Hey Everyone!
You guys might of seen me around the tropical fishes side of things. If not, well hello! I'm an australian - incase you didn't guess - and I happily go by the name aussie (it's what a lot of people call me)...
Of course, I am a proud owner of a beautiful betta!
My backstory begins when my beautiful 7g shrimp tank begins to leak. Of course, family just wanted to "patch it up" with some silicone but I was all, why not by a new tank? (And upgrade in the progress!) Obviously the fish gods where looking out for me as an awesome 25g tank (31/80 x 16/40 x 12/30 inch/cm) comes across my feed in FB. Some plants, gravel and MTS included. So of course I had to snatch it up!
And then as I was at the pet store (buying a filter pad for a hamburg matten filter) they had a new shipment in. And of course, they were opening the betta box right in front of the counter where I happened to be buying my goods. As a long time betta lover, I had to stop and look!
Then the one caught my eye. A beautiful angry blue betta with a white face that seemed to shine under the aquarium lighting. Without even thinking about it, I quickly pounced on the poor employee! :lol: So I left with my foam, betta (as well as a few supplies for the betta including a box filter, heater and air pump.)
Pretty much running/speed walking back home (30 mins in 27c/80F) I quickly set him up in my "spare" hermit crab water bowl. (which is around 2.5g... it's really a rubbermaid container). Of course, I seeded the filter with some from my current tank(s)... Just in case you thought I was clueless about cycling.
Once I finished setting up the 25g (3 days after getting my betta) he moved in (seeding that with my current tanks as well!).
So far the tank includes:
- 1 betta (called Marbles after his genetics... He is a "fancy" plakat)
- 1 baby bristlenose (most likely going to be "swapped" with a bunch of oto's)
- 2 cherry shrimp that hitchhiked
- MTS
Plants include:
- Java moss
- Creasted java fern
- mini java fern
- java fern
- needle leaf java fern
- anubias nana
- anubias nana petite
- cryptocoryne (thinking wendtii)
- val
- duckweed (I love this stuff, all my other tanks kill it :| )
- water sprite
(So quite a list)
Pics (sorry for the fuzziness, he constantly paces around the tank... Is that normal?)
Tank pics (and some fuzzy betta)
And fuzzy fish
Questions:
- I've noticed that near his nose he is missing a patch of scales (is visible in pics)... I assumed that he might of scraped it at the pet store (found out when "we" were at home)
- He hasn't built a bubble nest yet? My tank conditions are perfect (ammonia 0ppm, nitrate 0pmm nitrite 10ppm... Ph around 7, temp 26c/78F) when I checked last friday... If needed, I will check again, but I pretty sure it's still ok.
- He managed to bash a ramshorn that I placed with him (eyestalks and chunks of the foot gone). Is that a sign to keep him alone as he might not be fish safe?
You guys might of seen me around the tropical fishes side of things. If not, well hello! I'm an australian - incase you didn't guess - and I happily go by the name aussie (it's what a lot of people call me)...
Of course, I am a proud owner of a beautiful betta!
My backstory begins when my beautiful 7g shrimp tank begins to leak. Of course, family just wanted to "patch it up" with some silicone but I was all, why not by a new tank? (And upgrade in the progress!) Obviously the fish gods where looking out for me as an awesome 25g tank (31/80 x 16/40 x 12/30 inch/cm) comes across my feed in FB. Some plants, gravel and MTS included. So of course I had to snatch it up!
And then as I was at the pet store (buying a filter pad for a hamburg matten filter) they had a new shipment in. And of course, they were opening the betta box right in front of the counter where I happened to be buying my goods. As a long time betta lover, I had to stop and look!
Then the one caught my eye. A beautiful angry blue betta with a white face that seemed to shine under the aquarium lighting. Without even thinking about it, I quickly pounced on the poor employee! :lol: So I left with my foam, betta (as well as a few supplies for the betta including a box filter, heater and air pump.)
Pretty much running/speed walking back home (30 mins in 27c/80F) I quickly set him up in my "spare" hermit crab water bowl. (which is around 2.5g... it's really a rubbermaid container). Of course, I seeded the filter with some from my current tank(s)... Just in case you thought I was clueless about cycling.
Once I finished setting up the 25g (3 days after getting my betta) he moved in (seeding that with my current tanks as well!).
So far the tank includes:
- 1 betta (called Marbles after his genetics... He is a "fancy" plakat)
- 1 baby bristlenose (most likely going to be "swapped" with a bunch of oto's)
- 2 cherry shrimp that hitchhiked
- MTS
Plants include:
- Java moss
- Creasted java fern
- mini java fern
- java fern
- needle leaf java fern
- anubias nana
- anubias nana petite
- cryptocoryne (thinking wendtii)
- val
- duckweed (I love this stuff, all my other tanks kill it :| )
- water sprite
(So quite a list)
Pics (sorry for the fuzziness, he constantly paces around the tank... Is that normal?)
Tank pics (and some fuzzy betta)
And fuzzy fish
Questions:
- I've noticed that near his nose he is missing a patch of scales (is visible in pics)... I assumed that he might of scraped it at the pet store (found out when "we" were at home)
- He hasn't built a bubble nest yet? My tank conditions are perfect (ammonia 0ppm, nitrate 0pmm nitrite 10ppm... Ph around 7, temp 26c/78F) when I checked last friday... If needed, I will check again, but I pretty sure it's still ok.
- He managed to bash a ramshorn that I placed with him (eyestalks and chunks of the foot gone). Is that a sign to keep him alone as he might not be fish safe?