10 gallon wild betta tank journal

[JuliaAndFish co.]

I have rescaped my old 10 gallon tank because it was in really bad shape, and I set up a somewhat biotope-esque blackwater tank that will hopefully have some Betta Smaragdina in it after the holidays. As of right now I threw in a bunch of plants that I had lying around and dried oak and beech leaves and alder cones for botanicals. It is cycled already and houses a bold lone golden wonder killifish that likes killing everything it can, but i will get rid of him in order to get the Betta and some microrasboras and danios also.

 

[MattW]

The lighting works really well for that scape. Im getting public aquarium vibes

 

[JuliaAndFish co.]

I caught a leak in the tank about 3 weeks ago, so i had to patch it up and refo the scape. I have changed up the wood again and added even more plants, and leaf litter as well. I am finally getting my wild bettas next week!!!

 

[JuliaAndFish co.]

 

[JuliaAndFish co.]

I got my Betta Smaragdina Male yesterday! Here he is exploring his new home!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Very nice!

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I hope they spawn for you. Years ago I finally managed to procure a trio of Betta imbellis. I had wanted to get ones which looked as colorful as the pics in the Baensch Atlas. I finally won a reverse trio on Aquabid which were offpspring of a best in class winning pair at an IBC event. They went into a 10 gal planted tank and bred through 3 generations before I lost them. When in spawning mode, their colors were electric.

ps- Your tank is very lovely, both the original and the redo.

 

[JuliaAndFish co.]

I hope they spawn for you. Years ago I finally managed to procure a trio of Betta imbellis. I had wanted to get ones which looked as colorful as the pics in the Baensch Atlas. I finally won a reverse trio on Aquabid which were offpspring of a best in class winning pair at an IBS event. They went into a 10 gal planted tank and bred through 3 generations before I lost them. When in spawning mode, their colors were electric.

ps- Your tank is very lovely, both the original and the redo.

Betta imbellis are so cool as well! I saw one a while back when i was broke and i was thinking of getting it when i had money, but it was already gone. I'm deffo going to look for some females for Fred (I named my betta smaragdina ) and try my best to breed them as we, they didnt have any females available this time

 

[JuliaAndFish co.]

Fred has coloured up already after just 3 days of having him! He loves exploring the tank and he particularly enjoys the leaf litter

 

[JuliaAndFish co.]

Fred vs the mirror

A new roommate, a large amano shrimp !

 

[JuliaAndFish co.]

crypts are finally coming in nicely

Fred vs Tube of Yellow Paint (brutal battle)

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Fred vs Tube of Yellow Paint (brutal battle)

I hope Fred won.