I found a fishbowl at work...what to do ;)

[Allivymar]

Heh, I came across a 1.5-2g glass fish bowl at work, and decided I NEEEEED a fish there as well. Its one of those with 2 flat sides and 2 rounded; kinda looks like this without the net and other bits: http://www.petsmart.com/images/product/large/in603340.jpg. Would make a lovely Betta bowl! But I have some minor concerns.

I work in a school; so theres no one around over the weekend. I'm thinking I'd be more comfortable with a filter as for 2 days theres no one available to water change (although the lil guy will likely come home with me for long school vacations). Do they make a filter that would fit, and yet not overwhelm a Betta, for a tank like that? The area on the bottom is pretty damn small for an "in tank" filter; and obviously an HOB wouldn't work. I do have a Fluval 1+ that would fit in terms of space, but don't know if the outflow right in the middle of the tank (the fluval is kinda tall) would be too much for a calm water lil guy like a Betta.

Thanx

 

[William]

Thats a classic Goldfish Bowl, atleast thats what it sounds like..

And just bring the Betta home with you over the weekends! Shouldn't be to hard to find a plastic lid that would fit over the top.

Besides, youd' hvae to worry about feeding him to over the weekend.

 

[Allivymar]

No way LOL with my luck the bowl would somehow tip! The thought of bringing him home for longer vacations already gives me a pain LOL Although for that he would into a small container (I live 15 mins from work) and stay in my cycled QT tank for the duration.

And no worries bout feeding him over the weekend; 2 days without food won't starve a fish

 

[William]

Yeah, but.. it won't kill a human either, but would you want to go two days without eating?

*How he justifies everything, Which explains why so much fricken money is spent on his fish 8O *

 

[Allivymar]

*grins* I go for at least one day every Yom Kippur.

 

[An t-iasg]

Hi Allivymar,
I found a small filter on Petco.com, just to show you what it looks like:

http://www.petco.com/product_info.a...1062&c3=&ct1=Filters&ct2=Sponge+&+Corner&ct3=

It probably would fit, but I don't know what its output is like. My betta tank (5 1/2 gallon divided) has a Jungle Jr. dirt magnet sponge filter, hooked to a Tetratec 12 air pump through a gang valve. If this Small World filter was too strong, you could probably hook it up to a gang valve; you could probably hang the gang valve over the edge of the bowl. Might look a little funny, but the betta would be happy! Just be sure to place the bowl in an area where the temperature will stay stable. That's partly why I switched my guys to the tank -- the water temp. just wasn't staying stable, and one betta had the fin rot constantly, as we talked about before. Good news, though -- he's been in the tank for about 5 weeks, and his tail hasn't been this nice and long for a long time!

 

[vega]

I suggest get a betta and you dont really need any filter as betta would do fine as long as you dont overfeed and foul the water.

And i agree that 2-4 days without food wont kill a fish