Question:I've sold some of my female bettas and have a 30gal tank free, which I'd like to keep a few shoals of small tetras, ottos and harlequin rasboras as well as my black/gold male betta (maybe) in and a few chain loaches. Could you suggest combinations of fish to go in my well-planted tank? No live-bearers or larger-than-dwarf gourami fish.
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not goldfish! they are coldwater fish.
6 or more is usually the best number to have in a school, but becasue of the number of different species you want, youd have to cut it down a bit.
4 glowlight tetras
4 rummynose tetras
4 otos
6 harlequin rasbora
4 chain loaches
if you wanted the most activity, this would work out great:
6-8 glowlight OR rummynose tetras (or any other smaller tetra you'd like!)
6 otos
8-10 harlequin rasbora
the betta might do alright in a well-planted tank. however, all bettas are different. you'd have to watch him for a couple days to see if there's any aggressiveness.
yes of course but you need to remember you need to choose to have sal;t water or fresh water, not both, and aggressive or non-aggressive, not both multiple fish are great though
maybe gold fish and cloud fish and fish like that oh star fish shrimp ect.
What a delightful selection you have there. You can add some danios..like the zebras and spotted also some cherry barbs. They should not worry the others in your tank.
It sounds like you have your tank already planned out and full - not sure what you are looking for. Perhaps some corydora catfish since you only have a few bottom dwellers in there, and/or perhaps shrimp?
@edit BETTA will do well in that environment, they usually do great in peaceful community tanks despite the misguided myths about them and a well planted tank is what any betta 'should' be kept in.
To tell the truth a tank tends to look much nicer when given one or two large groups of schoolers rather then just 4 or 6 various species. Consider Pencil fish, they're really nice, look amazing in a large shoal, and would suit that environment perfectly
Galaxy Rasboras. If anyone tells you that they are endangered, they are misinformed. Multiple locations for collecting these beauties have been discovered in the last 6 months. They are also currently being tank raised by Florida fish farmers and should be ready for the market in a few months. These fish are so new that their scientific name status is currently under debate. It is quite possibly in the danio famliy, but way prettier than any danio I have seen. Another incredible but often overlooked fish is the peacock gudgeon. They are cheap, easy to care for, and have the colors of a killie fish.
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