Mystery snails, and cherry shrimp! I love these guys so much, that I have 3 mystery snails and I think about 7 cherry shrimp. Their easy to feed and look after, and are quite cool
I love dwarf frogs! They were my desk pets for a while. Met a cute girl once who was also into fishkeeping, asked her if she wanted to stop by to check out my frogs, next day she came back to watch Star Trek the motion picture, and a year later we were married! Lol those little frogs were pretty great!
That's so weird that the African dwarf frog stays aquatic its whole life. It goes through metamorphosis. It replaces it's fins with feet. All for what. For nothing 🙃😂 so weird
What I meant was since they remain in water for their entire lives, why grow legs with feet? They don't need them because they remain submerged in water like fish do.
I’ve used a female Molly as my centerpiece fish! She was too hyper for my embers so now she lives with the African dwarf frogs and is a food hog but I’m pretty sure she believes she’s a frog now and has been accepted into the army of frogs!
theyre so unique! thinking of getting 2-3 for my 6 gal live planted. Not sur etho bc i might just end up getting another betta, lol. I just love labryinth fish
I kept fish when I was a kid (before I knew about proper fish care) and I had the bright idea to keep a yellow-only tank. I had a yellow betta, albino African Dwarf Frog, and a mystery snail. I kept them for months together until my snail went "missing" from its shell. Soon after the betta and frog died as well, but now I know it was probably due to improper care. Parents should not let tweens do whatever they want.
I agree. As a kid, I was allowed to have all kinds of pets but was never shown how to properly care for them. My parents didn’t take up the responsibility either, and it resulted in improper care and neglect. As I got older I realized this, and I now enjoy doing tons of research on my pets and doing my best to make them as happy as I can.
@@cyndicombs1419 I spent the winter 2017/18 November till April in hospital. My family brought me a Walmart royal blue crown tail and a small tank half the size of a shoebox ( very bad size I know) . That fish and I went through a lot together,learning to swallow and move everything again. That’s why I will always have a soft spot for them.
Bettas are awesome, they need no substitute. When I started out I had a similar "hipster" attitude about something being too common or normal or whatever, but then I actually got a betta and love them now. Easy to feed and a big personality.
same! they're so forgiving, very hardy, not messy in terms of bioload, and stunning. They also have more of a pet vibe because theyre usually kept alone and that personality +their tendency to follow u around their tank glass makes them such a joy to keep.
i was thinking kinda similarly once i started researching 10 gallon setups, but honestly am leaning towards a betta because i would love a fish with a big personality and a name that is easier to feed and less messy than a pea puffer. just seeing photos of others' bettas brings me so much joy. however i also love the idea of a honey gourami with schooling fish. so hard to decide!
Cosmo wants to let you know he's highly offended at the thought of any comparison! Shhhh, don't tell him my next 10 gal might be an all-male guppy tank! 💙💜💛🧡❤🤎🖤💜
Lol I also named my plakat Cosmo!! He’s white, black, and red with some shiny turquoise in his tail. I’ve accidentally made a space theme with my tanks- my female betta is named nebula and the harlequin rasboras that live with her have been dubbed the Guardians of the Galaxy. And then I decided to keep with the theme and named the stray cat who shows up at my house Hubble, like the space telescope!
You should do a pest snail alternative video, and make a list of all the snails that don’t breed out of control. You could even list pros, and cons of you wanted to
The first fish i ever had were gouramis and still love them . Most gentle fish especially if 4 or more are kept in a community tank . Still have 4 in my main community tank and are the sweet hearts . Mine are banded gouramis . Local / endemic to our area . Colisa fasciata is the scientific name
@@Winnin737 my advice is to have a highly planted tank with plenty of places to hide. I have mine in a twenty with my betta. I can’t stress enough the ease of anubias gel glued to a lava rock or wood. They are so care free and beautiful in the tank environment. And since they aren’t planted the rock or whatever you glued them to can be moved as needed which comes in handy if you want to clean or change the tank around.
@@Winnin737 Chili rasboras are very small. Full grown, they're between 1.8 and 2cm. I would be concerned that a dwarf gourami could eat a chili rasbora.
