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6 in a large tank means there are more places to hide and get out of the way plus aggression is more likely to be spread amongst the fish rather than being targeted at one fish. If you have 2 in a small space then the more aggressive female will bully the other potentially to death.

The usual suspects such as tetras etc then from there you can always decide if you want to specialize in certain fish. One of my LFS is a pleco specialist along with selling a variety of other fish. Another is a jack of all trades and goes for variety over specializing. Personally I'd like to...

Breeding tank is now fully set up, I'm just waiting on the Salvinia to grow a bit more and cover the surface before I move a pair in there. In the other tank the Bettas have spawned again, in 3 weeks Split Fin has spawned 3 times and produced eggs every time. None of the other females have...

Probably because most people are like me and just look at either TripAdvisor or Google reviews. I never watch YouTube clips of aquariums I'm going to visit, usually because they're not the greatest quality and they have that jerky handheld motion to them. I will look at their website then either...

Photo of the tank as it is now.

Background is on the breeding tank now and it's fully set up and running. I changed the filter again, the Fluval Mini created too much flow so I've got the Aqua Range Aqua 50 internal filter in there as it has a spray bar and I can control the flow rate much more easily. A new pot of Salvinia...

It's why I like my Betta Coccinas, 2 males in the same tank, spawning females and next to no violence beyond the occasional flare at feed times. Not as flashy as Splendens but stunning fish in their own right. I can't wait to see pictures of your tank. Love the terrarium idea.

I would but occasionally when I trim one of the plants I leave a couple of cuttings behind to float and they're behind one of them so I can see a bit of movement in the reflection and then a frantic swim after dropped eggs. It also turns out Filter Boy is actually Filter Girl and also ready to...

Arapaimas are stunning fish but I feel like a platinum one would be a captive bred strain rather than wild bred, I could be wrong. Still 50k, I would love to have enough money to be able to drop that on a fish plus the set up it would need.

For a Betta Splendens I think £25 would be my limit and that would be for an absolutely stunning fish I really wanted and was probably going to attempt breeding with. It could be worse, I've found a site claiming to be selling platinum arapaima in the UK at 50k each. Apparently they have a...

If you look closely at the moss behind Big Daddy there's a little white speck on it (looks like there's 2 in the photos but that's the reflection off the tank side) and that is one little Betta egg. He missed a few from a couple of trips but he's been very good at collecting them back up...

I take that back, round 2 is occurring. Split Fin is spawning. I just hope he keeps hold of her, he dropped Solid Maybe half way through last time and she sank like a stone until she landed head first on the plant underneath.

Went to feed this evening and it looks like the Bettas are getting ready for round 2 of spawning. Again it's Big Daddy building the nest and the one he's built so far seems much denser than his previous build. Had to drop a bit of food in much closer to him as he didn't want to leave the nest...

Started setting the tank up today. Decided not to use the Juwel filter that came with the tank as it's massive and I didn't like the look of it when I put it in so I'm trying a Fluval Mini Filter. If I don't like that when I turn it on then I have another one to try as well. There's going to be...

I think Bettas suit human names as they have so much personality. I did have 2 others called Aquarius and Poseidon (He's the white one in my profile photo) but I lost them to a nasty ich outbreak and a really nasty secondary fungal infection so those names might get recycled at some point.

Pisces was the same, I called him Fish for a few weeks until my sister named him Pisces and it's stuck so now all 3 Bettas have water mythology related names.

I have 3 Bettas, 2 males and one female. Triton Thetis Pisces

I haven't got any further on setting the tank up yet, it's going to be a job for Monday now. I have several non fish projects on the go and I got distracted by the one that should have been finished for Christmas and is still no where near completion. I've decided to go for natural coloured sand...

You'd be surprised how quickly a fish can be eaten. I had 4 rilli shrimp strip a carcass in a few hours when one died while I was at work and I knew it was alive when I left as I'd checked on it, all that was left to go was the head and spine.

Mature cherry shrimp will have a better chance. I've found that when you get them from the shop they still have a lot of growing to do especially if they haven't had them in long. It may be worth getting them in the tank first, letting them grow a bit so they look less like tempting snacks then...

There will be photos to follow soon. Hit an hiccup with where I wanted to put it. I put some water in just so I can double check the sealant and noticed straight away that it wasn't level so got the spirit level and proceeded to check whether it was the floor or the stand and it's the floor. So...

I gave in to temptation and picked up another tank to become a breeding tank. I've bought a Juwel Primo 60 as I really like my 110. The plan is to get it set up, cycled and then move a pair of the Betta Coccina in there. I'm anticipating it being up and running by the end of February/beginning...

That looks like a snakehead of some description. Google Channa species and you might be able to identify it.

Photos will help along with your water parameters like ammonia, Nitrites and nitrates. Are they females or males and is the 10 gallon a divided tank?

As far as I can tell so far no eggs have hatched. I'm going to leave the breeding net in for another couple of days in the hope that some of the eggs are viable. I think I am going to try picking up a tank for breeding. I was having a look round at what space I have available and I think if I...

From what little I find on breeding them, if they're going to match it should be today as they hatch within 36 hours or so. I'm going to leave the tank light off until this afternoon as I also read that dim lighting will help them hatch so just got to wait and see now. Infusoria culture is...

Facebook marketplace is a good place to pick up a 2nd tank cheap. As for make I don't have a preference yet.

I've read mixed things about Betta Imbellis being peaceful including things that say quite a lot of the ones in LFSs are Imbellis/Splenden hybrids but I don't know how true that is and I've not kept them myself.

Agree with seangee on the shrimp. I have one Betta who lives with 30+ cherry shrimp with no bother but I have another who will hunt and kill them if he gets half a chance. The shrimp are usually quite small when you get them so if you're set on them then it might be worth getting them first...

A photo of Big Daddy flaring at Split Fin. They're not particularly easy fish to take photos of.