Aqueon 2.5g MiniBow design flaw

[QuietPlotter]

10g, 40br are planted. Just my betta hates light.

 

[rreekers]

oh OK wonderful

 

[00youknowit00]

You can buy tinted perspex/plexiglass.

I'm assuming you can get it with the other plexiglass at like homedepot.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I'm assuming you can get it with the other plexiglass at like homedepot.

Not sure about homedepot sorry. I found some on eBay Australia. Found black, grey, white, tinted, clear, and heaps of brighter colors.

 

[00youknowit00]

Hmmm, getting clear and painting wouldn't be too hard.. What kind of paint would I need to use so its fish safe?

 

[TheCrazyFishLady]

How long have you had this tank? I have one sitting in storage that I have had the hoods swapped out multiple times. I had the issue that the bulb and the part that it screws into just come out of the fixture and float in the tank. Just a bit of a heads up.

 

[00youknowit00]

How long have you had this tank? I have one sitting in storage that I have had the hoods swapped out multiple times. I had the issue that the bulb and the part that it screws into just come out of the fixture and float in the tank. Just a bit of a heads up.

Oh probably around 4 months. I'll look at the fixture and see if it looks like it'll come out. If it does I'll just add some hot glue along the seam. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[00youknowit00]

can you post a picture of your entire tank? just curious how it looks

As I promised:

Now it's not how I want it yet. I need to put a black background on it. And I'm waiting for the plants to fill in. I'm trying something different with the anubias, letting it float and hopefully the roots will grow out everywhere and make a cool looking ”playplace” for the shrimp it's already growing the roots pretty fast, when I got it, it had 4 leaves and some nubby roots. At this rate in a couple months it should have some massive roots!!

It's funny, in the picture you can't see the shrimp, but actually looking at it they're everywhere!

 

[rreekers]

its cute

 

[Sssea]

Hmmm, getting clear and painting wouldn't be too hard.. What kind of paint would I need to use so its fish safe?

Krylon fusion works well and is safe for water use.

 

[00youknowit00]

its cute

Thanks its not close to how I want but its getting there. Getting the black background should help a lot. Also something to put on the left side under the filter since the filter blocks the light (as we know), finding decorations of kind of hard since I like the natural look though. Haven't seen something that would fit in yet(size or theme).

 

[rreekers]

what about a small piece of driftwood? or a rock or a piece of slate stone or a chuck of lava rock?

 

[00youknowit00]

what about a small piece of driftwood? or a rock or a piece of slate stone or a chuck of lava rock?

That's what I was thinking too, but I gotta fine some small enough to fit..

 

[rreekers]

if you found some slate or lava rock, you could always break it into smaller pieces. I'm regards to rocks, at most pet store it even Walmart they sell bags containing an assortment or river rocks in all sizes, another great place to look for those is craft stores (around me we have Michael's and Joanne's)

 

[00youknowit00]

So this is what it looks like after 8 days of no cleaning:



I haven't done anything yet, due to lack of free time.. I really need to though

 

[rreekers]

oh goodness.! yeah i would try to cover it with something! if it is getting that bad, pretty much any covering should help

 

[00youknowit00]

oh goodness.! yeah i would try to cover it with something! if it is getting that bad, pretty much any covering should help

Haha yeah!! Now y'all really see my concern about it!