They live i a 64 litre tank thats moderatly planted and contains saome driftwood and rocks. In the tank are 5 Betta imbellis, 4 wild fish and 1 captive bread fish.
They live along side 7 glowlight danios, 2 Sewellia lineolata, and 6 kuhli loaches.
The tank temperature is normally 77degrees but i do lower it and raise it to replicate a wild habitat. My tap water is quite hard and using a 50 50 mix or ro and declorinated tap water i keep the ph at 7.3 to 7.5 with a kh of 4ppm. i do 1 roughly 40% to 50% percent water change every week.
I no some people may think y tank is slightly over stocked but i think it works well and have had to add extra fish (the danios) to help give the imbellis some confidence. the reason i have 1 captive bread fish is because the wild group i brought only contained 1 male and i wanted 2.
Iv tried to take a few pics but there not very good and do not show the males to there true beauty, it doesnt help the fact that both males are a bit washed out as i have just done a water change.
I find it strange how the females vary so much in size and colour and i have to say the wild male is much more colourful tan the tank bred 1
Im not sure if this link to the pics work as i have struggled in the past to show photo's. Please let me no if it does or doesnt work
http
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They live along side 7 glowlight danios, 2 Sewellia lineolata, and 6 kuhli loaches.
The tank temperature is normally 77degrees but i do lower it and raise it to replicate a wild habitat. My tap water is quite hard and using a 50 50 mix or ro and declorinated tap water i keep the ph at 7.3 to 7.5 with a kh of 4ppm. i do 1 roughly 40% to 50% percent water change every week.
I no some people may think y tank is slightly over stocked but i think it works well and have had to add extra fish (the danios) to help give the imbellis some confidence. the reason i have 1 captive bread fish is because the wild group i brought only contained 1 male and i wanted 2.
Iv tried to take a few pics but there not very good and do not show the males to there true beauty, it doesnt help the fact that both males are a bit washed out as i have just done a water change.
I find it strange how the females vary so much in size and colour and i have to say the wild male is much more colourful tan the tank bred 1
Im not sure if this link to the pics work as i have struggled in the past to show photo's. Please let me no if it does or doesnt work
http
/s1150.photobucket.com/albums/o618/Lloydonehundred/Fish/
glad its not just me, i suppose there probably still young too?
