I don't know whether they're readily available in your area, but you could have a nice school of celestial pearl danios and your betta. You could always go with kuhli loaches or small cories. If you go with those platies I bet they would be happy to breed.
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I've heard that stocking slowly provides more time for the fish to adapt to a new tank, so I will maybe start with some platies first. I want to add the betta in last just so it doesn't claim any territory and becomes too aggressive.
Right now my main concern is from my current cycling process. As mentioned before, I am using fish food as my source of ammonia, however it has been exactly one week and my ammonia levels are still at 0.25 ppm. (Using API test kit). I have been consistently adding a few flakes daily, and the temperature has been between 80 and 90 Fh. I have a Marina aeration system running constantly along with the TopFin 20 Power filter that came with the starter kit. I would have thought that the food would have rotted in a couple days, producing significant levels in ammonia. My questions is: If I were to discontinue "cycling" my tank through the fish food process, can I safely switch to using pure ammonia? What do you guys suggest?
I've been contemplating using bottles bacteria as an agent to speed up the process, any thoughts?
my filter media is pretty disgusting from all the fish food now, but the tank is pretty much clear. Want to build the strongest filter possible to handle a heavy bio-load.
Thanks~