I just can't decide what I want to do. I have an empty 54 gallon that I will be starting to cycle, hopefully this weekend. Fishless cycle. The tank is pretty tall, 23 inches. I will have a ton of caves, and it will be moderately planted.
I don't know how to stock it. I kind of love glofish, so I was thinking of a big school of glofish with some random other things. But I have also just begun my love affair with bettas, and I don't think bettas and glofish go together. I already have 2 mystery snails that need to go into the tank, so I can't get anything that will eat snails.
1 - 1 male betta with some nice peaceful schooling fish - some cories, maybe harlequin rasboras, a peacock gudgeon? what else? I have a male betta at home already in his own 10G tank who is very peaceful. He has had a couple of random tankmates out of necessity (and currently has the 2 snails, which are actually very big and somehow super fast and active for snails, antennae waving all over the place), and he never bothers anyone.
2 - small (5-7) female betta sorority with same as above? I would more heavily plant the tank if I were to go with this option.
3 - 10 glofish/danio combo with the cories, rasboras or mollies, gudgeon, and whatever else because no betta to worry about eating everyone? I love the zippy little danios.
I'm really pretty new to fishkeeping, and I don't know a huge variety of fish. I like the idea of the male betta as kind of the show-off fish of the tank or I like the idea of a sorority. I do have a spare 10G tank that if the betta/bettas were having issues, they could be evicted, which is why I would keep the sorority small. OR I could do a HUGE betta sorority with just the snails or maybe still the cories. So many choices. How do you narrow it down? I have a really good LFS with a good selection and good knowledge. Do you all just go to the store and get what catches your eye?
I don't know how to stock it. I kind of love glofish, so I was thinking of a big school of glofish with some random other things. But I have also just begun my love affair with bettas, and I don't think bettas and glofish go together. I already have 2 mystery snails that need to go into the tank, so I can't get anything that will eat snails.
1 - 1 male betta with some nice peaceful schooling fish - some cories, maybe harlequin rasboras, a peacock gudgeon? what else? I have a male betta at home already in his own 10G tank who is very peaceful. He has had a couple of random tankmates out of necessity (and currently has the 2 snails, which are actually very big and somehow super fast and active for snails, antennae waving all over the place), and he never bothers anyone.
2 - small (5-7) female betta sorority with same as above? I would more heavily plant the tank if I were to go with this option.
3 - 10 glofish/danio combo with the cories, rasboras or mollies, gudgeon, and whatever else because no betta to worry about eating everyone? I love the zippy little danios.
I'm really pretty new to fishkeeping, and I don't know a huge variety of fish. I like the idea of the male betta as kind of the show-off fish of the tank or I like the idea of a sorority. I do have a spare 10G tank that if the betta/bettas were having issues, they could be evicted, which is why I would keep the sorority small. OR I could do a HUGE betta sorority with just the snails or maybe still the cories. So many choices. How do you narrow it down? I have a really good LFS with a good selection and good knowledge. Do you all just go to the store and get what catches your eye?
