I am now entering my second week of keeping a labyrinth fish only aquarium which is currently 10 gallons, and the fish have adapted to their new home, the 2 three-spot gouramis,the 2 paradise fish, and the 3 female bettas are all getting along great and the pecking order is as followed

gourami heirarchy
paradise fish are left out of the pecking order
bettas are pestering each other but leaving the others alone

for the first 4 days the female bettas were in the aquarium they hid out in the back unable to see but now they are almost as active as the gouramis and paradise fish.
I am currently thinking of bottom feeder clean-up fish for the aquarium.

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After awhile of thinking.. here shall be the inhabitants...

2 blue gouramis
2 blue paradise fish
2 albino paradise fish
4 dwarf gouramis ( undecided type )
1 kissing gourami
3 pearl gouramis
female bettas ( undecided amount )

bottom dwellers:::

2 small (2-4") clown loaches
2 dojo ( weather ) loaches
5 small kuhli loaches
albino corydoras ( unknown number ( fry ) )

plants:::

java moss
java fern
amazon sword
tape grass
water sprite
dwarf hairgrass

all the fish are equally active as of now and show gret colour when the lights are turned off at night and the room light is on.. i will show you pics of that someday

In a few years when everything grows-up the tank will be upgraded to a 75 gallon

Pics will be coming in a few weeks once the actual 40 gallon is bought and progress of the stand is started..

Test kit coming soon ( i have to replace my old one )

EDIT, here are some pics of the tank.. i have a really bad digital camera as you can see the fish are all blurry and its not good quality, and this is about the maximum size photobucket would allow me to make the pic.. i will upgrade to pro soon and larger pics will come., I also am planning on getting a new and better digital camera.

I will be adding better,larger, and newer pics within time


:tdown: :tdown: quality....

And is this all in the 10Gallon?

no, some of the fish in that list are going to be in the 40 gallon, and i will upgrade it to a 75 gallon after awhile and add the other fish.

The only stuff in the 10 gallon are two small gouramis, 3 female bettas and 2 small paradise fish..,

in the 40 gallon,i will add

the dojo and kuhli loaches
pearl and dwarf gouramis
the female bettas will be removed and they shall have there own tank
and 2 more paradise fish.

when i upgrade to 75 i will add,
the clown loaches
the kissing gourami
and there MIGHT be corydoras, as i plan to breed them but i will probably put the cory fry in a 10 gallon with the female bettas

do yourself a favour and dont put ANY fry in with bettas :P

They eat them all

lol, not gonna, im talking juvies, like.. 2 cm long cories,

They still might eat their eyes out. I've had that happen...

Poor little Rasboras... ;-;

thats why i grow a TON of plants because if i breed bettas, there will be so many female bettas i would need to put in tanks, and the plants will protect the little baby cories.

UPDATE - i bought a 29 gallon and decided to lighten the stock,
UPDATE - not going to breed bettas, lightens the load

2 blue gouramis ( not permanent )
3 paradise fish, 2 albino, 1 blue
3 pearl gouramis
1 kissing gourami size 2-3 inches ( not permanent )
3 kuhli loaches


The 10 gallon that holds them now i will have,

6 female bettas
1 male dwarf gourami


In a few years when the blue gouramis and kissing gourami outgrow the 29 i will get a 55 gallon and the inhabitants will be

1 kissing gourami
3 three spot gouramis-1 gold, 2 blue-
2 dojo loaches
a pleco

the stand is well on its way to be made and the 29 gallon shall be on top and the 10 gallon below.

i will post a pic of the stand as soon as i find the digi cam

The tank is up and running :woo:

i am using, two 10 gallon filters ( kinda low i know but im a naturalist )
no heater
light is a... 20W flourescent
the water teampeature sticks at 77 degrees F

and umm.. same inhabitants as there were in the 10, i still have to set-up the 10 gal for female bettas

I will not be adding new inhabitants for a few weeks

Here is the 10gal tank plans

6 female bettas, the rule for me is, 3 gallons per 1 and another 1 gallon per other, so that takes up 8 gallons
1 male dwarf gourami of undecided type-another 2 gals
and that fills up all 10 gallons

