One month on!

[Retired Viking]

Tank looks great, nice improvement

 

[Munroco]

4 days the embers have been in with the Betta and no problems so far. Both seem happy with the move. I think its good for him to have something to catch his interest.

 

[Cromid]

Well lockdown has stopped me from adding more shrimp but man have the plants grown. My java fern is really filling out now since getting rid of the floating plants. But the fish seem perfectly happy without. Still struggling with my hairgrass as it just doesn't seem to want to carpet, but il persevere!

 

[PheonixKingZ]

It looks great! Hairgrass is a bit hard to carpet, but keep at it!

 

[vanalisa]

I think betta can be a really good community fish, it just depends on the personality of the fish.

I have seriously considered a betta sorority tank, but it seemed like a lot of work and possible aggression. I'm glad your female is working out.

 

[Salty&Onion]

I have seriously considered a betta sorority tank, but it seemed like a lot of work and possible aggression. I'm glad your female is working out.

I thought about putting in a female gourami and a female betta in my community.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Looks great!

 

[JuiceBox52]

I thought about putting in a female gourami and a female betta in my community.

I wouldn't add both, just one or the other they might fight

 

[dmpfishlover]

Beautiful Tank!!! I love the driftwood and how it extends out of the water.

I love the look of rimless tanks, but they are hard to come by here in the US (at least in my experience) for a decent price anyway... they can be pretty pricey...

 

[Salty&Onion]

I wouldn't add both, just one or the other they might fight

Yeah, I thought about that... Well.. it depends on my mom, but I think it would be nice to have a betta in a huge community tank.

 

[Cromid]

Well I seem to be losing the battle with BGA recently. Covers my hairgrass and I'm constantly picking it out.

Lights have always been on a 24 hours full spectrum from night, dawn, full and dusk but I have now put them on a timer so that light is only on for 7 hours to see if that helps.
I turned them off fully for a few days and the bga was almost all gone, but, as soon as they were back on for any length of time it returned so I know something's out of wack.

I usually dose API liquid co2 daily and dose with Searches Florish every few days. I read that upping the fert can combat bga but when I did it seemed to get worse.

Still Doing 50% water changes weekly

Ammonia at 0.5ppm
Nitrites at 0ppm
Nitrates are at about 2-3ppm

Tank is pretty heavily planted and my nitrates have never been above 5.

Recently changed to a sponge filter aswell
Also have an airstone going 24/7

Any advice to try? Overdosing the fert? Reducing the light further?

Thanks

 

[FishGuest5123]

I think betta can be a really good community fish, it just depends on the personality of the fish.

They love to eat shrimp! Mine cut my shrimp community down to half in a matter of days. ;(

 

[FishGuest5123]

He didn’t have it yesterday. I talked to a Moderator about it, and he said he would get him one right away.

How do you even notice those things, @PheonixKingZ ?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

How do you even notice those things, @PheonixKingZ ?

I don't know... I just want people to have what they earned.

 

[Cromid]

that’s me officially broken down my scape and starting something new. Was getting far too overgrown and becoming more n move heavily stocked as my cories bred. The cories and rasbora have now been moved to my big 50gal tank and are much happier. (The rasbora just used to stay in the same place and just looked miserable - now there’s swimming all over which is great)
So now it’s to time to come up with an idea for the tank! I’m happy with this new hardscape layout.
This tank is about 60L when full, but I’m tempted to leave it half full like this and add a lot of emmersed growth at the top. (Especially worried about the weight of it when full on my sideboard)

because of this I’m definitely thinking a small shoal of nano type fish/species only tank. Maybe even leave it as a cold water tank

What’s your favourite super small fish you think would look nice in this tank!