55 Gallon Community

[sillypony]

Here it is
Tank contains 6 zebra danios, 6 long fin blue danios, 3 queen loaches, 1 L75 plec and 1 L264 plec and of course, the betta

Plants include 2 kinds of swords, redroot and frogbit floating.. and a bunch whose names i don't remember.




LeeAnna

ps.. of course now that i've put the camera away and sent it home w/ my b/f the plecs and loaches are all out playin...

 

[paul_219]

Very nice pics. Wonderful pics.

 

[Straydum]

wow looking good! just a question, wouldnt the danios pick on the betta's fins?

 

[sillypony]

When I bought the betta, i had not read anything about such problems, and since half the danios have relatively long fins themselves, I tried it. And its working wonderfully thus far.

The betta basically does w/e he wants, and I make sure to protect him a bit at dinner time (if he comes up to eat- he likes to wait for the sinking pellets sometimes) Other than feeding time, the danios ignore him, and he ignores them (except after any excitment & flaring, when he chases them about a bit) Over all, its very peaceful.

I actually have more concern about the rather large amount of current (a hob filter plus 2 sponge filters). We turned the one spong filter down to half power, so one half the tank is relatively current free, and the floating plants actually stay where they are in the picture, and don't move. Despite this creation of tranquility in the middle of the tank, he immensely enjoys playing in the bubbles, and under the filter. Silly fish.

Thanks for the comments. I love how the background has made it look so finished. I plan to get some pics of the bottom feeders soon... the plecs are fantastic


LeeAnna

PS.. on the danios, thats not to say i would recommend you just toss a betta in randomly with a school of danios. Some danios are very agressive and would tear the Betta apart, and some Bettas are agressive enough to tear the danios apart.