reptileman
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So i have had my betta for around i'd say 1-1/2 months I got him from work, fairly small, and grew him out in a 1 gallon bow (heated). No he has reached the size where i feel he need a five gallon.
I set up the tank on Saturday night with gravel/pfs mix. I put 3 HBH Betta pellets (buying NLS friday) in and some microbe-lift special blend. I gave the tank 24 hours, I know it is a really short period of time, added 5 crypt wendtii bronze(clumped them together) from my mother plant in my 60g and a small piece of jungle val with a small sprouted runner, and a seachem root tab from the same tank. I plan to dose ferts once a month.
The filter is a Marina S10 Slim filter. It has custom media in it, Filter foam, 100 micron filter cloth and seeded media from the 60g. The flow adjuster is broken so I made a diy pop-bottle filter baffle.
I aclimated and put the betta in Sunday night, because the plastic plants in his grow-out tank tore his fins.he was visibly happier, and I thought he was a bi-color but once in the tank I realized he is tri/multi because his colors actually decided to appear!
I was thinking of adding 2 amano shrimp, a piece of Malaysian driftwood (to replace very fake looking decor), a marimo moss ball, and anubias nana on the malaysian driftwood, the light is a 13watt cfl for aquarium plants (needs to be replaced as its 2 years old and was used when i had a betta in there 2 years ago (he lived 1 year in my 10g, then another in the 5g).
I want the tannins from the wood in the water and was wondering how i could make the wood safe but not leach all the tannins during the boil process. would a toothbrush scrub be sufficient?
I also did a 25 percent water change today in case there is a spike, should I continue this daily for a week?
P.S. the tank usually 26-28C, and I am adding pond snails, I quite enjoy them as they are a free cleanup crew and i'm sure my betta would enjoy a free snack every now and again.
I set up the tank on Saturday night with gravel/pfs mix. I put 3 HBH Betta pellets (buying NLS friday) in and some microbe-lift special blend. I gave the tank 24 hours, I know it is a really short period of time, added 5 crypt wendtii bronze(clumped them together) from my mother plant in my 60g and a small piece of jungle val with a small sprouted runner, and a seachem root tab from the same tank. I plan to dose ferts once a month.
The filter is a Marina S10 Slim filter. It has custom media in it, Filter foam, 100 micron filter cloth and seeded media from the 60g. The flow adjuster is broken so I made a diy pop-bottle filter baffle.
I aclimated and put the betta in Sunday night, because the plastic plants in his grow-out tank tore his fins.he was visibly happier, and I thought he was a bi-color but once in the tank I realized he is tri/multi because his colors actually decided to appear!
I was thinking of adding 2 amano shrimp, a piece of Malaysian driftwood (to replace very fake looking decor), a marimo moss ball, and anubias nana on the malaysian driftwood, the light is a 13watt cfl for aquarium plants (needs to be replaced as its 2 years old and was used when i had a betta in there 2 years ago (he lived 1 year in my 10g, then another in the 5g).
I want the tannins from the wood in the water and was wondering how i could make the wood safe but not leach all the tannins during the boil process. would a toothbrush scrub be sufficient?
I also did a 25 percent water change today in case there is a spike, should I continue this daily for a week?
P.S. the tank usually 26-28C, and I am adding pond snails, I quite enjoy them as they are a free cleanup crew and i'm sure my betta would enjoy a free snack every now and again.
