Dante is a plakat betta. He hasn’t eaten any of the tank mates these days. Well, at least that I know of. They say don’t hate the Dante, hate the game. There are definitely shrimp living under the volcano and they are breeding. I realized that most of them come out after the tank light goes out. I guess after Dante goes to bed. I haven’t seen any cherries, though. When the light is on, only ones brave enough to come out are the Amano shrimp. They are little gangsters themselves and can hold their own against Dante.
The female Amano you see in the video has actually been pregnant several times. She lets go of the larvae, and all of them get eaten by Dante, then she’ll carry eggs again in a few days. There are two Amano males that I can see. I don’t know which one is the baby’s father – Maury reference :) The larvae requires salt water to develop, so there’s no chance of them surviving in this tank.
There are hundreds of snails in this tank. They hitchhiked with one of the floating plants and now they have multiplied uncontrollably. Some actually live on the volcano, and pretty much everywhere else. I find empty shells sometimes on the lid of the tank. I might do a snail trap thingy, but maybe the population will stabilized based on the food available. I’m just gonna see what happens.
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Volcano betta Aquarium #3 : [ Ссылка ]
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SETUP Volcano betta aquarium: [ Ссылка ]
Favorite Dante food:
Hikari Betta Bio-Gold [ Ссылка ]
Food for eveyone:
Tetramin Flakes: [ Ссылка ]
Making Brine Shrimp: [ Ссылка ]
(*The most important part is the salinity and temperature. At room temperature, it might take 48 hours to hatch. At Higher the temps, they might hatch in less than 24 hours.)
(*For salinity, I’m going by the 1 table spoon per liter rule. However, depending on the salt, you might want to try up to 2 table spoons.)
Brine shrimp eggs: [ Ссылка ]
100% deep sea salt [ Ссылка ]
(I use deep sea salt, but I think other salts will work, too. Something like aquarium salt.)
Brine shrimp net: [ Ссылка ]
60ml syringe: [ Ссылка ]
Neodymium Magnet: [ Ссылка ]
Cherry shrimp [ Ссылка ]
Amano shrimp: [ Ссылка ]
The plants in this tank now:
Micro sword [ Ссылка ] – Still hanging on.
Pygmy chain sword [ Ссылка ] - It stayed very short and small and sent out lots of runners.
Glosso [ Ссылка ] – They have sent out lots runners. It’s staying very small and low to the ground.
Java moss [ Ссылка ] – The ones on the rock are doing well. The ones below the water surface are also doing well
Staurogyne repens [ Ссылка ] – It’s doing pretty well. It is a slow grower it seems.
Giant Duckweed [ Ссылка ] - It grows very fast in this tank.
This is a Walstad Method tank. Check out her book in the link below if interested. The book I read to make this aquarium:
Ecology of the Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad(Hard cover) [ Ссылка ]
Ecology of the Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad(digital) [ Ссылка ]
Music:
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie 1
