I wanted to try something new, so added a small piece of mopani wood. The anubias are tied down with 2lb fishing line, as are the small java ferns on the rock in the front. The background plants are a small bunch of moneywort. The foreground plants are dwarf hair grass and cryptocoryne wendtii "green". There's also a small bit of java moss attached to the wood.
I wanted to set up a tank worthy of the gorgeous betta I found at one of those chain pet warehouses. (He snagged my attention, then very much acted like he wanted to go home with me.) His tankmates are a pair of red ramshorn snails. The tank is a 3.7g with a built in filter compartment, that has an adjustable flow pump. The lowest setting has a very minimal current, so he has no trouble swimming.
I had soaked the mopani for about a week, changing the water once or twice a day as needed. It has only minimally colored the water before I added it to the tank, but has since considerably discolored the tank. The betta doesn't seem to mind, but it's a little dark for my visual taste. He had a decent bubble nest built before I did some routine maintenance yesterday.
This one is Mr Fish, after I removed the plastic/resin decorations and replaced them with all live plants. The anubias nana was originally in the gravel, and the roots had seriously grown, so I just buried them in the gravel again. The dwarf hair grass was in the original setup, so I divided it into smaller clumps and focused it at the front. I attached El Niño ferns to lava rocks because I like the leaf shape, and I thought they would give him more cover than the baby narrow leaf java ferns I've got growing in my Jar O Ferns. The moss ball was also part of the original setup. There is also an anubias nana attached to a suction cup to tone down the pump flow.
The last tank is another small piece of mopani wood, with anubias congensis and narrow leaf java ferns tucked into natural crevices. The other plants are lobelia cardinalis. This guy has a few bladder and ramshorn snails for tankmates.
Any suggestions on suitable tankmates? Or changes to the set up of the tanks?
I wanted to set up a tank worthy of the gorgeous betta I found at one of those chain pet warehouses. (He snagged my attention, then very much acted like he wanted to go home with me.) His tankmates are a pair of red ramshorn snails. The tank is a 3.7g with a built in filter compartment, that has an adjustable flow pump. The lowest setting has a very minimal current, so he has no trouble swimming.
I had soaked the mopani for about a week, changing the water once or twice a day as needed. It has only minimally colored the water before I added it to the tank, but has since considerably discolored the tank. The betta doesn't seem to mind, but it's a little dark for my visual taste. He had a decent bubble nest built before I did some routine maintenance yesterday.
This one is Mr Fish, after I removed the plastic/resin decorations and replaced them with all live plants. The anubias nana was originally in the gravel, and the roots had seriously grown, so I just buried them in the gravel again. The dwarf hair grass was in the original setup, so I divided it into smaller clumps and focused it at the front. I attached El Niño ferns to lava rocks because I like the leaf shape, and I thought they would give him more cover than the baby narrow leaf java ferns I've got growing in my Jar O Ferns. The moss ball was also part of the original setup. There is also an anubias nana attached to a suction cup to tone down the pump flow.
The last tank is another small piece of mopani wood, with anubias congensis and narrow leaf java ferns tucked into natural crevices. The other plants are lobelia cardinalis. This guy has a few bladder and ramshorn snails for tankmates.
Any suggestions on suitable tankmates? Or changes to the set up of the tanks?
