I Want A New Betta

[fish-r-fancy]

Hi I was just cleaning out my garage and came across an old 10 gallon tank that I had. I was thinking about putting a betta in it because i really like bettas. I have never kept a betta before so I need some advice. If I were to make some DIY dividers how many bettas could I keep in it? I was thinking 2 or 3. I think I have enough gallons to have 3 bettas because that would leave each fish with a little over 3 gallons each. My only concern is that I woulden't have enough space ( wigth, lenght) for the bettas to thrive and be happy. That's what makes me think I should only keep 2 bettas. What do you guys think? I just want to make it clear that I will do about 10-20% water changes each week and that I have a filter and thermometor that are both good for a 10 gallon tank.

 

[wendywc]

Personally, I would just split it for two. So if it's a standard 20"LX10"WX12"H; each will have 10"LX10"W.

 

[littlelegs]

can you not house type of fish together then? and why?

 

[fish-r-fancy]

Thank you. What I will do is divide the tank so that each fish will have 5 gallons all to its self and I will have to figure out how to make a DIY divider. I was thinking about using plastic canvas, but I don't know what to use as a frame. The plastic canvas would make it so that the water would circiulate through out the whole tank. I also want the divider to be removable. If anybody has any links to making DIY dividers I would apreciate it. Thank you.

 

[Haeun]

There's a DIY tank divider link in the FAQ section, but I didn't do mine that way (seems way too complicated for me).

What I did was get some report cover holder (you know, the slide ones) and silicon glued those holders onto my tank. I just cut the plastic craft mesh things to the size of the tank and once the holders were dried, just slided those plastic mesh things in. Works beautifully. It is done to both my 5 gallon tank and my 10 gallon tank.

I would recommend using black report covers just because it looks nicer. I used black on my 5 gallon. I used the green ones on that 10 gallon tank only because that was the only color I had left, and I am a poor college student. The green is not that bad though, because it goes with the plants.

 

[fish-r-fancy]

what is a report cover?