20 Gallons of Fun!

[LemurLad]

Hey all,
Just finished fishless cycling my new 20Long, so I decided I'd hop on down to my LFS and pick up some fish I've been eying.
I'm going for an Indian/Indonesian biotope with a creek cross section look: a mix of eco-complete and play sand on the sides and more play sand in the middle. I'd like to plant the sides a bit more, maybe throw some rotala indica in each, but I do like the open forest-y effect of the crypts. Let me know what you think!

Substrate: Eco-Complete/Play sand
Filter: Aqueon Quietflow 10 (sufficient for now, may upgrade later)
Light: Working on a hood/stand for a T5 shoplight I picked up at Home Depot. For now, just a CFL.
Tank: 20Long 30x12x12
Fauna: A pair of Badis Badis (for now)
Flora: Hairgrass, C. parva, C. Wendtii, and one Tiger Lotus

Anywho, here are some pics:
Full Shot

Left Side

Right Side

Male Badis. Check out those fins!

Female Badis. Can anyone tell if she's gravid? Sure looks like it.

Both of them.

I was thinking of putting a group of threadfin, furcata, and/or celebes rainbows in the tank, hopefully they'd occupy the center of the tank. Anyone have advice on them?

 

[maxima423]

SOOOO PERTYYY i was going to get a 20long, but decided on a 20g high =] will you be adding more badis as well?

 

[LemurLad]

These were the only Badis I've seen in my area, so hopefully I'll be able to raise the fry up.

 

[maxima423]

very cool =]

 

[krap101]

Are these the bigger badis? I definitely see the resemblance to my Scarlet badis, but I'm wondering why the Scarlets got moved over to Dario?

 

[LemurLad]

Yup yup, bigger and badis-er. I read somewhere that they moved the scarlet badis into Dario because of different breeding habits. They really are quite the chameleon though! My male is currently a dark brown/blue all over, while the female has gotten rid of her stripes. So cool!

 

[krap101]

I bet my badis would win in a fight jk

Anyways, I can't really tell the difference between gravid and fat . 3 bloodworms and my badis look like that lol.. and I don't even know if I have any females. There are some reports of colored females (they look like stressed males) but most other places say they they're pale and pinkish.

I have 2 dominant males for sure, and the rest are eithe females or submissive males.