I never said get a betta with it where did I say that ??
Well, with the tank plans currently including a betta, it would surmise that any suggestion you would give would be an addition to the betta. See below
Prospective stock
Half moon betta
Corydoras habrosus x 3
Nerite snail
candymancan said:
I said simply to get a electric blue ram.. and they aren't as sensitive as you might think lol I have 4 of them among the regular german blues, they require higher temps, but the higher nitrate myth is bogus mine do just fine in nitrates of 20-40ppm..
Fish develop reputations for being sensitive for a good reason. German rams, particularly the electric kind have become soo inbred that their immune systems are shot. They get sick and die very easily. Ask any experienced aquarist this and they will agree with that fact. Perhaps you have become lucky with your source of rams like I have. The ones I have access to are from a local breeder and are very hardy compared to most.
Even though the ones I have access to now are very hardy, I don't go around stating that all of them are not sensitive fish. Most of them that people have access to are mass bred and enhanced with hormones before being shipped overseas.
candymancan said:
Aqua advisor is for noobs.. I have personal experience with these fish I don't go by a program.. Cory cats if you don't get the tiny versions get big... my 2 panda cory cats are 2 inches long.. my emerald greens one are 2 inches. my spotted cory in my 55g is almost 3 inches hes huge actually.. Ill take a pic of him if you want ? And a 10g tank doesn't have much bottom for 6 2 inch cory cats
Couldn't care less to see a pic of your fish tbh. AqAdvisor is absolutely for people that are trying to get a handle on tank sticking. Which is EXACTLY why I posted it. Maybe you should try it out sometime to check the stocking of your tanks, it might give some insight.
I've debated the tank size for cory cats with many many people and have yet to see a reasonable rebuttal to my explanation of tank size for them.
Most fish require lots of lateral swimming space. Take discus for example, when you stick them into a tank less than 4ft long they tend to get stressed out. The same goes for rainbows and many other fish when they don't have enough lateral swimming room. You can see these fish pace back and forth in their too small tanks.
Corys have a different behavior on the other hand. Their movement is random as they just root through the substrate. They don't care about the lateral swimming space.
The cult following of cory cats insisting that they need a 30g minimum is due largely in part to their cult following. There's a dozen other fish that get to be 2" long that do use the lateral swimming space yet are regarded as perfectly fine for a 10g tank.
candymancan said:
Also FYI I had a red betta together with a electric blue ram in a 5.5G tank and they did just fine together for the months I had them in there before I moved the ram and got more of them, that was him in that tank and with blue rocks and blue leds I had a blue themed tank... See the red betta in the background ??? What are ya going to say now ?
That you got lucky and fish have different personalities. This rarely holds true for everyone. Also, really? childish statement much?
candymancan said:
I just have an affinity for these rams, and they aren't as sensitive as you think they are. Perhaps for his/her neice the ram is too much and I was wrong there but I will defend myself over your attack with the betta comment because I have had them together with bettas.. I have 4 beta's and I haven't had a agreesive one yet.. when you first introduce a new fish with them yea they flare up and chase.. but after awhile they are fine together
My statement was about the rams being aggressive towards the betta. Rams can be nippy and bettas tend to get nipped.
