Some Advice If You Would Be So Kind?

[Honeythorn]

Hello there *waves* , this is my first post here and I have a question if anyone would be willing to help.

I am setting up a 15 gallon tank for growing my plant cuttings ( mostly Elodia ) , but I would also like to move one of my Kribensis into it if possible, as she is bullied a lot by the other one ( I suspect I have two females as neither seems to have the pointed style tail I have seen on males) and hides in the corner all day, only darting out to snatch food and then shooting back away into one of her hiding spots. It's such a shame because Kribs seem to have a lot of personality and I don't like to see one of my fish skulking in corners and looking dull and miserable.

But here is my question. I have been offered a free Betta from a friend of a friend who breeds them. He say's he has white ones, which sound very attractive. Would it be possible to keep the betta and the single Krib together in this 15 gallon tank? Since it is mostly for growing plants there would be plenty of cover for the betta as I have heard they do like to hide, and the Krib tends to swim around in the lower portions of the tank anyway.

The tank dimensions are 18 inches long X 15 inches from top to bottom x 12 inches front to back. I haven't set the tank up yet, as I am maturing the filter in my 30 gallon tank. Here's the tank as it is now( I have purchased a heater , gravel and already have a filter as you can see ) :

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Do you think it's possible for them to get on if I add them to the tank at the same time?? worth trying? I would like to try, but if it doesn't work out then I can re-home my krib with my brother, but I am quite attatched to her and don't want to do that unless I have to. I am just really also enamoured of the offer of a white betta.

Any advice? has anyone tried this combination of fish before?

 

[Scotty001]

Hello there *waves* , this is my first post here and I have a question if anyone would be willing to help.

I am setting up a 15 gallon tank for growing my plant cuttings ( mostly Elodia ) , but I would also like to move one of my Kribensis into it if possible, as she is bullied a lot by the other one ( I suspect I have two females as neither seems to have the pointed style tail I have seen on males) and hides in the corner all day, only darting out to snatch food and then shooting back away into one of her hiding spots. It's such a shame because Kribs seem to have a lot of personality and I don't like to see one of my fish skulking in corners and looking dull and miserable.

But here is my question. I have been offered a free Betta from a friend of a friend who breeds them. He say's he has white ones, which sound very attractive. Would it be possible to keep the betta and the single Krib together in this 15 gallon tank? Since it is mostly for growing plants there would be plenty of cover for the betta as I have heard they do like to hide, and the Krib tends to swim around in the lower portions of the tank anyway.

The tank dimensions are 18 inches long X 15 inches from top to bottom x 12 inches front to back. I haven't set the tank up yet, as I am maturing the filter in my 30 gallon tank. Here's the tank as it is now( I have purchased a heater , gravel and already have a filter as you can see ) :

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Do you think it's possible for them to get on if I add them to the tank at the same time?? worth trying? I would like to try, but if it doesn't work out then I can re-home my krib with my brother, but I am quite attatched to her and don't want to do that unless I have to. I am just really also enamoured of the offer of a white betta.

Any advice? has anyone tried this combination of fish before?

To the Forum !!!

I have a pair of kribs and a betta in a 125L tank together and they do get on well together, as you mentioned the kribs will pretty much stay at the lower spectrum of the tank and the bettas do tend to stay at the mid to top of the spectrum and with all the plants it will have alot of hiding places,

Normaly kribs do need about 20G tank as a minimum but you may get away with a sole female, but i would not put a paired set ofkribs in anythin smaller.
(please some one correct me if i am wrong here) Females as you say doint have the pointed tail fin and also theyre belly is much more rounded and can go a fantastic shade of pink, although the top fin (cant remember the correct name, im a little tired as just done a 12 hr night shift) is much more elongated and "swoops" out alot more than a female, Males dont have a plump rounded belly either.

One thing i have noticed about your pic isis the filter it looks like a Fluval 3, that may be a bit too powerful for your tank and will upset the betta alot, they need much stiller waters, even set on the lowest setting i think there may be a whirling effect in the water which the fish will be battling against alot, and will quickly cause them to become v tired as if its beeing chased non stop. i have had a fluval 3 in a 60L tank tank (15USG) with similar dimentions and the power it put out made the water swirl around the tank with some force. i downgraded to a fluval 2 which was a bit better, you may even get away with a fluval 1 as your not going to be stocking the tank with much and will also have alot of plants in there too, you will also notice that the female krib will like to munchon the plants a little too.

Hope this helps you a little
Scott

 

[Honeythorn]

Thank you hmm a fluval 2? I was hoping I wouldn't have to buy another filter if I could help it. I would like to try and find an alternative to that if I can, as funds are not great.

Is there anything I could do to further slow down or spread out the flow of the Fluval 3? Could I somehow affix a piece of plastic underneath the outflow tube to sort of deflect the force and create a sort of waterfall effect? or would maybe securing a piece of mesh over the hole work? I don't want to restrict the flow as that would bugger up the filter, but somehow deflect it? Would a spray bar be feasable at all? I have one in my 30 gallon and there isn't too much water movement . I don't know how much sense I am making here..

This is my 30 gal by the way:

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[Scotty001]

Thank you hmm a fluval 2? I was hoping I wouldn't have to buy another filter if I could help it. I would like to try and find an alternative to that if I can, as funds are not great.

Is there anything I could do to further slow down or spread out the flow of the Fluval 3? Could I somehow affix a piece of plastic underneath the outflow tube to sort of deflect the force and create a sort of waterfall effect? or would maybe securing a piece of mesh over the hole work? I don't want to restrict the flow as that would bugger up the filter, but somehow deflect it? Would a spray bar be feasable at all? I have one in my 30 gallon and there isn't too much water movement . I don't know how much sense I am making here..

Im not too sure if you can connect spray bars to the fluval filters, if you can "Adapt" the filter to do so then that will have an affect on reducing the power of the flow rate, if your not able to there is one thing that i tried which was placing the heater / top of the heater close to the outlet nozel and adjust the possition of the top of the heater this did work a little bit for me in stopping the high power flow by diffusing the water that came out the filter, i cant think of any mods that can be done at the moment but if i do think of any ill post them here.

Like the 30G its looking good, have you got a moonlight kit built into it as well ??
Scott

 

[Honeythorn]

Moonlight? No there's no moonlight bulb or anything, just 1 bog standard Interpet triplus 25W tropical lamp.

Hmm...using the heater to deflect, yes that might work. I still might try affixing a piece of plastic underneath the outflow tube with aquarium sealant. If that doesn't work I will try the heater method!