Betta fish are amazing and intelligent and interactive with their owner👌🏻 and they are so beautiful fishes and look beautiful in planted aquarium and I love them especially Dambo ear Betta fish my 1 favorite is Betta 2 Corydoras 3 Cardinal tetra
I have been thinking about dwarf frogs or pea puffers. My two bachelor Bettas are doing well. One is in a 7.6 gallon. The other is in a 5 gallon. I truly don't have room for another fish tank at the moment. I'll be sticking with my Bettas for now.
The Beta can live in a nano-tank, but their key downside (for me) is that tank needs to be heated. I prefer fish that do not need a heater and my favorite is the Japanese Rice fish (Medaka). Unfortunately, the Rice fish sold at Aquarium CoOp are JUMBO sized (Dean's doing) - and they are almost look too big for a nano-tank.
My axolotl hasn’t eaten in weeks as he just isn’t eating his whole underbelly is black and he is bloated he is not going to the toilet he has been in the fridge for a week and a half he has not eaten stones or anything what should I do
My fish store gets really cool bettas, and different from PetSmart/Petco stores. Which is awesome. The last betta that I got is super aggressive though 😅
another thing to remember with dwarf frogs is filter size! they are a very curious species! the first time i got one, it was exploring the filter and unfortunately got sucked in. I have more now and made a switch in the filter!!
My first pick would have been the dwarf and honey gouramis, too. I have two male dwarf gouramis as my showpiece fish (the pet stores only sell males), and would like to try honey gouramis as well. The Big Al's near me is the only local place to carry them, and they only have the wild type (brown in colour). Still, I would like to try them, but I'm worried that the dominant dwarf gourami in my aquarium would pick on them. (He picks on the other one a bit.)
Actually, contrary to popular belief, Pea puffers are shoaling fish! They should be kept in groups of 6+ and the minimum tank size for a group of 6 would be 15 gallons. I used to keep a single one after thinking it would be fine. After she died, I did a ton more research on them & watched videos of them in their natural habitat. If you compare their behavior between keeping them alone & keeping them in groups, you'll notice they they tend to be more active when kept in groups, as they're supposed to be.
great list! I love my Pea Puffers! they're very personable and it's always nice to see them swim up to the front of the tank and follow you. little school of White Clouds or Ember Tetra in a 10-gallon might be cool too
I just recently got a little pea puffer for my planted nano, I love him so much ❤ though I'm not sure how well he's eating, since he's a little shy... Surprisingly he (Francis) hasn't eaten the cherry shrimp I put in for him, but that's okay because they clean up whatever he doesn't eat 😂
Great to see you cover adf's! They are an absolute joy! I would like to say however, that it's best to feed them frog pellets like omega one frog and tadpole pellets as foods like bloodworms and black worms can cause bloat. I would also recommend keeping them in groups of at least four as they are very social. As for community tanks, depending on their temperament they could make great additions to a tank of bad ones. I personally have four adf's (two wild type and two leucitic), a betta fish, a few bladder snails that hitch hiked of of some aquarium plants and a small group of 6 endlers.
Do you know if they would eat Pygmy corydoras? My Betta sadly just passed. Was thinking of getting another for her 20 long tank she was sharing with Pygmy corydoras and rams horn snails but was thinking maybe adfs 🤷🏼♀️ corys were there first so anything I pick has to be compatible
Sparkling/pygmy gourami! Super small, look kind of similar to a female betta body type instead of other gouramis, and they have the most beautiful shining blue eyes! Also, they croak :D!
Though my Angelfish are my favs for centrepiece fish, i would definitely vote for fancy guppies in a nano tank! They are so colourful and are super chill, even with my jumbo angels
I think Sparkling Gourami would be a nice alternative for a Betta. They are very similar to each other in their way of life and are very beautiful as well.
Raul and Alejandro, my Bettas, are wondering whtyanyone would consider an alternative. :) I have successfully kept a pair of Kribensis in a 15 gallon tank, and they are pretty easy to breed.
Gouramis are related like cousins to the betta fishes, if nobody or you didn’t know about it. It’s because of how they breed and act. Just that bettas can’t be with each other except a certain wild betta can have many together. Mainly gouramis can have many together.
