Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
You couldn't have come up with a better piece of wood if you custom grew it! lol That looks so beautiful.
Hope you get to feeling better.
Playing with my fish and shrimp and tanks always helps me feel better, even when I am ill.
This is an interesting shape tank, and too sad it was for FIVE Bettas!
Check on the Rasbora Axelrodi blue neon (my recent favorite), the Boraras Brigittae Chilis would be small enough too, they are so tiny and cute. I have to feed them crushed pellets as my original ones, several I think starved due to not being able to really eat the Hikari Micro Bites I fed them. I don't care for flakes as a regular diet, otherwise that probably would have worked.
Tiny mouths good for limiting shrimp eating due to size of mouth. Noticed they mostly eat only from top of water or mid tank, not off the substrate.
You said you would never buy this tank...
It is wonderful that you won it, sometimes things like that can challenge you in a way you would never have been, since you would never have bought it!
Very excited to follow along!
Thanks
I know! 5! The sections were so small.
I love the look of the chilis. Been wanting some for a while now. I'm still very much debating about the addition of fish. I am worried that there is simply not enough water in the tank even though its got a pretty good foot print. I'll have to see what it's like a few months after setup to make a decision I think.
not sure am i allowed to refer to other sites, but all of those plants could be easily found on theplantedtank forum. Most of the hobbyist there sells those plants pretty cheap. these are general prices i have seen
Stream Bogmoss (Mayaca fluviatilis) $1/stem
Blyxa japonica $1/stem
Dwarf Hairgrass (Elocharis acicularis) $5-$6/2x2
Downoi (Pogostemon helferi) $3 per crown
Crystalwort (Riccia fluitans) these are cheap, 5x5 for $15 (shipping included), 10x10 $25
Peacock moss - 6/golfball
SOME petco sells Elocharis acicularis for 6.99 in those tissue culture bags, Petsmart has started selling Pogostemon helferi for 8.99 a bag (but they are tiny, needs to be grown out)
Thanks. Unfortunately I am not in the US or the UK which is where the majority of members are from. I'm from a town that only has 3-4 small LFS and 2 chain stores. None of which normally stock these plants. I could source each plant myself online, through Australian forums or special order some of them from my LFS but if its possible to get them from the one place at a good price I'd rather do so.