Aquascaping for femme bettas

[SuckerLove86]

Ok, so since I moved my common goldfish from his 20 gallon to his new 50, I have a 20 gallon tank open for some crowntail females that I special ordered arriving Friday. From what I can gather, it needs to be heavily planted, right? And some caves too?

I REALLY like the way BettaMomma's and xXMrBonesXx's tanks turned out, so I'm definitely going for the natural look. Are there any other tips or tricks that I should know about?

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

it all depends on what you like and the attitude of the female bettas you aquire, i have about 6 or 7 and i think one is a male short finned (not sure though) and they all get along fine so it was easy for me to make the tank the way i wanted it

 

[BettaMomma]

Well....
If you're like me, to this point you've done everything fake. Plants, decorations, ect. This time I decided to make the leap to live things - but only plants. I went to PetSmart and found a driftwood that's fake (but it looks GREAT). I also got some beach pebbles and polished rocks and arranged them.

Then just go for plants like moneywort, and basically whatever else floats your boat - just remember that the girlies will like to hide out in it so whatever looks lumpy enough for them

Oh, and then go for natural gravel.
And 3fsh also pointed out to me that if you have plants like I do in my tank, the bulbs should be flourescent in the tank rather than incandescent.

Good luck, I can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

[SuckerLove86]

Ok, I just finished switching from gravel to sand, and it's about ready to be filled with water, aquascaped, and good to go. Hopefullly, tonight I will post pictures either right here or in another thread.

 

[BettaMomma]

oOooooh yay - I can't wait to see!!!

 

[SuckerLove86]

Sand exchange complete, tank filled, aquascaping begins now.