Another benefit with a Gourami, over a Betta fish, is it's streamline body. Less chance of exhausting itself, trying to swim. Which is one of the reasons, long fin Bettas die early. They have to fight the weight of their fins, and end up sinking to the bottom of the tank, within a few years. Not good, since they're a labyrinth fish. Gourami's live much longer.
I’ve had some success housing pea puffers with other fish, but it really depends, much like with gouramis! as long as the other fish are peaceful, fast, and not super prone to being fin-nipped. great video!
@@rdred8693 Not really. They’re cautious when first introduced to a tank, but take pretty well to frozen food. I just use forceps to swish a cube of blood worms or brine shrimp around so they flutter around like live food, and the puffers go crazy for it.
I have a 20 Gal long tank (not high) with 6 African Dwarf Frogs, some nerite snails, a mystery snail, and a Betta, it's very exciting and amusing to watch ADF's. A few things I wanted to mention if you want to keep ADF's. If you're wanting African Dwarf frogs BE CAREFUL NOT TO buy African CLAWED frogs instead of African dwarf frogs. African Clawed frogs get much bigger and will eat your fish. African Dwarf frogs are a lot less shy with more of them in the tank, I would get a few, just don't overstock, and you'll see a lot of derpy action from these guys. ADF's need a tank that isn't too high up so they can reach the surface of the water easier because they can die if they can't get to air and they aren't the greatest swimmers... Also, the singing the males do isn't obnoxiously loud, you can youtube a video displaying it but it's actually quite subtle, in my opinion. It's not like croaking noises. They also prefer softer substrate, I have aquatic soil with lots of plants in this set up, but an old setup I had featured sand, and they would dig around the sand quite frequently and hide in it, it was super cute.
I've kept dwarf Mexican crayfish. The first two were killed by my male killifish before I figured out what was happening and the third one started attacking my cardinal tetras in their sleep, grabbing them by their tails. I would definitely not keep them with any species that rests toward the bottom. I'm sure it can really depend on their individual personalities, too.
I‘m really interested to keep a honey gourami but I only have an 8g cube tank and I‘m worried that might be too small for the fish. There isn’t any other stocking besides snails some shrimp.
I have two in my planted 5.5 gallon tank. It was a mistake because I didn’t realize they got as big as they do and the pet shop owner wasn’t extremely experienced with them. But I think if you just do one and 8 gallon cube may be okay. Especially if it’s heavily planted with lots of stuff.
Hello there, recently got into this hobby. made a planted tank and kept some fish but I didn't have lid which was suitable due to hang on filter and light which is strapped in glass. Due to which I lost my Rasbora Harley Quinn. I bought 10 but now I can't find one. dont know where it went. searched on the floor, filter. Can you show me the aquarium lid behind you? or any diy ideas for aquarium lid. you can post it in your Instagram story. I will catch up in there. thanks alot for your videos.
I have peabpuffers in a 6 ft tank with everything from an adult angelfish to bluenrams to guppies. Plant as hea ily as you can and try stuff you might be surprised who can liventogether
I just got some dwarf crayfish and i love them. I actually have them with female bettas ,non of which are very aggressive, and some guppies and every1 seems fine. The fish tend to stay away from the crayfish and if they get close the crayfish do a little lunge and the fish swim away so no problems so far.
Seriously I kept one betta in a huge 78 gallon planted tank with glow and neon tetras he was living happily in there but he was completely happy with four gouramis
fun fact for beginners: bettas fish are in the gourami family, so they dont need an oxygen pump but they do need a filter, bettas can take oxygen from above the water
I kept a Mexican dwarf crayfish and I disagree that it is a true betta substitute. Bettas indeed don't need aeration, but my crayfish actually died in a 9-gallon tank only because I didn't notice in time that it started to feel bad due to aeration failure. I think the closest alternative to betta that is actually easier to keep is the paradise fish. Biologically it is very closely related to betta and is actually a lot hardier in terms of acceptable temperature.
Only reason I don't wanna start with Betta is cuz I love snails and Bettas either don't or do like them there is no middle ground and I can't find out who is right
As a footnote to #1, sparkling gourami or croaking gourami would be awesome. For a #6 I'd go with a pygmy sunfish. The gulf coast pygmy is really pretty.
