Whats the minimum sized tank?

by **Jake15** on Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:00 pm

For a single (obviousley) male betta? Very Happy

by **aly_starh** on Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:11 pm

by **Jake15** on Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:19 pm

is that about 15litres?

by **aly_starh** on Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:21 pm

Yep

The bigger the better, betta dont like open spaces so make sure its filled with lots of plants Smile

by **Jake15** on Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:01 pm

Ok thankyou Very Happy

. I'm planning on getting a racking system to hold 10 - 15 litre plastic fishtanks Very Happy

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by **aly_starh** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:14 pm

oh a barrak!!! Coool Smile

Can we see piccys, once its all set-up!

Id love to have something like that! Smile

by **Jake15** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:46 pm

Yeah of course. I was going to have a racking system, but i've been offered a very large coffee table which will fit both my community tank, 10gal and have enought room for 8 ish 15litre faunariums so I can hopfully start breeding Very Happy

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by **Rezz** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:47 pm

Sounds good (Y) Wish I had space to put more tanks!

Just be warned with breeding, you'll need much more than 15 for the spawn, you're looking at anything up to 200 really.

by **crystal** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:51 pm

Personally i wouldn't keep them in less than 5 gal on a permanant basis, but everyone has a different opinion. Just bear in mind that the heater, filter and any plants and gravel/sand that you put in are gonna lower the volume of water for the fish.

by **Jake15** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:58 pm

I have a few airpumps and going to make DIY Sponge filters and have been told that Reptile heat cable (which I have from my reptile keeping days) on a thermostat is ok to use under the tanks?.

by **Jake15** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:00 pm

Rezz wrote:Sounds good (Y) Wish I had space to put more tanks!

Just be warned with breeding, you'll need much more than 15 for the spawn, you're looking at anything up to 200 really.

Well im not 100% on the breeding part yet, but have a community tank that I might strip down to use as a spawning tank Cool

by **silverrabbit** on Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:16 pm

Hope it all goes ok. And agreeing with everyone else, I wouldn't go less than 3g.

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