help me stock

rywill · 11-01-2006, 05:31 AM

ok so i have a 55gallon tank, cycled and ready to go and i was thinkin of stocking around a betta. i want to give him as much room as i can so he is goin in the 55 instead of cramming him in a tiny tank. What possibilities could i keep with him and still keep him happy and healthy? thanks in advance

Zoe · 11-01-2006, 07:07 AM

You may hear that a betta will be uncomfortable with that much room (I put mine in a 10gallon and he just sort of hung out in the corner), but I'm sure that many have had experiences with happy bettas in big tanks. Anyway, if you're stocking around a betta, start with a young betta, lots of plants, and keep in mind that your options for tankmates will be limited to relatively small fish, with very little finnage.
Like small tetras (neons, glowlights), large tetras (penguins, lemon tetras, bleeding heart), harlequin rasboras... maybe some dwarf rasboras. You might be able to get away with a pair of kribensis. Anyway, bettas do not seem to like a lot of water movement so you shouldn't put too many fish in there with him. Maybe the betta, lots of plants, a school of dwarf rainbows, a school of lemon tetras, a school of neon tetras?

darkfalz · 11-01-2006, 02:13 PM

The biggest problem with a betta and a tank that size is that you need a decent strengh filter, and betta won't like that. I put him in my 40L tank and he just started getting blown around by the current. So I put him back in his 20L spone filter tank

**Osiris** · 11-01-2006, 03:51 PM

With a proper diffuser it would be fine.

Betta may feel the lack of hiding places in tank that size. We have planned to setup a 75g for a trio of betta's, with the output area of water being ran directly into a pile of rocks makes for a good difuser instead of creating a flow stream pattern...

rywill · 11-02-2006, 07:06 AM

k thanks...yea i was wondering about the water flow affecting the betta. It will still be a little while b4 i plan on doing this, since i had cichlids in it b4, im going to re-do the substrate and re-decorate to make the betta feel as comfortable as possible

11-01-2006, 05:31 AM	#1
rywill Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Age: 21 Posts: 197	help me stock ok so i have a 55gallon tank, cycled and ready to go and i was thinkin of stocking around a betta. i want to give him as much room as i can so he is goin in the 55 instead of cramming him in a tiny tank. What possibilities could i keep with him and still keep him happy and healthy? thanks in advance

11-01-2006, 07:07 AM	#2
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	You may hear that a betta will be uncomfortable with that much room (I put mine in a 10gallon and he just sort of hung out in the corner), but I'm sure that many have had experiences with happy bettas in big tanks. Anyway, if you're stocking around a betta, start with a young betta, lots of plants, and keep in mind that your options for tankmates will be limited to relatively small fish, with very little finnage. Like small tetras (neons, glowlights), large tetras (penguins, lemon tetras, bleeding heart), harlequin rasboras... maybe some dwarf rasboras. You might be able to get away with a pair of kribensis. Anyway, bettas do not seem to like a lot of water movement so you shouldn't put too many fish in there with him. Maybe the betta, lots of plants, a school of dwarf rainbows, a school of lemon tetras, a school of neon tetras? __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

11-01-2006, 02:13 PM	#3
darkfalz Vishy vishies! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia Age: 29 Posts: 481	The biggest problem with a betta and a tank that size is that you need a decent strengh filter, and betta won't like that. I put him in my 40L tank and he just started getting blown around by the current. So I put him back in his 20L spone filter tank __________________ 40L - 1 opaline gourami 160L planted - 8 harlequin rasboras, 6 tiger barbs, 2 swordtails, 1 bristlenose pleco

11-01-2006, 03:51 PM	#4
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	With a proper diffuser it would be fine. Betta may feel the lack of hiding places in tank that size. We have planned to setup a 75g for a trio of betta's, with the output area of water being ran directly into a pile of rocks makes for a good difuser instead of creating a flow stream pattern... __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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11-02-2006, 07:06 AM	#5
rywill Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Age: 21 Posts: 197	k thanks...yea i was wondering about the water flow affecting the betta. It will still be a little while b4 i plan on doing this, since i had cichlids in it b4, im going to re-do the substrate and re-decorate to make the betta feel as comfortable as possible

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