Betta fight / re-decorated 20gal

PurpleSmurf

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Finally found someone in town that grows java moss, so I got a handful of it, some watersprite, and 30lbs of Denver granite ($3.20 from my local landscaping supply store :clap: ) and redid the whole 20 gallon. The betta tank got leftovers.

Old 20gal setup
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New setup
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Close up of the granite, female ram
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Both rams, female is on the left
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Would ricca look good as a ground cover under the long rock?


When I was topping off the betta tank I put too much water in and Lumi jumped into Aquaman's division while I was at Home Depot. I got lucky and neither fish went for the kill. When I found them Lumi was behaving normally and struting around and Aquaman was hiding under a fake plant.

I think Lumi actually took the most damage, since he's part half-moon or deltatail he got pretty shredded. Being a lyretail actually came in handy for Aquaman, he had a bit of fin ripped off but nothing serious. The ventrails on both are okay and neither are bleeding, so I just dosed them with some Aquasafe to help them repair their slime coats.

Lumi
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Aquaman
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:bday: that is a very nice tank, i like it looks very natural. are real plants hard to grow. Im scared to try them in my tank, i have plastic plants. i was thinking of re doing my 10g, with my hiding places and live plants.
 
Nah, the plants I have in ther are pretty easy to grow. I just dose with Flourish Excell every other day and an add 1ml after water changes, and with Flourish once a week. I suspect the moss and sprite will grow like weeds.
 
They're more expensive and I don't find them pleasing to look at, but what ever floats your boat.

Natural plants have benefits though. They use nitrate and other potentially toxic chemicals as a food and help oxygenate the water in your tank. The small insuforia that live around all plants will feed small fish fry, and certain plants (like java moss) can provide refuge to fry as they mature.
 
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