Hello all,
I've set up my 20g high tank, no fish (or plants) yet.
I've asked at two LFS stores about putting a betta in a community tank, and gotten two different answers. Store 1 told me a betta would be stressed by other fish and the high water flow of a 20g, store 2 said one should be fine as long as there were no nippy tankmates or other fish with long fins for the betta to target.
I'm willing to try, though not until other fish are established in the tank. I'd like to keep the number of fish in the tank low, and I don't have firm plans as to what those fish will be. I was thinking Platies and Kuhli loaches, and maybe a mystery snail. Open to suggestions, though.
What are your thoughts?
I've set up my 20g high tank, no fish (or plants) yet.
I've asked at two LFS stores about putting a betta in a community tank, and gotten two different answers. Store 1 told me a betta would be stressed by other fish and the high water flow of a 20g, store 2 said one should be fine as long as there were no nippy tankmates or other fish with long fins for the betta to target.
I'm willing to try, though not until other fish are established in the tank. I'd like to keep the number of fish in the tank low, and I don't have firm plans as to what those fish will be. I was thinking Platies and Kuhli loaches, and maybe a mystery snail. Open to suggestions, though.
What are your thoughts?