Badger's Sumatran Rice Paddy

[DAnCSF]

Congrats on your betta, do you have a recent pic of the tank?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Congrats on your betta, do you have a recent pic of the tank?

The lights are off right now, but I'll try to grab a video soon.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Three betta bambinos spotted! @DAnCSF Here's a quick vid.

 

[Colin_T]

is that blue green algae on the substrate?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

On the right side? No, that's a crypt leaf. Most of the bottom is covered in clover fern. I was fighting filamentous algae for a while, but happy to say no blue-green in this tank.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Well, we seem to have at least three baby imbellis! I had to move the female out of the tank last night; she was getting too beat up by the male's constant harassment. Hopefully I can rehome her in a 5g, and move her into the sumatra tank for a week at a time or so, with long recuperation periods between. Ah, these tumultuous love affairs...

 

[catzop]

The trouble with silicone glue is that new glue tends not to stick to already-cured glue very well. So it really has to be all done at once. No pressure.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

The trouble with silicone glue is that new glue tends not to stick to already-cured glue very well. So it really has to be all done at once. No pressure.

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[Boundava]

Lol, Tom. Not sure about that comment either.

BTW just saw the video, tank looks great and congrats on the little imbellis. I just added some wild betta to what was my 6 gallon galaxy shrimp(less) tank, a pair of miniopinna. The wild ones are so beautiful in color, perfect miniatures! BTW best of luck on the 150 redo.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

@Slaphppy7 You might be interested to know I did add malaysian trumpet snails to this tank. I've only seen one since then. So it appears I got the non-evil strain.

 

[Slaphppy7]

@Slaphppy7 You might be interested to know I did add malaysian trumpet snails to this tank. I've only seen one since then. So it appears I got the non-evil strain.

Give it time Thomas, give it time....

 

[Colin_T]

@Slaphppy7 You might be interested to know I did add malaysian trumpet snails to this tank. I've only seen one since then. So it appears I got the non-evil strain.

LOL, ahh your funny. They are building up in numbers and come at after dark to party.

 

[Boundava]

Soon they will be climbing the wall looking for greener rice paddies!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Soon they will be climbing the wall looking for greener rice paddies!

Aren't we all, my friend, aren't we all...

 

[WhistlingBadger]

We hiked up to Frog Pond today, a shallow 1 acre natural pond in the mountains with no fish in it. Caught a couple dozen scuds to go in the sumatra tank to represent all the various little water bugs that doubtless live in a rice paddy. They're so cool...