tanks

[BettaBoyz]

after the fight incident (which is right below this topic at the time of writing, or called 'Fight Fight Fight' for anyone who's interested) i'm getting mack his tank ASAP, but in doing so i can only buy him a cheapo 1 or 2 gallon tank. i've already got a sponge filter that runs on an air pump for a 5 gallon, could i use it for a 2 gallon? it's made for small aquariums.

how would i heat the tank? we aren't the richest of people, therefore my dad hates having everything heated up high and we all wear sweaters and things during winter and fall, but bettas don't have sweaters. how could i heat it? would a smalls pals pen light heat + light a tank that small?

we have water run from an underground lake, no chlorine, it's filter about ten dozen times though. do i have to condition the water? mack seemed fine in his jar for a little while with it.

yes, i think that's it ^^

 

[Alien Anna]

A 1 or 2 gal tank with a plant, a cave and a sponge filter would be fine. You can run two sponge filters off one air-pump, as long as the air-pump is sufficiently powerful.

In the winter you may have to consider getting a small tank heater for your betta, but as it's only September you've got a few months to save up.

 

[Kossy]

Yes but don't forget the cave/platnt. Bettas absoultely love hiding and playing in the plants

 

[LiquidLife]

Alternative heating suggestions: use a heating matt (usually sold for use outside the underside of the a retile/turtle tank)--it'll only raise the temp maybe 10 degrees but that may be sufficient. Other people have used an incandescent light bulb placed close enough to the tank so the heat from the lamp heats the tank a little (you'll need to be careful with this since you never want any part of the lamp to touch the tank water, and you'll constantly have to check to make sure the water hasn't become too overheated). You could rig up a plastic/mylar enclosed area (like they do for small indoor hothouse plants) and run a small ceramic space heater (again, be very careful). However, the best thing would be to get a bigger tank and put a heater in it--if you got a big enough tank you can put smaller tanks containing the bettas inside the big one and all the small bowls would share the heat from the water outside their bowls. You could try wrapping a nice juicy cat around the tank--our cats are like purring hot water bottles but they are kind of hard to get them to stay where you put them.

 

[Kossy]

Yes you probably will need a sort of heating device like the ones suggested for the winter months.