Tank mates

[jollysue]

What are good clean up crews for male bettas (and female if different) for 5 usg and 10 usg divided?

I have pygmy cories, some otos, and Malasian trumpet snails.

 

[emma12321]

All that you have suggested would be fine but the corys and ottos should be in groups of 3+, or how about an apple snail they come in loads of different colors.

Emma

 

[jollysue]

So in a well cycled tank, 3 pygmy cories and an apple snail with a 2" male betta in an Hex 5?

Thanks emma

 

[riogal_11]

If you are looking for cleanup for a messy boy I wouldn't use a snail. In my experience they cause more mess than good. I also have a hex 5, and the surface area isn't much at all, so I wouldn't think it would be good to add 3 cories. The 10 gallon though would be ok. I have yet to see where anyone suggest anything other than a betta in a 5 gallon or less, so I would say just try to do more frequent water changes in the 5, and add the others to the 10.

 

[jollysue]

Thanks riogal II

I have added a couple of Malasian trumpets already. I had decided to forgo an apple in 5 usg. I might consider it in a larger tank. They are described as being messy.

I am still considering a few pygmys. I may try it, unless someone has had a bad experience or something more specific. Frankly I never see any of my cories going to the surface much. The otos do and love a bubble stream. The clown loaches do. But my cories don't.

It is a planted tank. There will be a second one next to it.

I have 25 of the little cories coming this weekend. I have now 2-tens (empty), 1-twenty (4 serpae), 2-Hex 5 (1 empty), 1 Eclipse 3 (empty), 1 Eclipse 12 (a miniture gourami community) ready for the new 4-6 bettas coming with the cories. I have a 100 usg, but I don't want to put new fish in there. It's too hard to deal with if someone gets sick or there's contamination. Cleaning tanks is beginning to be what I do. There may also be a 30 usg soon--we'll see.

If every rectangle tank is split to five usg segments that's potentially 10-five usg segments for bettas. I don't know for sure how many bettas are shipping.

I have seasoned media, biowheels, filters, substrate, plants and decor to establish the new tanks.

I am trying to make a plan for homes for the little guys w/o over loading the systems. They need to be split up.

Any suggestions?