betta container

[dax29]

I found a toy 1 gallon water-tank that has a background and has a little air pump and bubble stream that comes up one side. It had little plastic fish and stuff in it that "swam" around using the bubble current. I can plug the bubble current hole with some aquarium silicon caulk. The tank part is self-contained and sits on a little light bulb that is built in the base. The whole deal looks like it could be a good little betta tank.

I typically am not satisfied with just using what I find. I generally like to "soup-things-up". I'm thinking (and maybe that's the problem) of cutting out part of the top and hanging a little Pengui mini biowheel filter on the tank. I think I can turn the water flow way back so it won't stress out a potential male betta inhabitant.

My question is will this work and how long do bettas hang out in those little bowls anyway? Can they live for years in a non-filtered bowl. I guess water must be changed very regularly in betta bowls.

[lyquidphyre]

Before I found this site, I always kept betta's in bowls/vases. I think each one I had lived for about a year. My last betta I think died because the temperature was too cold for him.

The maintance to keep a water bowl clean can be kind of... a pain in the butt. Knowing what I know now, I would add a small filter just because i think it would make the fish happier.

[Menagerie]

I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to put together. Can you please post a pic?

[acronym:8459a8737a="By the way"]BTW[/acronym:8459a8737a]~I used to keep bettas in vases and they always had nasty fin rot. Now my girls are living large in community tanks!

[An t-iasg]

I don't recommend a one gallon bowl for a betta. They are prone to diseases in small, unheated, unfiltered bowls. A lot of the sick betta questions that I see are due to the betta being in a bowl.

I know you said you would get a filter, but bettas don't like current and you'd have to fool with the Penguin mini filter quite a bit to keep a betta happy. I have the Eclipse 5 hex (5 gallon) with the bio-wheel filter and I still haven't found a happy medium for the betta in there. He still fights against the current to swim. So this type of filter in a one gallon bowl would be a challenge!

I have my bettas in the Eclipse 5 hex and in a regular 5 gallon tank with a sponge filter. In my gallery I have pics of the regular 5 gallon tank and the sponge filter/gang valve setup.

[ringfinger]

The betta would be much happier and look much better in a planted 10 gallon with a sponge filter. I think I know the tanks you are talking about, and I would say they are too small to keep stable and filter without too much current.

[megladonsharky]

One of my bettas is in a one gallon kritter keeper ... he has live plants , gravel, and some cute little stone toys and some ramshorn snails.. I change 50% h20 on monday and 90% on thurs.. he has a lovely bio filter in the gravel and the plants , he is healthy happy ... the tank is slightly heated by an [acronym:3af986ca9d="Oxygen"]o2[/acronym:3af986ca9d] concentrator to 74 degrees he gets a varied diet , of pellets ( 2 types , 2 types of flakes , frozen bw , daphnia, bs .... He has been in this for about six months no illness at all... It can be done but I do prefer my other set ups of 3.5gallons and 9 [acronym:3af986ca9d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:3af986ca9d]... When I set up the ten gall the one gallon will be a [acronym:3af986ca9d="quarantine or quart depending on context"]qt[/acronym:3af986ca9d] as Kaden will get the three plus gallon... As for current my plakat female loves it , my male veil tolerates ( it does affect finnage)

[malkore]

I really feel the smallest tank size for any fish is 5 gallons, for stability, swimming space, and water quality.
Also, the Duetto filters by Aquarium Systems work great in smaller tanks. Fully submersible, low [acronym:7b966f8797="Gallons per hour"]gph[/acronym:7b966f8797] pumps, with sponges and carbon inserts if you use them.

[dax29]

After cleaning and working with the tank, as well as reading your input, I think I'm going to hold back for now on the betta tank. It would make a good makeshift, short term [acronym:91c9980669="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:91c9980669] though.

[megladonsharky]

That sounds like a good use