oh well....

I'd say the plakat (lucky sod) and then a breeding pair of bn plecs, and 8+ bbgs. and then i would have a shoal of cardinal tetras... about 8. and then like 8 cories. (whatever is your fav). wow just realised... alot of 8

planted with elosa densa, crypts, moss and anubias. woop.

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The Guppies Were All Female getting ready to be bred with my other males in 20gallon tank.

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8+ bbgs?

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bumblebee gobies.

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ive had many bettas in the past and all hve there own personalities.
some react better with tank mates than others. on the whole. bottom dwellers are best. cories and kuhlis. even dwarf frogs have been great with bettas. as for fish, i find tetras the best, the bigger the group the beter then behave i found, and also minnows. defently not barbs, or danios. shrimps often work well. amano shrimps the best i think, with the dwarf shrimps usually being eaten. not always. lot fo plant cover i find helps.. floating plants adding a great benefit to the betta. apple snails gret tank mates, sometimes their eyes get nipped. but to be fair..a betta i think should not be with most community fish, many livebearers add tension and the fancy tails of gupies make the betta angry.
in the end, each betta is different and some act differently to tank mates then others. its more a 'see how it goes' sort of thing. lol

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Ok cheers.

What I'll do is get the tank setup and sorted and cycle with neons, remove them and introduce the Kuhli's and Clowns and then order the Betta and put him in, then I will give him about 10-14 days to settle and try introducing some shrimp and some gobies.

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My betta is in with all my other fish and nothing bothers it and it doesn't bother anything.

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Aren't most bumble bee gobies on the market brackish?
I've had two shoals of 6 pentazona barbs with a pair of Sturisoma aureum (giant whiptail) these have a string like whip about 2.5 inches long and no nipping. great little fish.

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Nah, there's about 6 species of bumblebee gobies, and the one that is named on most caresheets/fish books are truly a brackish species. But these are never for sale, as they are very rare.

The other 5 are more tolertant of freshwater, and the most common one sold in lfs, does just as well in freshwater, if not better.

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Bettas are not cut out for community tanks usually, I think the setup you're planning sounds good though.

If you can get some ricca it forms mats at the surface of the water that bettas will love. Or just float some fine leaved bunch plants at teh surface for it.

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Mammals1.4.1 cats 2.0.0 dogs 1.0.0 guinea pig 1.0.0 Syrian hamster 1.0.0 Roberofski's hamster 0.0.1 Hedgehog atm.[/option]
Birds0.0.0 doves (dunno what happened there)0.6.0 chickens
Fishies0.0.5 peppered corys0.0.2 angels3.3.0 black phantom tetras0.0.6 glowlights ( yeah)0.0.3 banjo cats
0.0.5 neons0.1.0 ancistrus0.0.1 kuhli