Kaitie09
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I was recently given a 20 gallon Marineland® BioWheel® LED Aquarium Kit as a birthday present. I've have fish for some time, mainly bettas. Currently I have a Marina 5 gallon tank with a male betta, an apple snail, a zebra snail, and 5 ramshorn snails.I also have 2 anubis plants in there. I've just started with live plants a couple months ago, so I'm thinking I'll stick with low light, hardy plants for the new tank.
I would love to create an aquarium that looks natural. In the past I had wanted driftwood, but my tanks have been to small. I'm thinking java ferns and anubuas plants mostly. What I'm trying to figure out is what to put in with my betta. I've had platys before and did not like that they were a live bearing species. I'm thinking a school of tetras. My betta is fairly docile, mostly spending his days hiding out around the plants or in his betta log. I've done the reflection test and he actually runs away from it more often than not. He also accepted the snails right away, only checking them out once and then being done with them. My idea would be to set up the tank and filter it for a few days, then add the new fish, and then add the betta, so the others have already established themselves.
So my questions are:
Do you think tetras would be a good in the tank?
Are there any other hardy, lowlight live plants you can think of that would do well?
Should I use gravel, sand, or a soil mixture?
What would I feed my fish if I have two difference species in there?
ETA: I live on well water.
I would love to create an aquarium that looks natural. In the past I had wanted driftwood, but my tanks have been to small. I'm thinking java ferns and anubuas plants mostly. What I'm trying to figure out is what to put in with my betta. I've had platys before and did not like that they were a live bearing species. I'm thinking a school of tetras. My betta is fairly docile, mostly spending his days hiding out around the plants or in his betta log. I've done the reflection test and he actually runs away from it more often than not. He also accepted the snails right away, only checking them out once and then being done with them. My idea would be to set up the tank and filter it for a few days, then add the new fish, and then add the betta, so the others have already established themselves.
So my questions are:
Do you think tetras would be a good in the tank?
Are there any other hardy, lowlight live plants you can think of that would do well?
Should I use gravel, sand, or a soil mixture?
What would I feed my fish if I have two difference species in there?
ETA: I live on well water.
