Hello Peter,
Thanks for your comment and shure I’m aware of my planted tank, but your right it’s something Wich is maybe my need. I did try my best to give them a Aziatic tank, like those plants. Yes I also know there are a lot of plants in there but they are only growing great on oxygen and plantfood 😉 like that Japonica Wich is from Azia. Further there are some pieces of wood Wich has a natural shape and creates holes and tunnels for hiding, also some big almond leaves Wich create dark spaces in the Back of my tank, just like that other Aziatic plants Wich also degrowth my surface already in half. Beechleaves and peatroot are on the bottom. Floated plants are on top now, with some great leaves. The light is only shinning in front the most. The fish, Wich are 2 pair’s have already both a territorium, one pair on the left, the other on the right 🙂 sometimes the males are seeing eachother and than one will be scare away the other. They are colored up and the pair’s stick together. Breeding is not my maingoal, if it’s happening than I will feed them on the bottom where they are. I’m not quiet unexpirienced, did already bred some wild types, also some mouthbreeders. And for 7,5 years showbetta’s. Also read a lot first before I even started. So made the conditions for them as best as possible, made those hidingspaces because they are in my bettaroom.
All my rates are low like the PH Wich is 5,
Kh is 3/0 GH is 4 the rest 0. I refresh with part osmose water and peatwater.
But understand quiet your worries, special because of the endanger they are in. That’s why I also had a good and close contact with Hermanus Harianto about everything these fish need. Also that daily livefood.
Have already some smaller tanks also, so will follow shure your advice to cycle 2 smaller ones 😉
I hope you see that they have the best care, and that I will keep giving that. Shure also are on the IGL-DE site for some years 😉 and knowing some great people 🙂