OK, nano tank... totally not me, but maybe my journey into betas, maybe Killi's, white cloud minnows???

[Magnum Man]

Well my “jar” is here, and set in place… it’s a really big jar, looks similar in size to a 10 gallon aquarium, standing on end… ( corners rounded of course ) I had a half bag of natural color rounded river gravel, on the shelf, and I put about 2 cups of that on the bottom ( the bottom is not completely flat, it’s raised up about a half inch in the center ), so the gravel is about an inch deep l, around the edges, but only about a half inch deep, in the center, it fits nicely right in the corner window, on a lazy Susan, that has a Formica surface, that could allow the jar to be rotated, within limits, because of the heater cord, air line, and vines, as they grow out into the windows… the lazy Susan sits on a pair of wood drawer units that sit side by side, and were probably night stands, in a previous life… there is an antique floor lamp behind it, directly in the corner behind the drawer units, that I’ll put on a timer, it has a low wattage LED bulb in it, and Mrs leaves it on all the time right now, so I’ll make up for the heaters electric use, by not running the light during the day, and shutting it off, after our latest bed time… it doesn’t have any water in it yet, as my tiny heater was delayed with the holidays, but yesterday I trimmed a pair of 4 foot long runners, from grandma’s 100 year old Hoya vine, and started rooting them in an energy drink plastic bottle set on the bottom… I’ve decided to put 5-6 Cherry shrimp, and a blueberry snail or two, and when I find just the right male betta… probably a splendens, as long as I find the right colors ( red, white, and blue ), and will probably be a “rescue” from a little cup, at the local pet store…so totally, and eventually, just 1 male betta, 1 or 2 snails, and I’ll try to maintain a small group of Cherry shrimp… if the betta is capable of catching them, I’ll resupply from my shrimp tank as needed…

I’ve not had blueberry snails before, and I have group coming, when they begin shipping, after the holidays… those will be going in another tank, and if I don’t think they would work out in my nano, then probably mystery snails???

Kind of disturbing… I’ve never really looked at the fish in a cup before, but they have started putting other critters in the cups as well, I saw cups that had 5-6 mystery snails in them as well, and maybe other critters… I’m guessing they want a cup in each space to make the display look full, I wouldn’t think 6 - 1 inch snails in one cup of water, would be any happier than a betta…

So as a community, are we saving those “cup fish” or justifying them continuing to do it, if we buy one??? I may actually be inclined to buy one from a breeder instead… it would likely be a better looking ( quality ) fish, and not endorse the “cup fish” displays