My First Beta

[Snowy]

in about a week and a half i'll be going to a fish convention here in washington and i plan on buying my first beta, ive had experience caring for fish in both a 40(ish) gallon tank and an 6(ish) gallon tank. i plan on using the 8ish gallon tank for the beta but i need some help

does anyone have any suggestions on the types of plants, gravel, filters, food, setup, heaters i should be using

also, what types of fish would make good tank company for the beta, i figure that by having the size of tank that i do it would be nice to have more then 1 fish

all input is apprectiated, thanks

 

[froggy]

washington state?? If so where is it is it for betta's?

 

[Snowy]

the convention is gonna be in western washington at a large pet store

and i dont really undertsnad ur second question froggy

 

[froggy]

What city and my other question was where there going to be betta's what is the pet stores name?? thnk you snowy

 

[Snowy]

What city and my other question was where there going to be betta's what is the pet stores name?? thnk you snowy

its gonna be in totem lake at Denny's Pet world and yes there will be beta's

 

[froggy]

Ok i will see how far for olympia

 

[Snowy]

Ok i will see how far for olympia

its actually in kirkland washington but its a pretty large pet store

 

[froggy]

Oh kirkland wa ok it's like 1 hour away so what is the date? Of this get together thing

 

[Snowy]

its december 1st

and i just did some calculating and the tank is closer to 6gallons

 

[froggy]

Ok Thanks hey that's when i might go to victorian county christmas that's good then because i could get the betta on the way there or back!!

 

[PaPeRo]

does anyone have any suggestions on the types of plants, gravel, filters, food, setup, heaters i should be using

For plants start with some Java Fern and some Java Moss.
For gravel gets ones that are round very small pebbles so that food doesn't fall into the crevices.
For filter get a cheap HOB with flow control since it's easer to service than internal ones. Also it doesn't heat the water like internal ones.
For food, Hikari bio gold, Tetramin tropical granules, Tetra freeze dried bloodworms
Heater go with a 25W plastic Visitherm Stealth. You can get it for like $16 at certain places.

 

[Snowy]

does anyone have any suggestions on the types of plants, gravel, filters, food, setup, heaters i should be using

For plants start with some Java Fern and some Java Moss.
For gravel gets ones that are round very small pebbles so that food doesn't fall into the crevices.
For filter get a cheap HOB with flow control since it's easer to service than internal ones. Also it doesn't heat the water like internal ones.
For food, Hikari bio gold, Tetramin tropical granules, Tetra freeze dried bloodworms
Heater go with a 25W plastic Visitherm Stealth. You can get it for like $16 at certain places.

thnx a bunch