Hello!

[Kurt]

Welcome aboard.

[John]

Welcome to the forum Brandon .

[Bearnandos]

OoOoOoOO what fish have you decided upon ??? I am at the mist of my new Viv which I want to add a couple of fish to eat the insects that drown.....cannot decide whether to get a betta, tetras, or pygmy corys - as they are all happy with the tannins I expect my water will get......hmmm or maybe a couple of dwarf tropical shrimps.

[bmlbytes]

I ended up buying a Map treefrog. He is pretty cool. He woke up about 3 minutes after the lights went out (since he is nocturnal) and he was crawling all over the glass. Here is a pic of him.



Also I would recommend the betta out of those. Cories are boring and like to shoal, and tetras might be a bit small and get eaten, depending on the size of the frog, and the type of tetras. Shrimp will be a tasty snack for most frogs, and they dont eat bugs. They eat algae and bits of uneaten food or dead plants and animals.

[Bearnandos]

Ahhhh yeah I was having those thought...woot to the betta...thanks

[adawinters]

That's a beautiful frog, bmlbytes. Keep us posted on his doings. You really have found a great place for Q+A and the like.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but I thought I'd vote for Bearnandos getting shrimp, rather than a betta. Male bettas get pretty picky about filter currents, and I don't think they'd pick clean a drowned cricket as well as a shrimp would. Also, if you're worried about them getting gulped, the shrimp would make a safer, bone-free snack than a betta; you didn't mention what species are in the tank, so I don't know how likely that is to happen.

Best of luck to you both.

[Bearnandos]

Yup those were my thoughts too - hmmm better wait to see how fast my flow will be..or better still wait for Brandon to see how well his viv works out and what fish he chooses