Poll for the 10 gallon fish

[Crispii]

for what? samurai

 

[HoldenOn]

for what? samurai

No, the deissneri

 

[Crispii]

trio for a 10 or 6 for a 20

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

It seems that my vote will go to what we had already discussed Parosphromenus deissneri, I feel that for what you said you have in mind is the best option, the betta seems very artificial and the samurai gourami does not have as much presence, so the liquorice gourami takes my vote. (And apparently the majority voted for it too)

 

[Crispii]

what do you mean by "the betta is artificial?"

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I've been thinking about licorice gouramis (deissneri or similar) for an upcoming build. I have read that most of them will only eat live food, so that might factor in your decision. As for the fry, I saw one youtuber who kept a green-water refugium in a 5g tank, full of plankton and macroinverts, and he simply put the fry in there to grow up as soon as they were free-swimming. I plan to try something like that unless a better idea presents itself between now and then.

...the betta seems very artificial...

I agree about domesticated bettas; some of them don't look natural. But this is the natural colors for Betta imbellis! These would be by far the easiest to keep and breed, so that's a factor in the decision too.

 

[HoldenOn]

I've been thinking about licorice gouramis (deissneri or similar) for an upcoming build. I have read that most of them will only eat live food, so that might factor in your decision. As for the fry, I saw one youtuber who kept a green-water refugium in a 5g tank, full of plankton and macroinverts, and he simply put the fry in there to grow up as soon as they were free-swimming. I plan to try something like that unless a better idea presents itself between now and then.


I agree about domesticated bettas; some of them don't look natural. But this is the natural colors for Betta imbellis! These would be by far the easiest to keep and breed, so that's a factor in the decision too.

Yea they are usually wild caught. I have a brine shrimp kit for my tetras though, so it'd be fine.

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

what do you mean by "the betta is artificial?"

just like whistling badger says domesticated bettas are the ones that look artificial, what i mean is that they do not look naural and do not fit in in a biotope, i mean they are gorgeous and i love them but they fit more in an "un natural" set-up rather than a biotope.

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

I've been thinking about licorice gouramis (deissneri or similar) for an upcoming build. I have read that most of them will only eat live food, so that might factor in your decision. As for the fry, I saw one youtuber who kept a green-water refugium in a 5g tank, full of pankton and macroinverts, and he simply put the fry in there to grow up as soon as they were free-swimming. I plan to try something like that unless a better idea presents itself between now and then.


I agree about domesticated bettas; some of them don't look natural. But this is the natural colors for Betta imbellis! These would be by far the easiest to keep and breed, so that's a factor in the decision too.

oh my, i did not know that was the wild form, amazing to think that a wild betta has such vivid colors since most are brownish, white, black, redish or gray. Such a lovley fish

And for the green-water refugium, do it, it is worth it 100%, fish with super small omnivoruus fry benefit from green water a lot, you do not even need to feed them for the 2 week that they stay in there and they will grow strong and vivid since they will be eating algae, amoeba, and a bunch of diferent microorganism species each one with their wn nutricional value.
Give it a try and tell us how it goes.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

oh my, i did not know that was the wild form, amazing to think that a wild betta has such vivid colors since most are brownish, white, black, redish or gray. Such a lovley fish

And for the green-water refugium, do it, it is worth it 100%, fish with super small omnivoruus fry benefit from green water a lot, you do not even need to feed them for the 2 week that they stay in there and they will grow strong and vivid since they will be eating algae, amoeba, and a bunch of diferent microorganism species each one with their wn nutricional value.
Give it a try and tell us how it goes.

I will keep everybody posted if I do it, and I know Holderon will do the same.

It's very common for wild-caught species to (IMO) be prettier than their domestic counterparts. A few good examples are swordtails, dwarf gouramis,, angelfish. The domestic candy varieties just don't compare to the original model.

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

I will keep everybody posted if I do it, and I know Holderon will do the same.

It's very common for wild-caught species to (IMO) be prettier than their domestic counterparts. A few good examples are swordtails, dwarf gouramis,, angelfish. The domestic candy varieties just don't compare to the original model.

yeah most of them are, here near where i live there are wild swordtails, platies and mollies, and they are better looking than their ugly all orange, white or black domestic counterparts. This wild ones are a grau base with neon blue and green, some red, blue, and yellow and they are quite pretty. Like these, in my opinion they look way better than the orange and blacks