Chilli resboras

[Jack1235]

Can chili resboras live in 2.5 gallon tank with shrimp or no shrimp

[Whitecloud09]

On 8/20/2024 at 12:36 PM, Jack1235 said:

Can chili resboras live in 2.5 gallon tank with shrimp or no shrimp

To small. 5g at least with shrimp 

[JS Fish]

For chilli rasboras, I would personally go with atleast 5 gallons. 10 or 20 would be better. I have two rasboras of very similar species to chilli rasboras in a 20 gal and they use all the space. For 2.5, bumble bee goby would be nice or mexican dwarf crayfish

[Odd Duck]

A 2.5 tank would be super small, even for tiny chilis.  A tank that small is quite difficult to maintain in balance, too.  Better with shrimp only that have a lower bioload.

[mynameisnobody]

Swap it for a 10 gallon, the footprint isn’t that much bigger yet makes a world of difference. 

[TheBlueBeetle]

yeah, I'd go a little bigger. I keep chilis and shrimp in a 15 gallon flex and the chilis ignore the shrimplets. Mostly I think this is helped by the fact that the chilis have room to stay up higher in the water column than the shrimp. In closer quarters this may be an issue, although I have to say, in my experience, chilis are too small to eat anything much larger than a fresh hatch.