10 Gallon Female Betta Tank - The Grass Is Always...

10 Gallon fresh water aquarium housing 4 female Betta. Substrate is 2/3rds Eco-Complete, 1/3rd natural marine sand. The temporary hardscape is broken terracotta pots. The tank is filtered with a Marineland Penguin 100 bio-wheel hang on back (HOB) power filter that outputs into a DIY diverter to lessen currents within the tank. It is lit with a simple clamp on utility light with a 15Watt 6500K CFL. The only plant in the tank at this time is Java Moss. The tank has only been up and running since 6-1-09 and is currently being treated for ICH.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• 10
• gallon
• fresh
• water
• aquarium
• female
• betta
• eco-complete
• HOB
• DIY
• Penquin
• bio
• wheel
• 6500K
• cfl
• Java
• Moss

[XeeChannel]

how did you get break the pots to have clean edge?

[Loafy23]

@XeeChannel I used a regular blade screwdriver to score the pots where I, more or less, wanted the breaks to occur. I then tapped on the scored lines with the handle of the screwdriver to break the pots. Use sandpaper to make the edges safe for delicate fins. You can also use a rotary tool (Demel) to cut exact openings and such. This is much more cleanly accomplished if you soak the pots in water first to cut down on dust.

[MrWench]

Lovely tank! How's everything doing now?

That song sounds familiar, lol...

[Loafy23]

Check my recent videos, I've gotten a new camera and the tank has evolved substantially!

The song is one of YouTube's available songs for audio replacement.

[orange1336]

i love the setup!

mine is so plain!

:(

[Loafy23]

Thanks for the compliment. :) It looks a lot different now! I've added a ton of plants including a lilly that's taking up about a 1/5th of the tank! There's now 4 femme betta, a small crown tail male betta, 2 cory catfish (4 more soon,) 1 all black male swordtail, and about 10 ghost shrimp (I don't know how many are left as there were 12 and then the bettas ate a couple, heh.) I'm sure you can get your tank to look like you want! Just take your time, make a plan and go from there. GL!

[flyleafrules93]

@3mmerz can i give u some advice (i dont have that filter but i can try) wat i do when a filter is 2 big, is i get a saw or something, and cut it, and if u try this, a few things, first, dont hurt urself, and 2 dont cut off anything important, so i hope this helps, like i said i dont have this filter, but i tryed ^.^

[3mmerz]

HI! May I ask how you fit the Marineland Penguin 100 filter into your 10g tank?? With all the pieces connected, the 'cane' of the filter extends 2 inches below the bottom of my 10G tank, lol.......... In your videos, it looks like your filters are completely upright!!!!!!!! Did you modify/remove a section? I tried removing part 7 from it, but parts 6 and 8 won't connect........ I don't know what to do, lol! Please help me XD

[bobontheroof]

Thats weird o-o

My tank is 10g with a small crowntail, 4 females, a few ghost shrimp, and a cory

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