equipment and by being armed with the correct knowledge. You can be a beginner and do it.

Good info. I think a 5 to 5.5 is just perfect for a beautiful betta. Good ideas on other fish that would work well. 👍💕👍

If you don't have one already, can you do a video about what order to introduce fish to a new tank? Different species of fish vs others, or fish vs non-fish like shrimp or crabs.

Jason I really enjoy the informative videos you share. Thanks for being a leader in the Hobby.

I love these little pea puffers! I want one for my new 30 gallon tank.. I'm on the hunt for one online. Can't wait! Were not really sure what we want for the big tank yet, but it sure is exciting! Thanks for sharing this with us. It's always such a pleasure to see you! I always learn something new when I watch your videos.

Another excellent video Jason! I have a 15G Fluval Flex, and the video gave me some more options for fish. Thanks!

Watching this video because my guppy in my 5 gallon just died. I don’t want to get a betta because I know I will get super attached to it and be sad when it dies, but there are other great options in this video! I think I may go with cherry shrimp.

Great video! Its always such a pleasure watching your videos🐟🌿 Thank you for sharing this with us!

great video i have a 6.5 gallon tank with a trio of pygmy cories,some endlers and 3 small amano shrimp and the tank has been super healthy

Always great info! The sparkling gourami are too cute!

I honestly believe a 50 gallon tank is the best all around unless you have just a ton of space. Its nice to display not bad to maintain and the options for stocking are pretty vast. Also I wouldnt use less than a 50 gallon for saltwater

I've had success with female betta fish with white cloud minnows and lived perfectly fine

I have ember tetras and love their color. Definitely getting more for my 29G and I always recommend them. Glad to see them here as I think they're underrated.

i have a 6.5 gallon that is extremely well planted and jungle like with a little internal filter that has some green neons and dwarf corydoras as well as some blue shrimp and ramshorn snails

Another well done video. Keep up the good work mate

The bettas in your video are beautiful. I have never seen any with those colors. I would love to find one that is emerald green. I have seen pictures of them but haven't been able to find any. I have 3 bettas that were labeled as females. I feel bad for them because most people want the bright colors and large fins. Two of my 3 females ended up being male. You would think that a big pet store like PetSmart would know what they are selling.

My Betta did fine in a 5 gallon with guppies and snails. I always put the other fish in first, and weeks later try the Betta. Jazz was really laid back, thank goodness and everyone was happy.

Can you do a part 2 for some of the larger tanks? 20-40 gallon? Your videos are great and informative 😊

I like to use the 5.5 as a holding tank for the baby guppy/endlers. Sort them out in their and then figure out where they will go next.

In my 5.5 I have a betta and 6 ember tetra. I know Its pushing it but it works for me

Very good video. I love puffers!! I have a figure eight in brackish water. And brackish water is easy. If I have great success with my cichlid tank I’m thinking down the road having a dog puffer fish which is salt water.

Great Vid thanks!

Thank you for making these. I am going to get a Beta soon and these help me a lot 😄

Yep, when I look for a good a good fish I look at its eyes

I have a betta in a planted 5.5 with 3 Amano shrimp and a small colony of cherries and he does fine :D very chill guy.

I like the idea and the betta fish

Nice ideas

I'm pretty new to shrimp and I researched them a ton before putting them in my new 5.5 gallon to take care of the algae problem. Mind you, I had cycled it for 3.5 weeks and consistently checked the water parameters. I ended up getting 12 pumpkin shrimp from flip aquatics, and feed them shrimp King complete. It's since been about 3-4 weeks and only one has died, there are tons of females with growing saddles, the algae problem has disappeared and they have already grown significantly! I highly recommend flip aquatics, and make sure you have a lot of plants in your tank and check the water often to keep neocardina shrimp happy and healthy in a 5.5 gallon tank.

awesome video

Thank you for sharing this informative video! I have my beautiful Koi Tiger halfmoon Betta in his own 5 gallon decor tank!

