Watsonja4
Aquarium Advice Activist
Just very 'friendly' or guarding a spot?
I guess you could call it friendly since he seemed fascinated by my arm hair.
Just very 'friendly' or guarding a spot?
I guess you could call it friendly since he seemed fascinated by my arm hair.
Hard to tell from the pic, but that looks like green spot on the crypt. If so, you won't be able to rub it off: it's tough.
As for the driftwood, it's in such a regular pattern, I'm not sure what it is.
BTW, I've found this page helpful for algae.
The way the spec's have the overflow and output positioned creates a vortex however, my betta is weird and like's to swim in front of the nozzle so I guess he likes it.
Also people have said if you angle the "jet" upwards so it sort of shoots up out of the water (like a fountain) it helps lesson the force. Of course if your betta is still enjoying it at this point I would leave it
Love the tank! Thanks for the link...now I want one also!!
I watched like 100 youtube videos about this tank set-up now (literally) and I have heard from a few people about this "vortex" effect. I assume you have turned the internal flow down (in filtration media) to minimum. Also people have said if you angle the "jet" upwards so it sort of shoots up out of the water (like a fountain) it helps lesson the force. Of course if your betta is still enjoying it at this point I would leave it
Can I please request a "mature" photo of this tank now? I would like to see how the plants look.
Guys I would love some plant suggestions (for dummys) for a similar style tank.
PS did YOU post a youtube video on this tank? Your kitchen looks familiar.
VERY nice! I love it! Great looking fish also!
So where did you get this mesh?
You just "jammed" it into the outlet and it stuck or was adhesive involved? Does that really dissipate the water flow enough for betta?
Also how did you get that plant to grow out of your driftwood (and stay in place) when you set this up? It is really beautiful
Really nice aquarium you have there! Betta looks amazing as well!
The mesh is called needlepoint, it's dirt cheap and can be used for a variety of aquarium projects!
I think my next course of action is to add a trio of nerite snails and some water spangles to help suck up excess nutrients.
So I am shopping around for some wood for this tank and I see that the online dimensions are listed as 20.5" x 7.5" x 11.6" high. My question is: does that include that black "filtration" area or is that all open tank space?
The three pieces of driftwood that I am choosing one from have dimensions of: 13"x3 1/2"x5 1/2", 13"x5"x6 1/2", and 11 1/2"x5"x10" LXWXH. Will that fit in the tank without super overpowering it? It is unique looking driftwood. I am also looking at spider wood.
I want to be able to do some wood, sieryu rock and live plants.
Can you also post a separate photo of the "fix" you made for the filtration perhaps out of the tank so I can see it from a few angles? I want to try to mimic it...
Thanks!