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Hello everyone! First off, this is my first time posting here, so I figure a quick introduction is in order. I go by Jack for simplicity's sake, but please don't call me a mister. Imma girl, I swear! D8
I'm a theatre major and I've just completed my first year of college. During my last semester, my roommate convinced about six people to go on a betta spree, and soon there were little bettas and betta problems everywhere. I ended up eventually joining the bandwagon--after an incident with goldfish--and purchased a 3.3 gallon tank.
It has an underground filter and a bubbler, and is in a cylinder shape. Currently, it is home to my King Betta, Hades, who is quite happy in it.
After bringing Hades home, he acquired a plant and two run-of-the-mill snails as companions, and aside from being medicated for fin-rot, is doing very well. But being home brought me in contact with my two other tanks that have been sitting empty and unloved for nearly a year in my room.
One is a 9 gallon biube that was abandoned due to lack of knowledge and...quite frankly...I was too interested in other things to care at the time. The other is a lovely 20 gallon that was home to a boat-load of swordtails who now live with my chinese suckerfish--fondly called TheNinjaBuddaFish due to his ability to disappear into nothing and his incredible pot-belly--and my mother's catfish and plecostomas in a 30gal tank(we plan to move them into a 50 gal soon).
I've since cleaned both tanks up and gotten them set up again. The biube is now the home of a double-tail-half-moon betta(who doesn't have a name yet), but I'm not sure if I want it to be his permanent home. So here're my problems.
First off, I really want to have both tanks stocked. I will be going back to college come fall, but I am allowed and able to bring both the 3.3gal and the biube, as they both are within the size limit for tanks at my school(foolishly, they neglected to put a limit on number of tanks, and saw last year how many a couple students could fit--1 three gallon fish, 1 ten gallon hermit, 1 fifteen gallon gecko, and 1 2-ish gallon betta). The 20gal I cannot take, but my mom is considering taking it up to the school--she's a teacher--and is willing to care for it in my absence.
I really want to put the little betta in a community tank if possible. I like to see lots of fish, or at least active ones. He's pretty active so far, but because of the way the tank is shaped, if he ever decides to take a nap in the "corner" I would never find him again. Another problem is the rocks required for that tank, which are considerably sharper than the gravel in my 20gal.
Would it be best for me to move him in the 20gal and get him some easy-going friends? And what sort of fish do best with bettas most of the time? Or should I save up and get a smaller tank--perhaps a biorb--just for him and maybe a couple cherry shrimp?
I do love shrimp and crayfish.
I really could use some stocking suggestions for these two tanks. I've been reading my eyes off, and the possibilities are endless, I know. But I'd like just some simple lists of fish that usually get along, and I can experiment as I go along.
Part of me would really like a larger fish; either the 9 gallon or the 20. But most importantly, I want the fish I get to be in a situations where they would be happiest, and I want to keep my two bettas happy as well. Any suggestions?
Oh! And if necessary, I would be willing to change the gravel in my 20gal to sand. Unfortunately, I have no choice of rocks for the biube, so I can't change them. But I've been looking a bit into the shell-dwellers, and I kinda think it would be nice to have a few of them. But hey. I'm just trying to keep my head from spinning with overload right now! -laugh-
(p.s. I prefer to cycle with fish, and while the double-tail is what I'm using to cycle the 9 gal, I currently have no fish in the 20gal, so whatever I get to cycle it would have to get along with what I ultimately go with. Thanks!)
I'm a theatre major and I've just completed my first year of college. During my last semester, my roommate convinced about six people to go on a betta spree, and soon there were little bettas and betta problems everywhere. I ended up eventually joining the bandwagon--after an incident with goldfish--and purchased a 3.3 gallon tank.
It has an underground filter and a bubbler, and is in a cylinder shape. Currently, it is home to my King Betta, Hades, who is quite happy in it.
After bringing Hades home, he acquired a plant and two run-of-the-mill snails as companions, and aside from being medicated for fin-rot, is doing very well. But being home brought me in contact with my two other tanks that have been sitting empty and unloved for nearly a year in my room.
One is a 9 gallon biube that was abandoned due to lack of knowledge and...quite frankly...I was too interested in other things to care at the time. The other is a lovely 20 gallon that was home to a boat-load of swordtails who now live with my chinese suckerfish--fondly called TheNinjaBuddaFish due to his ability to disappear into nothing and his incredible pot-belly--and my mother's catfish and plecostomas in a 30gal tank(we plan to move them into a 50 gal soon).
I've since cleaned both tanks up and gotten them set up again. The biube is now the home of a double-tail-half-moon betta(who doesn't have a name yet), but I'm not sure if I want it to be his permanent home. So here're my problems.
First off, I really want to have both tanks stocked. I will be going back to college come fall, but I am allowed and able to bring both the 3.3gal and the biube, as they both are within the size limit for tanks at my school(foolishly, they neglected to put a limit on number of tanks, and saw last year how many a couple students could fit--1 three gallon fish, 1 ten gallon hermit, 1 fifteen gallon gecko, and 1 2-ish gallon betta). The 20gal I cannot take, but my mom is considering taking it up to the school--she's a teacher--and is willing to care for it in my absence.
I really want to put the little betta in a community tank if possible. I like to see lots of fish, or at least active ones. He's pretty active so far, but because of the way the tank is shaped, if he ever decides to take a nap in the "corner" I would never find him again. Another problem is the rocks required for that tank, which are considerably sharper than the gravel in my 20gal.
Would it be best for me to move him in the 20gal and get him some easy-going friends? And what sort of fish do best with bettas most of the time? Or should I save up and get a smaller tank--perhaps a biorb--just for him and maybe a couple cherry shrimp?
I do love shrimp and crayfish.
I really could use some stocking suggestions for these two tanks. I've been reading my eyes off, and the possibilities are endless, I know. But I'd like just some simple lists of fish that usually get along, and I can experiment as I go along.
Part of me would really like a larger fish; either the 9 gallon or the 20. But most importantly, I want the fish I get to be in a situations where they would be happiest, and I want to keep my two bettas happy as well. Any suggestions?
Oh! And if necessary, I would be willing to change the gravel in my 20gal to sand. Unfortunately, I have no choice of rocks for the biube, so I can't change them. But I've been looking a bit into the shell-dwellers, and I kinda think it would be nice to have a few of them. But hey. I'm just trying to keep my head from spinning with overload right now! -laugh-
(p.s. I prefer to cycle with fish, and while the double-tail is what I'm using to cycle the 9 gal, I currently have no fish in the 20gal, so whatever I get to cycle it would have to get along with what I ultimately go with. Thanks!)
