Betta Tank again

[Avinitlarge]

Right, After my recent cock ups with the betta's I have bought a small tank, I do need 2 but can only afford one at the moment, I have 1 male in with 20 guppies and 3 females in my large comunity tank.

Which shall I put in the 1st betta tank? The male or the females??

The male has been with the guppies for a few months now and seems fine

The females, Well.... one of them seems to thing its hard, It swims around the large comunity tank like it owns the place, It squares up to any fish that comes near it, The other 2 females hide in the corner above the filter away from everthing else.

Plants... I would like to use a real plant or 2, Any recomendations??



Features:

21.6 litres / 5.7 gallons
Multi function Hood which includes a 6 watt fluorescent light with on/off switch it also includes a 12 v water pump with advanced 3 stage filtration system : Mechanical , Chemical & Biological , utilising sponge , activated carbons & Bio balls (all supplied) in the filter compartment

The dimensions are L x W x H in centimetres

33 x 28.5 x 44 cm

 

[Allix]

ideally females need to be in larger groups to minimise 'bullying' so perhaps a couple more girls in a bigger tank on their own with lots of places for them to hide plants etc

 

[AlexsDaddy]

It would be best to put the male in there ASAP. Everything might be fine with the guppies now, but one morning you will wake up to dead/torn up guppies unless you were lucky and found a male betta without one single agressive bone in his body. You'll have to find a way to cut back the current from the filter as well. They don't do well with strong currents.

The new tank is too small for the females. To have a somewhat peaceful (I say somewhat peaceful as it is hard to have a completely peaceful female community) female betta community they should be in a group of at least 4, but 6 works even better, in a well planted 10 gallon (at the least) tank with a couple caves. They need lots of hidy holes and places to establish their territory.

 

[Avinitlarge]

You'll have to find a way to cut back the current from the filter as well. They don't do well with strong currents.

Its not like your usual in tank filter if I remember correctly, The filter is in the lid a the water runs out of the lid quite slowly, If the is too much curret I will find some way of slowing it down or not even use the filter.


Real Plants, Any recomendations???

 

[eudielynn]

Plants - Cambomba and hornwort are both easy to keep. They don't require a lot of light or special conditions. I have heard that Java fern and Java moss are both good as well, but haven't used them personally.