2.5 Gallon

[cutechic]

First 2.5g:

 

[cutechic]

Second 2.5g. Both tanks are getting light strips so I can keep more live plants.

 

[cutechic]

One of my older boys. Alpha, almost a year old.

 

[gaya]

Alpha is beautiful. That looks bigger than a 2.5g. Is it two 2.5's adjacent to each other? or is that just a divider?

 

[cutechic]

Alpha again.

 

[Rodders]

Looks like a devider.
Good idea, never though of that eventhough they do it in the LFS

 

[cutechic]

Yes, I finally got around to making some. The lids are also made of the plastic canvas that I used to make the dividers. I'm going to get some glass cut for the lids soon.

One more pic of Alpha:

 

[cutechic]

Omega, almost 10 months

Edit: That's it for now.

 

[littlefishie]

I have the exact same setup as you do, minus the heater.

How do you like the craft canvas as a divider? I've been having problems with mine. Not the canvas itself, but the two bettas in it [Captain Morgan and Mai Tai] have been beating on each other. At first C.M. bit chunks of Mai Tai's tail off through the divider, and once he started healing, Mai Tai took a good amount off of Captain Morgan's tail. ..I've never heard anyone else having the same problem with the craft canvas as the holes are so small, so I was wondering how your bettas were acting.

BTW, Alpha is gorgeous!

 

[cutechic]

Thanks

Alpha & Omega haven't even noticed each other through the plastic canvas. The two girls in the second 2.5g like flaring through the canvas, but I haven't had any problems with them. That's odd that your bettas are nipping each other through it.

 

[littlefishie]

They're the first ones I've had that do that.. I thought of trading one of them for another male I have, but he panics in any tank larger than 1/2 a gallon. It's sad really, but he's so much happier in his little tank. I don't think tossing him into a divided 2.5 would really help.

Y'know, at Petsmart [if you have one] carries the light strip and the hood for 2.5 gallon tanks. Try going to Petsmart's Website and looking under lighting and hoods. I know they carry them at the Petsmart by me. It's a lot easier than getting glass cut and everything. I'm just using the canvas top with a regular light because I'm not too concerned about plants in this tank, but I'd thought about it before and planned to get the hood from Petsmart. It's pretty cheap, if I remember correctly.

 

[cutechic]

I've got a betta like yours. I got him comfortable in a 1g tank, but he prefers the 0.75g vase I have.

We don't have any Petsmarts around here, so I ordered from the site. They're being shipped to a friend's place (she lives in the states), and she's bringing them up when she comes to visit in a month or so. It cost around $30 canadian for the 2 light strips. I didn't see any 12" hoods, but the 12" light strips need to rest on glass. My neighbour works with glass, so he'll probably cut me some free of charge.

 

[cometcattle]

Alpha is a cutie! The plakat in the first 2.5 is beautiful!

What plants are you going to put in?

 

[Whiskerz]

I love Alpha Nice set-ups cutechic

 

[cutechic]

Thanks cc & Whiskerz.

The one in the first tank isn't actually a plakat, she's a big CT. But she is a beauty, isn't she? She and her sister (also in the tank) both have MG in them, but this one has quite a bit of red in her. The other one definitely shows MG. Which reminds me, I still need names for them. Any ideas?

As for plants... whatever my lfs has on sale at the time.