cycling with zebras and betta

[bmvbab]

Hi all,

Now Im all getting ready to cycle my tank. Thought it would be ok to have zebra danios as my cycling fish. But then a little color wont hurt right-how about adding one betta to this group? I would also have some plants in there. Its a 29 gal.

If a betta is not a good choice, I would stick to just the zebras and let the cycling complete.

Thanks.

[AquaBANG]

stick to zebras.

[cocoa_pleco]

yep, zebras only.

also, zebras will attack the bettas fins

[Demi ^_^]

not only will the zebras attack the bettas fins, bettas aren't really all that hardy... They could get very sick and could die from the water quality...

[SkinnyChicken]

I'd agree with both Cocoa and Demi though although whilst my Bettas have been a bit on the soft side, I've neaver had them savaged by my Danios. I cycled by 80g with 5 zebras and being the hardy little bugers they are, never lost one and they are still zipping around at the speed of light. I love 'em :)

Just don't make the mistake I made of cycling recently ... [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[KINGMED]

I picked up some red minnows (can't remember the exact name) at Walmart for .28 each. Oh I think they are called rosey red minnows, I think so anyways---however I bought 5 of them and 4 zebras and they are in my 29 gal. and doing just fine. I don't like the minnows but for .28 I figured what the heck, I told my 5 and 8 year old girls here in a few weeks we are going to cook them up and eat them, they weren't very inthused about the subject. I like to spend as little money as possible especially if I think I'll loose it, however knowing my luck they'll live forever and I'll have to use them as fish bait this summer.

[bmvbab]

Thanks all for the advice...and I have stuck to just the zebras. Could not find the regular ones though so got myself a few of the glofish kind-red ones. As usual, they are all zipping around happily...really too fast man, at times Im not sure if thats because something is wrong with the water ;) And I have 3 amazon swords in too. Will add pics in the morning. These guys are just too fast :D Thanks everyone again...

[Tooch]

The best thing to actually do is a fishless cycle. Consider cycling you're tank this way the next time you need to do so. There is information regarding it in the free e-book in the menu on the left. Glad they're doing alright!