I have a Mexican dwarf crayfish named Snippy. I got him and he was missing a pincher. Now he roams my shrimp tank and does just fine. You just have to remember not to mix colors if keeping more then one, otherwise they will fight.
I’ve wanted to get some African dwarf frogs for so long, but I don’t have space for another tank😅 Also, they’re not very common in my city for some reason.
Get yourself a species only African dwarf frog tank! They like a densely planted aquarium with plants growing at the bottom and plants that grow up to the surface. Just look up and do tons of research on fungus and bacterial infections, as this is what they are very prone too when purchased from a store.
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*What's your favorite betta fish alternative that I didn't mention?*
For a planted nano tank, tetras can never go wrong?
Panda garra
Mystery snails, and cherry shrimp! I love these guys so much, that I have 3 mystery snails and I think about 7 cherry shrimp. Their easy to feed and look after, and are quite cool
Endlers are great nano fish.
I like your videos 🥰
I love dwarf frogs! They were my desk pets for a while. Met a cute girl once who was also into fishkeeping, asked her if she wanted to stop by to check out my frogs, next day she came back to watch Star Trek the motion picture, and a year later we were married! Lol those little frogs were pretty great!
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Wholesome
0 to 100 real quick but in a really cute way
I'm writing that down😂😂😂
Frogs became the best wingmen/women
That's so weird that the African dwarf frog stays aquatic its whole life. It goes through metamorphosis. It replaces it's fins with feet. All for what. For nothing 🙃😂 so weird
I had no clue that they replace fins for feet. That is super cool 😎. I learned something new today. Thanks.
@@littlemidwestrebornsdolls they're amphibians. They start from tadpols and grow into frogs 🐸 😄
The same is true for lots of amphibians, especially newts.
What I meant was since they remain in water for their entire lives, why grow legs with feet? They don't need them because they remain submerged in water like fish do.
@@littlemidwestrebornsdolls that's what I'm sayin
I’ve used a female Molly as my centerpiece fish! She was too hyper for my embers so now she lives with the African dwarf frogs and is a food hog but I’m pretty sure she believes she’s a frog now and has been accepted into the army of frogs!
Little froggy
She thinks she's a frog but she's not sure- her memory's a little froggy.
i have a breeding pair of dwarf frogs this is the 1st time raising tadpoles i have 4 tadpoles total and 1 of them is about to absorb his tail :D
Pea puffers are the dopest to me. They have a lot of personality. I might just start a new tank up for em'!
Also idk bout you, but I think the idea of a tiny puffer fish is just the cutest thing ever.
They are sooo cute! Lots of personality in a small package.
Same!!
@@typicallyusual6984 Yeah c: I’d probably kill them in the first week though-
A friend didn't believe me about my betta interacting and having a personality til she saw a pea puffer in a doctor's office aquarium.
I really like the sparkling gourami’s. They make these croaking sounds and have beautiful blue highlights.
theyre so unique! thinking of getting 2-3 for my 6 gal live planted. Not sur etho bc i might just end up getting another betta, lol. I just love labryinth fish
yep. I got 4 in my 20g and just last night they were teasing each other and I heard a croaking sound..I literally stopped what I was doing.
Irene is just a ray of sunshine without being blinding
I kept fish when I was a kid (before I knew about proper fish care) and I had the bright idea to keep a yellow-only tank. I had a yellow betta, albino African Dwarf Frog, and a mystery snail. I kept them for months together until my snail went "missing" from its shell. Soon after the betta and frog died as well, but now I know it was probably due to improper care. Parents should not let tweens do whatever they want.
I agree. As a kid, I was allowed to have all kinds of pets but was never shown how to properly care for them. My parents didn’t take up the responsibility either, and it resulted in improper care and neglect. As I got older I realized this, and I now enjoy doing tons of research on my pets and doing my best to make them as happy as I can.
Very nice job, but I think I will stick with Bettas. Eight tanks and it just doesn’t seem right if I don’t have a betta in at least one.
Gotta love those bettas!
I agree with you completely. 🌱🐟🌱
@@cyndicombs1419 I spent the winter 2017/18 November till April in hospital. My family brought me a Walmart royal blue crown tail and a small tank half the size of a shoebox ( very bad size I know) . That fish and I went through a lot together,learning to swallow and move everything again. That’s why I will always have a soft spot for them.
