Hi, its been a while since Ive posted on these forums but im back
Last october I made a thread in the general enclosure section about a bullfrog I bought. It was sold to me as an albino north american bullfrog but after a few months I came to realize that that was wrong. If it were a north american bullfrog it would sex out to be female. It barks at night and has enlarged thumbs. Because female north american bullfrogs dont get enlarged thumbs (which are used by males to grasp females during mating) I decided to do some research and find out what species I really owned. It turns out it is an albino male asian/tiger bullfrog. Now that I know where my frog is from I have decided to make a 75gallon biotope for him. Ive already narrowed my list down to what fish I will use:
Cherry Barb (Puntius titteya) school of like 0.0.6
Gold Barb (Puntius sachsii) school of like 0.0.5
Betta (Betta splendens) school of like 1.1
Male Powder Blue Gourami (Colisa lalia) 1.0
Zebra Danio (Danio rerio) school of like 0.0.4
And one loach, either:
Dojo Loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
or
Rainbow Shark (Epalzeorhynchos frenatum)
I am just unsure of what plants to use. Ive already decided to use:
Java moss
Java fern
peace lily (tank will have a narrow land section)
I dont know what other plants to use though. Im thinking about some Vallisneria sp for the background and some short lawn like plant for the foreground. I just dont know which Vallisneria to use because I am confused by them. Online stores give both the strait vallisnerias and the twisted vallisnerias the same latin name: Vallisneria spiralis. I want a strait species, not a twisted one. Which species should I get? What short lawn plant would be good for an asian biotope? I really like E. tenellus but that is south american... Also, are there any small crypts that would work for a foreground plant? They would have to be able to withstand the force of my frog swimming through them without breaking.
Thanks in advance.
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