Mumma.of.two
Aquarium Advice Obsessed
Well, my husband is out of town for a couple of days for work, so I decided to take the kids to the pet store for some 'window' shopping. Bad idea! They had all their tanks on special. So, of course, I bought one.
A while back I inherited my sisters betta when she moved across country. The poor thing had spent the last 2 or so years of its life in a small, unheated, unfiltered vase. When I got him I gave him a heater and made a filter for a second hand 2.5g tank. He has seemed so much happier in his new home. Unfortunately, lately my daughter has decided to terrorize him by pulling his decorations in and out of his tank. So I thought he could live out the rest if his days in the new tank with a lid. It's just a cheap and nasty 10g start up kit but it should do the trick.
Here is the new tank. Excuse the toys in the background. Haven't had a chance to pick them up! Too busy tank shopping. LOL.
Here is his current tank.
By my best guess he is from 3-4 years old and in the last month or so he has developed some fin rot I can't seem to shake. The new tank and more water volume, I hoping, will help with this. The plan is to let him live out his days in this tank with MAYBE a couple of small tank mates. Haven't decided if I will put anything else in while he is there.
I will post some pics when I am done setting it up. I just hope I have enough gravel otherwise I'm going to have to wash some sand.
A while back I inherited my sisters betta when she moved across country. The poor thing had spent the last 2 or so years of its life in a small, unheated, unfiltered vase. When I got him I gave him a heater and made a filter for a second hand 2.5g tank. He has seemed so much happier in his new home. Unfortunately, lately my daughter has decided to terrorize him by pulling his decorations in and out of his tank. So I thought he could live out the rest if his days in the new tank with a lid. It's just a cheap and nasty 10g start up kit but it should do the trick.
Here is the new tank. Excuse the toys in the background. Haven't had a chance to pick them up! Too busy tank shopping. LOL.
Here is his current tank.
By my best guess he is from 3-4 years old and in the last month or so he has developed some fin rot I can't seem to shake. The new tank and more water volume, I hoping, will help with this. The plan is to let him live out his days in this tank with MAYBE a couple of small tank mates. Haven't decided if I will put anything else in while he is there.
I will post some pics when I am done setting it up. I just hope I have enough gravel otherwise I'm going to have to wash some sand.