Omg that rainbow betta 🌈 😱🤩

Amazing

Can you please do a ”15 gallon tank stocking ideas”? :))

My Plakat Betta has a posse of 12 albino Corydoras. They hang together and everyone is happy.

I had a 5 gallon planted tank with a female betta and endlers, they did really well together

Hey Jason, I was wondering if you could do a series like this, but instead of basing it off tank size, you could base it off of different types of habitats such as hillstream or blackwater? I think it would be cool plus it’s extra content for your channel

I love Pigmy Corydoras but in 5.5-gallon size, I think having a few Amano Shrimps be a better choice! ;) How about Celestial Pearl Danio or Emerald Dwarf Rasbora? I've definitely had better luck with Wasltad Method in smaller tanks. Possibly something you could cover in a new video? ;)

Once I move in the next month I am so getting a pea puffer! I have wanted one for a long time but didn't have room to set up my last tank, but I will now!

Also i have mystery snails in a 20 gallon tank, i started off with 6 adult mystery snails, one of them bred, now im up in the 80's atleast, havent fully counted yet 😂😂😂 the babies hatched a few days ago and theyre so tiny and adorable, i love em. Definitely the single most interesting freshwater snail, hands down. They stay outside of their shells 90% of the time, breed extemely easy ESPECIALLY in very high calcium water, are friendly, cute, large when adults but micro as babies, and are very hardy. 20/10 aquarium friend right there, no doubt. Id recommend them to anyone who doesnt have crabs or crayfish in their tank (my thai micro crabs were once in a tank with mystery snails, until i saw the snails antannae touch the crab, causing the crab to pinch and latch onto the antannae and hurt the snail, poor lil one 😢 so i had to seperate them) get some mystery snails guys, you wont regret it!

I have a koi betta, two fancy guppies, a glass (or ghost) catfish, an amano shrimp and 2 snails in a 5 gallon with no problems at all.

What kind of Betta is the second betta you show? The light rainbow one. I love it 😍 I need one!

I’m hoping to get a 5.5 Gallon tank for my garden snail, so I’m watching this to see the size.😂

I am not saying I disagree, but my ember tetras did not open up until I moved them to my 20L. They just kind of hid under the intake filter of my 5 gallon.

I've had everywhere from a 28 gallon tank down to a 2.2 but never a 5.5.....had a bad experience with a tank that leaked and killed my four albino cory's....so i'm slowly trying again and was going to get a betta......never had one and this video was very helpful.....Loved that Betta that was orange! Beautiful! Wish me luck! Any tanks you recommend for a 5.5?

I'm actually getting a zoo med creatures den low profile to use for a betta tank. It's as long and wide as a 10 gallon but only as tall as the 2.5 gallon glass tank. It holds about 7 gallons so I'm wanting to divide it in 2 for use with 2 male Bettas & maybe some ramshorn snails or ghost shrimp. I do have really hard water (GH 14 degrees on average). So any plant, shrimp, or snail suggestions would be helpful. Currently my 3 mystery snails have tripled in size since I bought them about 4 months ago. I have an Anubis Nana that has also tripled or more since I bought it about 6 months ago & my marimo moss balls are thriving well also. My money wort seems to be having trouble but I suspect it's the extremely low light (buying a new one). Thankfully I do already have a glass canopy that will fit the new tank. I'm also planning to use a sponge type filter so the lid will fit fully closed. I do have a small question, I love Ottos and was wandering if I could put some in with 1 betta in that size of tank if I don't divide it & only put them. I know Ottos like to be in groups but I forget how big of a group. The last time I had them I only had 3 & they died one by one a few years after buying them. The last 1 wound up solo for about 3 yrs before he died at 5 yrs old, but he was kept company by my albino Cory cat who out lived her mates as well. I make snail jello & feed my snails a rotation of tablet foods & some of my hermit crabs' pellets, & fresh veggies (except not so much fresh/frozen veggies as there's none left to buy right now). I'm trying to figure out a jello recipe that they'll just devour. They eat it, but there's always left overs. Maybe I'm just giving them too much as it is only 1 snail in a 5.5 gallon & 2 in the 10 gallon. I use small shaped silicone ice cube trays like pineapple, pumpkin, or flower shapes & cut in 3rds. I would also like to know, what other plants are good for nano tanks?

