29 Gallon Fully Planted Betta Tank

[penguinpimp1990]

im soon planning a 29 gallon fully planted betta tank and i have a few questions. first off would bettas prefer sand or gravel? how many female bettas for a tank this size? and could i add one male without a divider?

 

[catxx]

no male.

could add a fair amount of females though, 4 fit in a 10 gallon, so between 6-10 females could co-exist in there.
but no male without a divider

and i don't think bettas mind between sand or gravel as they spend most of their time swimming or sitting on leaves anyway!

 

[OohFeeshy]

In a 29 you could safely have 10-15. But that would be a problem if you had to seperate them..

 

[penguinpimp1990]

do you think i should add them all at the same time or gradually?

 

[seanc]

If you fishlessly cycle then you'll need to add most if not all at once else the bacteria will start to die.

 

[penguinpimp1990]

ummm it's reccomended to gradually add fish rather than all at once to avoid spikes.

but in this case im worried about aggression, not the bacteria

 

[OohFeeshy]

No, when you cycle fishlessly, generally the tank has more bacteria then are needed, so to adviod problems leter on, all fish are added at once.

 

[penguinpimp1990]

looks like ive been doing it wrong then