this aqaurium has been in my family since 1982. For many years there were only fake plants but for the past 7 years I've grown mostly java ferns on rocks and drift wood. I hope you enjoy! Feel free to give some feedback!
@caenre28 this is sand blast gravel. It's a very cheap (8$ a bag) medium. If you can't find it at your local pet/fish store then you can probably find it at Home Depot or Lowe's. As for fertilizer I used pond plant fertilizer in the areas where the crypts grew. I hope this helps.
cool tank! those java ferns are huge! doesn't your betta try to kill the ghost shrimp? I had a ghost shrimp and female betta together and she eat it... then again it was only 2 gallons..
Yeah, maybe the ghost shrimp survived in my case due to the reletive size of the enclosure. I never intended for this shrimp to live so long. Oh and about the java ferns, I bought 2 from a aquarium shop and the man told me that they are a long variety. They really multiplied on me. Thanks for you comment!
Well I wouldn't recommend putting 2 male bettas together. But you can have two or more females together as long as you put them in at the same time. I try to change the water so often that the ph swing is more in bounds. Thanks for your comment!
Nice tank. Are you just using normal gravel substrate or are you using some sort of nutrient base for your plants to grow?
caenre28 1 year ago
@caenre28 this is sand blast gravel. It's a very cheap (8$ a bag) medium. If you can't find it at your local pet/fish store then you can probably find it at Home Depot or Lowe's. As for fertilizer I used pond plant fertilizer in the areas where the crypts grew. I hope this helps.
NeonBKP 1 year ago
cool tank! those java ferns are huge! doesn't your betta try to kill the ghost shrimp? I had a ghost shrimp and female betta together and she eat it... then again it was only 2 gallons..
Panziety 3 years ago
Yeah, maybe the ghost shrimp survived in my case due to the reletive size of the enclosure. I never intended for this shrimp to live so long. Oh and about the java ferns, I bought 2 from a aquarium shop and the man told me that they are a long variety. They really multiplied on me. Thanks for you comment!
NeonBKP 3 years ago
Stupid people at the fish store told me you can't have two betas in the same tank. Obvisouly they are wrong.
You might want to get yourself a battery powered pump for those power emergancies.
Any problems with ph swing using your diy co2?
partyonman1959 3 years ago
Well I wouldn't recommend putting 2 male bettas together. But you can have two or more females together as long as you put them in at the same time. I try to change the water so often that the ph swing is more in bounds. Thanks for your comment!
NeonBKP 3 years ago