What size

[Annastasia]

I bought my friend a 1 gallon tank for her birthday, to get her into fish. Well, she LOVES her little betta and the tank, so now she is thinking about upgrading.
What size do you think would be good for a beginner?

 

[jams.alaskan]

Truthfully I think the largest you can afford is a good idea. Stocking it can be really fun and the larger the system the easier it is to protect it from dangerous swings in it's chemistry, temp and the like.

ALASKA

I believe that bigger is better - that's why I don't live in little ole Texas.

 

[drobbins27]

Truthfully I think the largest you can afford is a good idea. Stocking it can be really fun and the larger the system the easier it is to protect it from dangerous swings in it's chemistry, temp and the like.

ALASKA

I believe that bigger is better - that's why I don't live in little ole Texas.

 

[babyfish]

The larger the tank is, the more stable the water parameters remain between water changes and you can put in more lovely fish and plants and bogwood and fish, oops getting carried away again

 

[Annastasia]

Truthfully I think the largest you can afford is a good idea. Stocking it can be really fun and the larger the system the easier it is to protect it from dangerous swings in it's chemistry, temp and the like.

ALASKA

I believe that bigger is better - that's why I don't live in little ole Texas.

Well, she doesn't have that much room in her house. She has 9 brothers and sisters. So maybe like a 20?

Oh, jams.alaskan, I posted another picture of Angel in the aquarium section, if you want to see her.

 

[Bol]

Usually, length is the deciding dimension in the maximum tank size you can have.

For info, you generally have these options for lengths:

20" - 10g, 15g "high"
24" - 15g, 20g "high", 25g
30" - 20g "long", 29g

then there's a lot of options for 36" and 48".

Check out this chart from All-Glass if you want to browse standard tank sizes.

 

[Annastasia]

Thanks. I will look there.