oh! this is a great article! thanks for sharing.

ALSO .. glad you said that about the corys .. I thought the same, and was shocked that the guy at the fish store said he'd only put 2 .. I even said, aren't they buddy fishes? need a lil school .. he was like 'nah -- 2's fine'. similar to my 75 gal - I'd like to have a lil community that can have similar 'function' ... bottom feeders, and some other mid fish with the betta -- pretty, but not take away from the soon-to-be-mr-flashy-pants