Those axolotl earrings 😍
Bettas are awesome, they need no substitute. When I started out I had a similar "hipster" attitude about something being too common or normal or whatever, but then I actually got a betta and love them now. Easy to feed and a big personality.
same! they're so forgiving, very hardy, not messy in terms of bioload, and stunning. They also have more of a pet vibe because theyre usually kept alone and that personality +their tendency to follow u around their tank glass makes them such a joy to keep.
i was thinking kinda similarly once i started researching 10 gallon setups, but honestly am leaning towards a betta because i would love a fish with a big personality and a name that is easier to feed and less messy than a pea puffer. just seeing photos of others' bettas brings me so much joy. however i also love the idea of a honey gourami with schooling fish. so hard to decide!
Cosmo wants to let you know he's highly offended at the thought of any comparison! Shhhh, don't tell him my next 10 gal might be an all-male guppy tank! 💙💜💛🧡❤🤎🖤💜
Lol I also named my plakat Cosmo!! He’s white, black, and red with some shiny turquoise in his tail. I’ve accidentally made a space theme with my tanks- my female betta is named nebula and the harlequin rasboras that live with her have been dubbed the Guardians of the Galaxy. And then I decided to keep with the theme and named the stray cat who shows up at my house Hubble, like the space telescope!
You should do a pest snail alternative video, and make a list of all the snails that don’t breed out of control. You could even list pros, and cons of you wanted to
Hey are you on petscord?
I mean i saw your name on it
@@supriyadivekar1021 yes I am
@@BugTheSandWorm cool, me too
@@supriyadivekar1021 nice
I was talking about getting snails and my in-laws were like NOOOO!!!! Too much breeding. They didn’t believe me that I could find slow or non-breeders
The first fish i ever had were gouramis and still love them . Most gentle fish especially if 4 or more are kept in a community tank . Still have 4 in my main community tank and are the sweet hearts . Mine are banded gouramis . Local / endemic to our area . Colisa fasciata is the scientific name
I have a thing for chili rasboras, they are so tiny and yet so vividly colored. Beautiful in a small school.
Yes! I love my 10
I’m trying to ad a school of cili rasboras to my 20 gallon with my powder blue dwarf Gruamy, do you think there will be any aggression in the tank?
@@Winnin737 my advice is to have a highly planted tank with plenty of places to hide. I have mine in a twenty with my betta. I can’t stress enough the ease of anubias gel glued to a lava rock or wood. They are so care free and beautiful in the tank environment. And since they aren’t planted the rock or whatever you glued them to can be moved as needed which comes in handy if you want to clean or change the tank around.
@@macylouwho1187 I have plenty of plants, but still waiting for the Java form to grow in, also waiting for the duck weed to grow and cover the top.
@@Winnin737 Chili rasboras are very small. Full grown, they're between 1.8 and 2cm. I would be concerned that a dwarf gourami could eat a chili rasbora.
i had two African Dwarf frogs that lived to be 9 years old!
Scarlet badis and Black tiger dario are much more colorful than what's shown here. They're such a cool character, one of my favorites :)
Betta fish are amazing and intelligent and interactive with their owner👌🏻
and they are so beautiful fishes and look beautiful in planted aquarium and I love them especially Dambo ear Betta fish my 1 favorite is Betta
2 Corydoras
3 Cardinal tetra
Yes Betta fish are amazing even I love them ❤️
I love my Bettas! They are beautiful and have such a personality in their tanks! I love the otocinclus catfish and snails.
@@gailcousins9609 👌🏻
This is more of a schooling nanofish than a centerpiece, but I really love my 10g with White Clouds and Neocaridina shrimp.
White clouds are so underrated. They're bulletproof and don't require heating with a very easygoing personality.
I love the gourami and dwarf puffers. How many though in a 10 gallon tank ? @girltalksfish
I have been thinking about dwarf frogs or pea puffers. My two bachelor Bettas are doing well. One is in a 7.6 gallon. The other is in a 5 gallon. I truly don't have room for another fish tank at the moment. I'll be sticking with my Bettas for now.