Very good thread youth I am enjoying reading it and look forward to seeing how it all progresses.

lol thx

UPDATE: we were giving some stuff to charity.. and i think the digital camera went with the stuff on accident :banghead:

its been a few weeks since the tank got up, jay time to get the pearl gouramis, 1 albino paradise fish, and 3 kuhlis, im also going to get some more plants top set up the 10 gallon for the female bettas, and im gonna get blood worms, and a dwarf gourami, going to get more female bettas some time later though,

also, were looking into getting a new digi cam, so pics might come soon, so better quality!!!

heres what i got

the albino paradise fish as planned
2 striped and 1 black kuhli
only 1 pearl gourami, and the reason is
i got the flame honey dwarf gourami but havn't set up the 10 gallon yet
and i walked home with the cutest little baby HM betta, hes white with a few blue splashes on his tail, and hes just a little baby too, :dance: ( yes i know im not a girl so i shouldn't really use that smilie, but i like it anyway ) :dance:

A much needed update, and some much needed pics.

Update:
Inhabitants,

2 blue gouramis
1 pearl gourami
1 red dwarf gourami
2-3 kuhli loaches? 1 black, 1-2 striped?
2-3 female bettas?
1 albino paradise fish
1 blue paradise fish.


Update:

The tank has gotten filthy, huge algae bloom and the java moss has exploded into a complete mess.
Will be fixing it up.


Pics:

blue gourami


Blue paradise fish ( he had a fight with someone in the tank and ripped his lip, starting to fungus )


Red dwarf gourami



pearl gourami


female betta ( really hard to get a pic of them as they keep hiding. )



Couldn't get the white paradise fish or the kuhlis.

Here's some pics of the tank. Notice java moss and algae
Keep in mind that this is a 29 gallon.







Quite a few pictures, huh..

sweet setup and nice fish bud. :)

Nice tank dude!

Sweet set-up Youth!
Are you doseing with ferts of any kind?
Your Java Moss looks great!
:kewl:

No ferts, Dot, I have a ton of java moss.. my two gallon betta tanks are filled, the ELB tank is about 1/7 java moss.. and holy cow, is my 29 filled.

Update:The java moss and algae took over. It's so bad, the fish are literally getting strangled in the java moss. Probably lost quite a few of them because of that. I'm going to have to tear down the tank (sort of) and fix it up a bit.


Edit: I removed all the decor and java moss, it turns out that all I lost were 1 albino paradise fish.. and the blue albino paradise fish. They were nowhere to be found.


Edit: I have a HUGE amount of java moss, all the fish look fine. My Endler's had a few problems as well, missing some of them. Filter went out for a week and I didn't notice and the java moss grew out as well, :pft:

will continue to edit as I disassemble the tank.

Well, finally got to disassemble the tank.

Still have the two blue gouramis, the pearl gourami, and 2 kuhli loaches.

The java moss had completely took over the tank, it was literally nothing but java moss.


We're buying gravel and all kinds of stuff tomorrow, cleaning it and etc. All the java moss will be gone, all the decor will be gone. It's just going to be bogwood and the left side of the aquarium shall be tape grass. The tank should be water running by thursday, and plants by saturday. A friend is caring for the fish until around wednesday next week, and in which time, I'll be caring for his angelfish.


The only thing I'm worried about is a bacterial cycle. I could save some of the tanks water (the filter is running through it now) for later, and steal some water and.. *muck* from my brother's 10 Gallon, and/or my friend's 20 Gallon. But it's bothering me a bit.


Also, I know where the digital camera is, so new pictures will be coming.

Still not the best quality photos, but shows what the tank looks like as of the new cleaning of it.

cool. i really like that driftwood.:)

very nice. what kind of Vals. are those? oh, :P i might fill the aquarium up if I were you, it'll give you nasty calcium build up if it stays that way for long...trust me, it's a pain to get off. :laugh: