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[byrdman81]

Hello,

I recently updated my qt tank for my salt water fish from a 3 gal. eclipse tank w/bio wheel filter to a 10 gal. tank with similar filter.

Well while thinking of what to do with my old tank I decided on a new betta, I am wondering besides cleaning the tank very well and placing a new filter in, should I replace the bio wheel or anything else I may not have thought of?

I think he will be very happy in his new tank, since I got him in a cup.
I just wanted to know about how to set up the new tank for him.
Also I asked the guy at the lfs ( didn't have a clue what I was talking about ) about a planted tank for my betta. He said no way should I do this.

What do you guys think? Could a betta do well in a planted tank, not a ton but enough to make the tank come alive.

Thanks in advance for any advise.

 

[madchild24]

ya they love planted tanks i have a female betta in my 10 gallon planted and her colour is beutiful. oh and do u have a light if not better get one.

 

[Fluff]

I think he'd love a planted tank as well. I would replace the biowheel.

 

[byrdman81]

I thought they might enjoy a nice planted tank. Thats good to hear

Also on the light i'm not sure what type of lighting is in the tank , but what ever light that came with it is the one thats in there. It's an Eclipse 3 gal. Tank with bio wheel filter. Don't know the model number right off.

It pretty bright , that kind of made me think of the plants too for the good lighting.

I will make a trip to the lfs and pick up a replacment bio wheel, I wasn't sure on that but thats why I asked. Thanks

 

[madchild24]

they might enjoy a nice planted tank.

they?
u can only have 1 male bty it self or unlimited females.

 

[byrdman81]

They was meant as in Bettas as a whole. I only have the one male betta. He does have a tank mate a Chinese Algae Eater. So in a way I did mean they.

Thanks

 

[madchild24]

oh kk good just making sure

 

[An t-iasg]

I had a male betta in an Eclipse 3 gallon tank. I would also get a new bio-wheel. You can also use a 25-watt heater in this tank. I found the light that came with the tank to be too bright, and it did heat the water up. I had to lower the heater to compensate. The filter was also fast-flowing for a betta -- mine didn't like it. You could try to cut the toe off a new, clean, unwashed pair of pantyhose, and put that over the outflow area. It will diffuse the outflow a little. Another member here, swanandmokashi, has a betta in a 3 gallon Eclipse tank, and I think he modified the filter flow for the betta. If he doesn't pop in here, you could PM him and ask him how he did it.

 

[mr86mister]

yeah the flow is definetly too strong, i had my betta in the Eclipse 3 and moved him to a 1 gallon undergravel filter which he loves much more, go to www.bettatalk.com to get some more information on how to mess around with the outflow of the water...GOOD LUCK!

 

[An t-iasg]

I have heard (don't really remember where) that if you break off some of the impeller fins that the water flow won't be as strong. I didn't want to break the filter, even though the betta was very stressed in there. What I ended up doing was removing the bio-wheel assembly (lifting the whole thing out), and just using this tank with a sponge filter as a QT tank. Later on, I got an Eclipse 5 hex tank. I used the bio-wheel that it came with, and tried the pantyhose trick. That worked well in the hex tank and I had a betta in there for awhile that was very happy.