The Beta can live in a nano-tank, but their key downside (for me) is that tank needs to be heated. I prefer fish that do not need a heater and my favorite is the Japanese Rice fish (Medaka). Unfortunately, the Rice fish sold at Aquarium CoOp are JUMBO sized (Dean's doing) - and they are almost look too big for a nano-tank.
I love my sparkling gouramis. I also love watching them interact as a group in a species only tank!
My axolotl hasn’t eaten in weeks as he just isn’t eating his whole underbelly is black and he is bloated he is not going to the toilet he has been in the fridge for a week and a half he has not eaten stones or anything what should I do
My fish store gets really cool bettas, and different from PetSmart/Petco stores. Which is awesome. The last betta that I got is super aggressive though 😅
another thing to remember with dwarf frogs is filter size! they are a very curious species! the first time i got one, it was exploring the filter and unfortunately got sucked in. I have more now and made a switch in the filter!!
Best filter for them, is the sponge filter with a Fluval pre filter sponge.
I absolutely love guppies. They are so cute.
This really helps,as i just lost my betta fish
My first pick would have been the dwarf and honey gouramis, too. I have two male dwarf gouramis as my showpiece fish (the pet stores only sell males), and would like to try honey gouramis as well. The Big Al's near me is the only local place to carry them, and they only have the wild type (brown in colour). Still, I would like to try them, but I'm worried that the dominant dwarf gourami in my aquarium would pick on them. (He picks on the other one a bit.)
I reckon ricefish can do well in a small setup too 🌿
You’re my favorite fish-tuber! Love your content. I get so excited when you upload 😅
so happy to finally see appreciation for dwarf crayfish, they’re amazing small pets!
Actually, contrary to popular belief, Pea puffers are shoaling fish! They should be kept in groups of 6+ and the minimum tank size for a group of 6 would be 15 gallons. I used to keep a single one after thinking it would be fine. After she died, I did a ton more research on them & watched videos of them in their natural habitat. If you compare their behavior between keeping them alone & keeping them in groups, you'll notice they they tend to be more active when kept in groups, as they're supposed to be.
wow, i didn’t know this! now a 15-20 gallon pea puffer group tank is totally on my list (: thank you!
great list! I love my Pea Puffers! they're very personable and it's always nice to see them swim up to the front of the tank and follow you.
little school of White Clouds or Ember Tetra in a 10-gallon might be cool too
Ishisan, How many peas in what size tank works best for you?
“Beautiful Finn age and an adorable grumpy face!” That is the PERFECT way to describe bettas!
you should make a video about the Elassoma Gilberti aka the pygmy sunfish. I think that they would also make a great alternative to a betta fish.
I had one hatch in some plants I collected from a lake!!
I put him back when he was big enough.
I got a Magenta Mystery snail 🐌 that i housed in a 5g sphere aqua. I like him a lot. Beautiful and amusing to watch i find.
I would have the scarlet gem also known as the scarlet badis
Where did you get those earings??
I just recently got a little pea puffer for my planted nano, I love him so much ❤ though I'm not sure how well he's eating, since he's a little shy... Surprisingly he (Francis) hasn't eaten the cherry shrimp I put in for him, but that's okay because they clean up whatever he doesn't eat 😂
Mine eat frozen blood worms and live small snails
@@tiffanyefairfax8703 I'm wondering why fish experts say peas should be kept in sets of 4 - 5
Pea puffers and dwarf gouramis are some of my favourite! I started keeping both (not together) after my betta died.
MY pea puffers almost exclusively eat live scuds, snails, and planaria from my other tanks. It's free real estate.
Great to see you cover adf's! They are an absolute joy! I would like to say however, that it's best to feed them frog pellets like omega one frog and tadpole pellets as foods like bloodworms and black worms can cause bloat. I would also recommend keeping them in groups of at least four as they are very social. As for community tanks, depending on their temperament they could make great additions to a tank of bad ones. I personally have four adf's (two wild type and two leucitic), a betta fish, a few bladder snails that hitch hiked of of some aquarium plants and a small group of 6 endlers.