I have a Crown tail Beta, a Dalmation Mollie and three Danios in my five gallon and they are thriving,

So I have a stupid question. Can snails escape the tank? Or will they? I have a top fin 5 gallon and the lid is held on by plastic hanger thing that leaves a gap.

As amazing as mystery snails are, at this time stamp 6:56 i noticed the crypt.... Which type ia this its Beautiful!!! 💙

Plastidip also works well

Hi :) quick question. If I have a single betta in a 5.5 gallon tank, would it be alright to stock it with two amano shrimp and two nerite snails with it? and would it be pushing it to add 2 tetras?

Great video. I'm thinking of setting up a 7.5 gallon tank with 6 black neon tetras and 6 cherry shrimp. Do you think it would work?

Another great video. Question I have a 75g PeaPuffer Tiger Barbs Green Tiger Barbs Zebra Danios And white Clouds. Could I add Sprankling Groumie to this tank. If so how many? Thanks

I have a super chill betta who is fine with tank mates in a 5 gallon

Great Vid!

I’m thinking about putting 6 neon tetras and a snail or so in a 5.5 gal tank. What are your thoughts on that?

Would I be okay with a couple Dwarf Pygmy Salt and Pepper Corydoras in a 26L? Or maybe I should go with a handful ember Tetras instead? MY tank is live planted, CO2 managed, filtered etc...

You said Ember Teras and Bettas don't mix. Is that just for a 5g or at all? I wanted to do a community tank in a 20 long with embers, a betta, and maybe harlequin rasboras.

how many pea puffers can I keep in a 5 gallon? do I have to keep other tank mates as well?

I have a snail three shrimp and I crowntail male betta in my 5.5

Would it be a good idea to do, say 2 female sparkling gourami, 4 ember tetras, and a snail or 2?

Can I put in just 1 albino cory catfish with my betta and nitite snail in my 5 gallon or do I need 2? If I had 2 do you think it will have too much ammonia?

with what you say about the shrimp let me ask you this. What is the experience or skill needed to take care of shrimp cause I’ve been into fish keeping a few years now and still don’t feel like I can keep shrimp. It’s hard to when shrimp run so high but can be a bit of a challenge to keep. Is it easier to trial and error with shrimp? Is it just knowing the water parameters? I think I got that part down. I had ghost shrimp live some time for me now, some cherry but kept losing amanos and so I never went any further

Would you be able to keep those fresh water crabs with fish? I ask because most crabs eat fish.

Video idea: an update on Roger and Ruby and their spawn. Big contrast small tank vs large. 😀

Would you recommend ghost shrimp (4-6), nitrile snails (2) and a betta in a 5.5 gallon?

Can you add liquid plant food with nerite snails in the tank?

Would 5 pyqmy corydoras work in a 6 gallon? It will be 40cmx25cmx25cm and 40% planted and the substrate will be sand.

What were the first shrimp you showed in the video with the blue color with black stripes?

Would it be okay to keep a nerite with the puffer or will they kill it?

What are your favorite equipment choices for smaller tanks? Lights, filters, heaters....

I stress this: IF you are good at keeping consistant water parameters in a small aquarium, Thai Micro Crabs are amazing for them. A nicely scaped 5.5 gallon tank, can be amazingly beautiful and interesting for these crabs, i love all of mine. Theyre each less than 1cm long. They eat algae, they love plants, my tank has some hornwort, some marimo moss balls, some duckweed, an amazona sword compacta, and a small fern, with a substrate thats a mix of sand and small gravel, with a few larger rocks for them to hide under, and one larger decor piece for them to hide under. Low lighting, reasonable temps, fully freshwater, dont go on land, cant hurt or pinch you, clean, hardy, also one interesting thing: no ones supposedly been able to breed them in captivity past baby stages. Love mine, youd love em too!

