Small Kit - Undergravel filter system question.

[loganj]

IMO, you don't really even need a filter on a tank that size with one betta. The UGF would probably work for a while. I'd use air on it though. A powerhead will generate way too much current for a betta...they like the water still. You can run a piece of air line tubing down the uplift tube and siphon the detritus from under the filter plate. This is a pain, but it's the only way I know to clean it out. Like I said, I'd go with no filter and do weekly water changes. One other thing...not only are bettas able to breathe atmospheric air, they have to. If you put a betta in a tank where it can't get to the top to get air, it will drown. Their gills are not sufficiently developed to supply all the oxygen they need.

 

[MicroFish]

These small tanks come equipped w/ an UGF and an air stone... not a bad setup for a Betta; mine seem to like it at least. But I would love to get rid of the UGF altogether... didn't realize someone made filters small enough to replace them. There is nowhere to "hang" a power filter either, so I thought I was out of luck. I'll have to check into the small pump mentioned earlier and see if they are available here! Thanks!

Off-topic P.S. What are "kudos" and how does one go about getting them?? I see that I have some and I don't recall doing anything special to earn them...?

 

[loganj]

Check out the Dr Foster catalog (or online). Look for the Azoo palm filter. This is an extremely tiny HOB power filter. Looks like a minature Whisper. I think the flow is 16gph. They're cheap too...less than $10.

 

[rvijay07]

I have decided to skip on the filter for this tank.

Vijay