Do you know if they would eat Pygmy corydoras? My Betta sadly just passed. Was thinking of getting another for her 20 long tank she was sharing with Pygmy corydoras and rams horn snails but was thinking maybe adfs 🤷🏼♀️ corys were there first so anything I pick has to be compatible
Sparkling/pygmy gourami! Super small, look kind of similar to a female betta body type instead of other gouramis, and they have the most beautiful shining blue eyes! Also, they croak :D!
Apistogramma? Rams?
Second....this was helpful.. Thank you
Though my Angelfish are my favs for centrepiece fish, i would definitely vote for fancy guppies in a nano tank! They are so colourful and are super chill, even with my jumbo angels
I think Sparkling Gourami would be a nice alternative for a Betta. They are very similar to each other in their way of life and are very beautiful as well.
Raul and Alejandro, my Bettas, are wondering whtyanyone would consider an alternative. :) I have successfully kept a pair of Kribensis in a 15 gallon tank, and they are pretty easy to breed.
Paradise gouramis are cold water bettas.
Love that extra outlet with no heater. Mine has great personality.
I got dwarf honey gourami d
From a previous recommendation of yours! I now have babies! I'm raising them
Kinda disagree with pea puffers.they need a bigger tank more than 10 gallons.
Per 1?
I actually had multiple dwarf frogs with my betta and it went pretty well
Gouramis are related like cousins to the betta fishes, if nobody or you didn’t know about it. It’s because of how they breed and act. Just that bettas can’t be with each other except a certain wild betta can have many together. Mainly gouramis can have many together.
Another benefit with a Gourami, over a Betta fish, is it's streamline body. Less chance of exhausting itself, trying to swim. Which is one of the reasons, long fin Bettas die early. They have to fight the weight of their fins, and end up sinking to the bottom of the tank, within a few years. Not good, since they're a labyrinth fish. Gourami's live much longer.
I have an African dwarf frog tank, and its so cool! Theyve got so much personality
Aren’t Bettas and Dwarf Gouramis in the same family: Gourami?
Sparkling gouramis would be my suggestion.
Liked the Mexican crayfish. Unfortunately they're illegal her in the UK.
I’ve had some success housing pea puffers with other fish, but it really depends, much like with gouramis! as long as the other fish are peaceful, fast, and not super prone to being fin-nipped. great video!
Do you have trouble feeding them?
I want a pea puffer, but worry about them rejecting frozen food.
@@rdred8693 Not really. They’re cautious when first introduced to a tank, but take pretty well to frozen food. I just use forceps to swish a cube of blood worms or brine shrimp around so they flutter around like live food, and the puffers go crazy for it.
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Thank you!
I have a 20 Gal long tank (not high) with 6 African Dwarf Frogs, some nerite snails, a mystery snail, and a Betta, it's very exciting and amusing to watch ADF's. A few things I wanted to mention if you want to keep ADF's. If you're wanting African Dwarf frogs BE CAREFUL NOT TO buy African CLAWED frogs instead of African dwarf frogs. African Clawed frogs get much bigger and will eat your fish. African Dwarf frogs are a lot less shy with more of them in the tank, I would get a few, just don't overstock, and you'll see a lot of derpy action from these guys. ADF's need a tank that isn't too high up so they can reach the surface of the water easier because they can die if they can't get to air and they aren't the greatest swimmers... Also, the singing the males do isn't obnoxiously loud, you can youtube a video displaying it but it's actually quite subtle, in my opinion. It's not like croaking noises. They also prefer softer substrate, I have aquatic soil with lots of plants in this set up, but an old setup I had featured sand, and they would dig around the sand quite frequently and hide in it, it was super cute.
I've kept dwarf Mexican crayfish. The first two were killed by my male killifish before I figured out what was happening and the third one started attacking my cardinal tetras in their sleep, grabbing them by their tails. I would definitely not keep them with any species that rests toward the bottom. I'm sure it can really depend on their individual personalities, too.
Good to know! They definitely seem very hungry.
I‘m really interested to keep a honey gourami but I only have an 8g cube tank and I‘m worried that might be too small for the fish.
There isn’t any other stocking besides snails some shrimp.
