dreaming_frog Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Hi, I just bought myself a new 2 foot 100 litre tank and am in need of suggestions of what to put in it! i did want to have a female betta tank but have read very few positive experiences about this, i was thinking of bristle noses, neons and some fancy guppies? and putting my current female betta in a large wall hanger inside the tank as well. This is my first tropical tank so i'm not sure how many or what i should do with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappy Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 If you are going to make it into a female betta community tank, you just need to make sure you have a minimum for 5 females as it evens out the aggressive behaviour so one or two isnt getting picked on all the time.. it also allows the to establish a pecking order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaming_frog Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 is it possible to just keep the one i have at the moment by herself in there with some neons and so forth? or is that asking for trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergus Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 There are so many conflicting reports of communal tanks out there that it's hard to decide what's right and what's not. What works for one may not work for another. I suggest doing a search here on AAQ, reading everything you can find and then decide if it's for you or not. Personally i have a tank with 5 female betta, 1 male betta, a mollie, a zebra danio and a bristlenose and they all get along famously. A lot depends on the temperment of your fish. I also have another tank with 3 females living in harmony together - there has never even been a single nipped fin in that tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peta Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 where as my experience of 5-6 girls in a 2ft (ish) tank was that they might not have killed each other - but they certainly did beat each other up. Just thought I would mention it as I'm sure my old posts have long gone by now... I'd definitely look into the mixed tank (no suggestions on what as I don't have any knowledge in that field) If you're close by Jodie's shop at annerly, you can go have a look in there, she actually has betta's in tanks with other species of fish so that would give you a good idea on what other's you can mix her in with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaming_frog Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yes my girl is actually from someone's haha. but because she was in an individual tank she advised me adding her with other females was a bad idea. maybe i'll see how she goes by herself with some fast tetras. if not she can go back in her tank or an inside hanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaming_frog Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 so now i'm thinking, 5-6 neon tetras or green neons 4-5 guppies 2 panda corydoras or 2 bristle nose and 1 female betta. is this too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 that number of each fish would work fine - as long as you have sufficient filtration running. Here is a really good calculator to help you work out how many fish, etc for your tanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaming_frog Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 oh wow that's lot's of help thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody3714 Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) Just tought id throw in my 2 cents after seeing paulmans female betta tank with easily 20 female bettas if not more living in peace i am going to give it a try . Goody Edited March 15, 2010 by Goody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 correct me if I'm wrong paulmans, but Goody I think you will found that they are one spawn ( juvies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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