12 L tank

by **rox** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:14 pm

12 L tank suitable for one betta, right?

by **Netty** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:30 pm

12L would be too small for one as it's only 2.6 gal. Bear in mind too that once you have any gravel, decor, heater, filter there won't be much swimming room left.

We recommend a minimum of 3gals but preferably 5gals.

A smaller tank will require frequent water changes to reduce the ammonia whereas a larger tank with filter, once cycled will need less maintenance and is much easier to maintain good water quality.

by **kizno1** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:38 pm

yh agree with netty
it would make a good shrimp or snail tank though

by **rox** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:55 pm

yea that would be an idea, why do ebay sellers list these things as XL?

by **kizno1** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:01 pm

because that is xl compered to alot of the tanks that people sell for bettas on ebay most of them are only a couple of liters. a few cherry shrimp would be fine in there or if you get a bigger tank yopu could still get a betta 3g is the min i think thats about 15l

by **Netty** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:10 pm

Alot of ebay sellers are just out to make a quick buck so will sell anything saying it's suitable for a Betta when it's not.

The bigger the tank the easier to keep and the more attractive you can make it look so it becomes more of a centre piece [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **rox** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:20 pm

i got a glass tank i had my royal in once that is suitable im gona divide it into three thats all i can manage otherwise its unfair. I really wanna splash out with the tiny details, make it a centre piece

by **Assaye** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:41 pm

Perhaps (and it is a perhaps - I'm checking out the viability at the moment) you could do a trio of male guppys or endlers in a 12 litre.

As others have said though, you're best off doing a really pretty shrimp tank if you want the 12 litre.

There *are* some fish that could do very well in a small tank, but they are very small and very hard to find in shops. It'll take quite a lot of research to find something suitable.

by **rox** on Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:43 pm

Assaye wrote:Perhaps (and it is a perhaps - I'm checking out the viability at the moment) you could do a trio of male guppys or endlers in a 12 litre.

As others have said though, you're best off doing a really pretty shrimp tank if you want the 12 litre.

There *are* some fish that could do very well in a small tank, but they are very small and very hard to find in shops. It'll take quite a lot of research to find something suitable.

im only looking to keep bettas tbh the 12l was just a tank on ebay but im not looking at that anymore

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