Betta Fish: Cinder – he’s such a cruiser

Given that this seems in part a Betta appreciation group, I thought I’d share my newfound appreciation for Bettas – and clearly my love for the hobby.

I’m really loving Cinder. He’s happy, active, inquisitive. I really see the appeal now.

His home is a 300L planted tank running a Eheim canister filter. His tank-mates are (I haven’t witnessed any clashes at all – he seems to not care the others are there):

Fish

• Medaka (ricefish)
• Harlequin rasbora
• Rummy-nose tetra
• Neon tetra
• Rainbow pencilfish
• Otocinclus

Invertebrates

• Cherry shrimp – breeding with shrimplet survival!
• Glass shrimp
• Ramshorn snails

Aquatic plants

• Anubias (large leaf)
• Anubias nana (small leaf)
• Java moss
• Subwassertang
• Amazon sword
• Vallisneria
• Elodea
• Red tiger lotus
• Duckweed in plant rings

Emergent plant

• Lucky bamboo

Tank has been going for well over a year, so fully cycled. Cinder has been in for 3 months now.

I change the water or supplement once a month or so, only if my water parameters suggest it’s needed (nitrates can climb – overzealous feeding at times, I think). I test every few days with strips, once a week or so with the API solutions.

Everyone seems happy thus far.

Thanks 🙂