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I was the first one who answered this post about tank mates. You are the one starting drama.

As far as I can see noone started any drama. Just experienced fishkeepers corrected the misinformation in your first post. The stocking is fine for that tank.

People aren't saying that ADFs don't exist nor that they are always mislabelled, but they regularly are worldwide, not only the chain stores that don't care, but also some pet/fish shops that aren't specialist in frogs and buy from the description they are given. We all know that this happens which is why research is sooo important before buying fish.

Another bit of bad advice you gave is put the bag in with the fish and let the temp equal (or words to that effect) temperature is only 1 consideration whe acclimatising.
The water in the tank will have different PH, different Nitrate, Kh, Gh. The fish should be put in the tank in the bag, and then every 15mins put some tank water in and tip some bag water out to give the fish a closer match to the water you're gonna put him into.

If he was in ph6 tank in the shop and you just match temperatures and then transfer into (for example) a ph8 tank you are gonna have 1 poorly fish that may not last the night.

The original poster has got a good stock list there 5 fish and 5 inverts (which make negligent amount of waste) is excellent.

The 1 inch rule is OK but has limits. yes it is good if you are talking your standard small fish, but if you are buying plecs (Of small and large maximums) or any other wide bodied poop machine fish you cannot and never use this rule.

Also if you look at the types of tank that are being soldnow without any warnings (i.e. the tall pillar tanks) Tehy are 100 Litres or so but you cannot use this 1 inch rule here ever because the surface area is 1ft by1ft and there will be hardly enough oxygen available for 25 litres let alone the tank size.

I am well over stock but my tank is very heavily planted. I have no fish casualties, and no gasping at the surface. Different circumstance diffeent rules.

You need to weigh up Tank Volume + Surface Area + Type of Fish + Type of Filtration + Planting + Amount of surface movement and many othere factors.

It may seem to you that I am following you every where but this is not the fact. I read a lot of threads and you are appearing in everyone giving bad advice, or being abusive.

As to your 5 users, would that be like Worzel Gummidge and his interchangeable heads (3 of them abusive. 1 of them Know it all, and the last 1 time wasting)

As I said in another thread if you PM me again with any abusive language you will be reported to the MODS.
I never implied that you did start drama.
I will say that people on here are being rude, racist and have to comment on every little thing somebody says. People have opinions you know.
If you don't agree with it so be it. No need to bring drama with it.
THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE
 
AquaDreams, MrGoodRight are both the same individual. I find it pretty abhorent that he would be posting plagerized material; All the 'nice informative post' he posted are copied/plagerized from http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/bettacompat.htm http://www.klsnet.com/betta.html and http://www.ibcbettas.com/faq.htm and respond to them with his other alias. This is deliberately misleading and non-conducive to a learning environment. Furthermore, noone incited you to start flaming everyone, aquadreams, i've read over my thread very carefully and the worst thing i found was someone pointing out where you're wrong. Other than that, people are just trying to be helpful
On that note, AquaDreams, MrGoodRight you are both hereby kicked out of my thread for trolling and plagerism. Out with you now! Shoo shoo!

Back on track now.

I'm glad you guys think my stock list looks good :D! I really am quite flattered. I heard how intelligent bettas are, how active cories can be, and how entertaining shrimp can be and kinda added it together in my head :D (what got me on the shrimp is the thread of the shrimp stealing the algae wafer and running around the tank to benny hill music ><)

I guess the consensus is to get the betta and shrimp in one go, let it acclimate to that bioload, then go for the cories. My question on this would be that i'm feeding my tank about 2.5-3ppm worth of ammonia every twelve hours. Would a betta and shrimp produce an equivalent amount of ammonia? If they don't, wouldnt adding the cories late produce an appreciable ammonia/nitrite spike without the proper amount of bacteria? Or am i just being to paranoid ><

My girlfriend also mentioned that one betta doesnt provide much of a centerpiece fish (cories don't count, they're earth toned don-cha-know :p) are there any small, colourful, solo fish that would jive with my tank and my betta?

(For the record, i dont much like ADF, to me their as entertaining as a piece of wet bread, not to mention the fact that they get big, are often mislabled, and this is a fish tank, not a amphibian tank :p)

(For the record again, i havent gotten any of these fish yet as i'm still waiting on a bit more consensus from you peoples :D)

HOWEVER BETTA FEMALES MAY BE KEPT WITH OTHER FEMALES. FEMALES ARE LESS ATTRCTIVE THAN MALES BUT ARE JUST AS NEAT FOR HAVING IN A TANK. LOOK FOR BETTA FLAKES. THEY SEEM TO PREFER THAT FOOD THAN THE PELLETS...PLUS IT HAS ADDED BRINE SHRIMP.

Suitable tank mates are non-aggressive and non-territorial, and must need the same tropical water conditions as the betta. Keep in mind that most fish will need more aeration in the water than bettas. It may take some work to find a happy medium for all your fish. Try guppies, mollies, or any of the tetras. Algae eaters should be avoided unless necessary, as they may try to "eat" off your betta's fins. You may also consider other aquatic animals such as snails or African dwarf frogs. Regardless of how gentle a fish you buy to go with your betta, be on the lookout for any rogue fin-nippers and be prepared to move them to a separate tank. If your betta's fins appear ragged or broken soon after a new addition, take action to remove the offender and keep the water clean to prevent infection.

Good lord what did i do for u to yell at me? (All CAPS) lol

Stolen from http://www.klsnet.com/betta.html

Bettas get along with most other fish, and what you really have to watch out for is the fish that harass Bettas. Bettas are slow moving fish with very long fins, so they can't be kept with any quick fish that have a reputation of fin-nipping, like zebra danios. They get along swell with most variety of tetras such as small neon tetras or some of the common livebearers.

Stolen from http://www.ibcbettas.com/faq.htm



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Look i don't really mind if people post information from other websites, just cite your sources or link directly to them. Posting un-cited information and pretending it's your own words is one of my pet peeves!
 
Well thanks for getting this back into line LMAO anyway i would say a good looking crowntail or Half Moon betta would look great as a centerpiece.

Try aquabid for some good looking fish.
 
dear god how did I miss this thread lmao

African Dwarf Frogs are fine with betta's however watch for African CLAWED frogs there arer selected sites which supply information on how to identify the clawed from the dwarves
 
Any ideas on the ammonia issues?

Firstly the shrimp really should go in last cos for what they are they are damned expensive, and very sensitive. Bettas get sick quite easily too.

I'd get the corys, and then when the ammonia nitrate gets back to 0, add the Betta and shrimps. Would be like adding 1 fish cos the shrimps won't really count bioloadwise.

1 Betta is a great centrpiece. Look at my avatar. The red 'blob' in the middle is a Betta in a 125Ltr tank (and always seems to be dead centre when the camera comes out.lol

Bettas are greatbut they don't half take some meds. They get finrot easily and are supposed to hate current although mine is always swimming in front of the outlet. His fins act like sails and he gets blown to the other end opf the tank, then he circles the tankand it happens again. 12 hours later guess what.lol

This also causes probs because due to his love of the filter (he sleeps on top of it.lol) his fins soetimes get sucked into the side and this also damages the tips of his fins.

I wouldn't get rif of mine though, and as long as the water stats are OK then the fins heal.
 
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