Zeus the crown tail betta in his 5.5 gallon planted aquarium.

Zeus: red blue and white crown tail betta

Plants: anubias nana, dwarf baby tears, brazilian pennywort

Filter: marineland penguin 100, floss and bio wheel only, no carbon

Heater: marineland stealth 50 visi-therm

Lighting: architect's desk lamp with a 10 watt compact fluorescent daylight spectrum bulb, a 40 watt incandescent equivalent.

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• crown
• tail
• betta
• anubias
• nana
• dwarf
• baby
• tears
• brazilian
• pennywort
• marineland
• penguin
• 100
• stealth
• 50
• visi-therm
• aquarium
• fish
• tank
• Zeus!
• swimming

[mansengkwan]

May I ask, i have this similar setup for betta. how often do u clean the aquarium? my aquarium is full of shits within a weeks...

yours kinda clean...

[tekstyle373]

@mansengkwan 25% change two times a week.

[tekstyle373]

@tekstyle373 That is how I keep the plants looking good! only gravel vac once a week, the other is just a quick water change. dip the bucket in, fill it, empty it, treat fresh water, add.

[Hibaque]

Very nice aquascape! Zeus looks very active and happy.

[tekstyle373]

Thanks. The baby tears did not do well. I have redone the aquascaping and all the new plants are thriving. I have a video of it up as well as my other CT's tank

[jjmorano619]

nice setup, yours is one of the nicest 5gal setups i've seen, where did you get the dwarf baby tears at a local shop or online?

[tekstyle373]

Thanks, I got them at a local shop. they did not fair well though. the girl manhandled them getting the out of the tank and as I expected they did not last long do to it. i have replaced them with a moss ball.

[ChrisH11515]

@tekstyle373 seriously 25% twice a week? i do like 40% every month...

[oneblackhorse]

Great tank! I'm so glad to see you are one of the few who understand that betta fish need SPACE in order to thrive! You could do with a few more plants though. They prefer lots of hiding spaces and plants to swim around.

[fighter4111]

u breeding?

[shorteeayy]

Looks just like my betta. =]

[Vinnygil]

lucky fish

[bronwyn13245]

very nice tank with a gorgeous healthy fighter. there always much happier in tanks as i have 2 of them both in big tanks :)