.68 gallon betta nano tank... am I crazy? - Nano Aquariums

jessem · 07-08-2007, 05:10 PM

Well I set up an old Red Sea candy combo I had sitting around. I got a nice little healthy Anubias nana and hopefully tomorrow I will be picking up a small amount of duckweed. The light is a 7 watt 7,100k PC lamp. The substrate is a small amount (about 1/2") of potting soil covered with about 1/2"-1" of small gravel. I set it up a few days back, monitoring the ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites, all was well, so I will be adding the betta shortly.

Is this crazy or should this work? Has anyone else had success with something this small?

Here are some pictures of the setup...

Let me know what you think.

Jesse

GabrielT · 07-08-2007, 06:30 PM

I don't see why it wouldn't be succesful, but personally I wouldn't do it, any fish, even a betta, needs more room than that.

C.ton · 07-09-2007, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GabrielT

I don't see why it wouldn't be succesful, but personally I wouldn't do it, any fish, even a betta, needs more room than that.

go with RCS

JustOneMore21 · 07-09-2007, 12:27 PM

Nice little tank! I wouldn't put any fish in it though. Maybe some ghost shrimp or a few cherries....or just leave it only plants.

jessem · 07-09-2007, 03:02 PM

Thank you all for you guidance. I will look into the shrimp then.

Jesse

fattyratrat · 07-09-2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GabrielT

I don't see why it wouldn't be succesful, but personally I wouldn't do it, any fish, even a betta, needs more room than that.

dude bettas grow up and live their whole lives in puddles, this kind of tank is probably a lot bigger, safer, and cleaner than in their natural envoirnment. I think this would be perfect for a betta. I even wonder in a betta could tolerate some cherry shrimp....

YzMxer99 · 07-09-2007, 08:23 PM

I got my red sea at work. Love it there. It does have a 10w spiral over it, so lighting is a tad different. But I have riccia, java moss, petite anubias and watersprite sitting in old ada aquasoil.

Growth is slow, but not a problem. The only thing I do is add water everyonce in a while. Ferts once a month? (maybe) lol.

So you are not crazy. Infact I love your setup and you should not have much of a problem. I have 3 cherries in mine and would recommend the same. Just to keep things clean. I have a couple snails to for the same.

Good luck, I love the red sea nano!

Edit: I caution against a betta. Size aside, its how quickly the param's can get out of wack in these things. Keep the bio load low. I only feed my shrimp a SMALL piece of algae wafer once a week, if that.

YzMxer99 · 07-09-2007, 08:30 PM

Lol, I just realized this is how it started for me in the nano relm. Anubias and the redsea nano. Your going down buddy.

Terra Incognita · 07-10-2007, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by fattyratrat

dude bettas grow up and live their whole lives in puddles, this kind of tank is probably a lot bigger, safer, and cleaner than in their natural envoirnment. I think this would be perfect for a betta. I even wonder in a betta could tolerate some cherry shrimp....

Just because something lives it's natural life in a puddle doesn't mean you can treat it like crap. Any fish is worth as much space as you can get it, regardless of what it is capable of living in.

I think this little tank looks good, and I wouldn't say you were crazy, but I'd still advise against a Betta. Maybe Ghost Shrimp would work okay.

C.ton · 07-10-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fattyratrat

dude bettas grow up and live their whole lives in puddles, this kind of tank is probably a lot bigger, safer, and cleaner than in their natural envoirnment. I think this would be perfect for a betta. I even wonder in a betta could tolerate some cherry shrimp....

make sure you do research before you make statements like these. Some betta will tolerate shrimps some don't, it depends on the fish temperament