I'd like to know how many snails can exist with a betta in a 5.5 gallon. Would two be okay or is it too much? Thanks!

Weird question. Im down sizing because my floor is sagging (not under my tank but I have various soft spots popping up throughout the house) i'm honestly in love with my pair of panda Cory (currently in a 37) im going to be getting a few of petsmarts 6gall bowfront corner tanks (12.9 inches deep by 12.9 across and 11.9 tall) would a pair of panda cory be ok in this? Providing they are the only occupants

Bettas are pretty peaceful with other fishes. They may chase the other fishes at first but everything usually calms down. Bettas are way too slow to catch most other fishes. I am more afraid of fin nippers who bite betta tails

Could 4 guppys, 4-6 Ghost shrimp and a mystery snail or octocinclus be suitable for a 5 gal

I'm really wanting to set up a 20 with German blue rams, however our water is ridiculously hard. Any suggestions? With the amount of tanks I maintain setting up a rodi is kind of alot for one tank. Was hoping I could find other ways...

Hi Jason! Whats the name of the plant in the tank with the ember tetras? Its beautiful!

Hey man! I just got a 5.5, and I was wondering if I can put 3 neon tetras, and 2 platys?

I have a 5.5 g with a single cherry barb, what else could i put in with it? A lot of fish forums I've looked at say cherry barbs need at least a 10 g, so i don't want to get more if my tank is too small

What kind of substrate are those shrimp on?

Ok Professor I just broke my own rule of nothing under a ten, took some furniture from my nieces college apartment to a thrift store. They had a 5 sitting on a shelf for twenty five cents. Now looking for something to do with it.

I got 2 female bettas in a 50 gallon

Could I do a honey gourami and 3 sparkling gouramis in a dirted sand capped planted 6 gallon tank ?

Bettas can do well with certain fish.

Do you think it's okay to put 8 neon tetras in a 5 gallon aquarium? I'm actually looking into the diamond head variety for an aquascape I'm going to get started, but am not sure if 5 gallons would even suffice. I thought about the green neon tetras, but I hear they hide everytime you go anywhere near the tank. Do you know if this is true?

do you think I could keep a beta and 5 neon tetras in a 5 gallon?

ive got a female betta in a 2.6 and it looks tiny in the tank lol

what about ramshorn snails?

Nice video and suggestions. I will say that a betta with a small peaceful schooling species works quite well in a 5.5 gallon, if you have a betta with a gentle temperament. With the betta I keep (6 cardinals, 8 lampeye killifish, 1 nerite, 1 amano, 3 kuhli loaches, and 1 tiny bristlenose pleco that will get moved to a larger tank at some point).There are a lot of fish in my 5 gallon at the moment, but it works very well and as long as I keep up with water changes, I haven't had any issues. I have been keeping fish for many years though, so for a beginner, I would recommend reduced stocking of only one schooling fish species; such as 1 betta, 1 nerite snail, and 6-8 small peaceful schoolers (like lampeyes, cardinals, embers, or some of the micro-rasboras). Again, this is all very dependent on the individual betta, maintaining high levels of biological filtration and maintenance schedules, and sometimes, luck. Cheers!

Can you put a pea puffer with a female Betta

Would half a dozen Boraras Merah and like 2 Nerite Snails be too much in a 5gallon?? Or maybe one Nerite?

Do you think a single pea puffer with like 5 ember tetras would work?

Great Video!! Hello Again thank you for responding for my comment for my filter. Quick question because I do have 5.5 Gal with one male betta and 2 corydoras jullii Do you think I can add more fish or more corydoras? thank you in advance :)

he starts the list at 1:12 :)

Can 2 small variatus platys and 3 white cloud minnows live in a 6.6 US gallon tank or is it to small?

I really want a pea puffer, but I’ve had a green spotted puffer and it died. So I’m scared.

I cant put any other small animals in its tank, my parents won't let me for some reason, so what do i do? My betta's tank is so plain!