Sparkling gourami, pea puffers, betta, dwarf gourami, rice fish, minnows, certain tetras and rasbora, guppies, African dwarf frogs, scarlet badis, pygmy Cory, lots of ideas mate
I have two in my planted 5.5 gallon tank. It was a mistake because I didn’t realize they got as big as they do and the pet shop owner wasn’t extremely experienced with them. But I think if you just do one and 8 gallon cube may be okay. Especially if it’s heavily planted with lots of stuff.
Hello there, recently got into this hobby. made a planted tank and kept some fish but I didn't have lid which was suitable due to hang on filter and light which is strapped in glass. Due to which I lost my Rasbora Harley Quinn. I bought 10 but now I can't find one. dont know where it went. searched on the floor, filter. Can you show me the aquarium lid behind you? or any diy ideas for aquarium lid. you can post it in your Instagram story. I will catch up in there. thanks alot for your videos.
I have peabpuffers in a 6 ft tank with everything from an adult angelfish to bluenrams to guppies. Plant as hea ily as you can and try stuff you might be surprised who can liventogether
I just got some dwarf crayfish and i love them. I actually have them with female bettas ,non of which are very aggressive, and some guppies and every1 seems fine. The fish tend to stay away from the crayfish and if they get close the crayfish do a little lunge and the fish swim away so no problems so far.
Seriously I kept one betta in a huge 78 gallon planted tank with glow and neon tetras he was living happily in there but he was completely happy with four gouramis
He never minded anything
Me, surrounded by betta fish tanks.
“What alternatives?”
i need help so can i put a honey gourami in a betta sorority?
How many Honey Gourami in 10G tank you recommend? I have nothing else in the tank
fun fact for beginners: bettas fish are in the gourami family, so they dont need an oxygen pump but they do need a filter, bettas can take oxygen from above the water
Would the dwarf crayfish do fine with albino corys?
I kept a Mexican dwarf crayfish and I disagree that it is a true betta substitute. Bettas indeed don't need aeration, but my crayfish actually died in a 9-gallon tank only because I didn't notice in time that it started to feel bad due to aeration failure. I think the closest alternative to betta that is actually easier to keep is the paradise fish. Biologically it is very closely related to betta and is actually a lot hardier in terms of acceptable temperature.
Peacock gudgeon
Brine shrimp, aka Sea Monkeys.
I have a Honey Gorami now with my tetras.
His name is Hermann.
1:09 Fun Fact; Bettas are actually in the gourami family, which means that they are related.
Only reason I don't wanna start with Betta is cuz I love snails and Bettas either don't or do like them there is no middle ground and I can't find out who is right
Pea puffers are so super cute.
As a footnote to #1, sparkling gourami or croaking gourami would be awesome. For a #6 I'd go with a pygmy sunfish. The gulf coast pygmy is really pretty.
Rainbow darters also can't be understated for US-native fish keeping. They've got such a cool body shape for their size and can pair off in a 10gal.
Little fish need to be named Napoleon???
would any species of killifish work?
You think can two scarlet badis in a 5 gallon or is that too many
Puffers are very cool but have to be alone!!
I bred dose crayfish
My homey guorami male is aggressive
Are those axolotli earrings?
in my opinion there is nothing better than a betta
I mean about fish inc
Puffers are fin nippers
I love ur earrings
I have a crown tail betta
I want a pea puffer so bad
wet pet!!! yesss!!!
I have a dwarf powder blue gourami. He's definitely a bully but I still love him.
I have a Mexican dwarf crayfish named Snippy. I got him and he was missing a pincher. Now he roams my shrimp tank and does just fine. You just have to remember not to mix colors if keeping more then one, otherwise they will fight.
I had African Dwarfs back in the early 90s and they would eat pretty much anything. I had clawed frogs S well
Sparkling eye gouramis too if you can find them, I breed them and they stay around 1.5 inches and are super peaceful!
I’ve wanted to get some African dwarf frogs for so long, but I don’t have space for another tank😅 Also, they’re not very common in my city for some reason.
Get yourself a species only African dwarf frog tank! They like a densely planted aquarium with plants growing at the bottom and plants that grow up to the surface. Just look up and do tons of research on fungus and bacterial infections, as this is what they are very prone too when purchased from a store.
Pea Puffers are the best, could watch them all day. Thanks for the video!!!