I Want People Advice Before I Even Think About Doing This...

[Imcanadieneh]

In my 10 gallon tank I have two dwarf gourmais, and 5 glolight tetras. I have no place to put my female betta right now. I don't want to give her away but if I have to I have a place she can go. She is perfectly healthy and the tank has plents of plants for her nd the other fish to go if anything starts. What do you all think?

I meant to ask if i can put her in there...thats what im asking

 

[ReMz]

bad plan.

gouramis are not compatible betta tank mates. that is PLENTY stocking for a 10g.

a big ol' NO WAY from me

 

[dusky]

big NO from me too i'm afraid

 

[SharonCC]

Considering it's a female...maybe...you could always try it, and see. However, water changes would have to be done diligently, because you are overstocked.

 

[Netty]

I big no from me too I'm afraid. I'd go for the safer option and give her away, unless you can set something up for her separately.

 

[newfishy]

if its just a temporary problem rise out a gallon plastic milk jug, fill it, set it on a heater (well the heaters in my house get and stay a comfortable temp, Ive tested it) and then look into getting her a better place to live.

 

[Honeythorn]

Or better yet , buy a cheap clear plastic storage bin ( dollar stores , hardware stores or Walmart should sell them ) and set that up the same way as a tank with a small sponge filter and heater, and some silk plants to hide in. You can easily get one that holds 5 gals. I have seen some that hold 17 gals so you should have no trouble for space. Just make a few holes in the top of the lid to allow air in, and cut a couple of holes into the edge of the lid to allow the wires for a heater and filter to fit in so you can keep the lid on properly.

 

[newfishy]

honeythorn has a good point I actualy have two BIG clear plastic containers I use if I desperatly need room for a spawn. they work fine and you can even use a heater without melting anything, I tryed to see if I could melt one using an old heater cranked as high as it could go, and all it did was give me nice warm water, no melting, scorching or even hazing on the plastic.

 

[modaz]

I tryed to see if I could melt one using an old heater cranked as high as it could go, and all it did was give me nice warm water, no melting, scorching or even hazing on the plastic.

are you a reformed arsonist newfishy?

 

[LauraFrog]

I tryed to see if I could melt one using an old heater cranked as high as it could go, and all it did was give me nice warm water, no melting, scorching or even hazing on the plastic.

are you a reformed arsonist newfishy?

ROFL!!!

I vouch for plastic containers as well. I'm an Australian teenager and I basically have the money to buy either tanks for all my fish, or good food and good care for all my fish. So I keep plenty of them in plastic containers. They are seriously all as happy as the ones kept in glass tanks if they are filtered, heated, given sufficient light and space, and the containers have substrate and are planted and decorated. I'm the one who suffers cause I can't see all the fish. So I can only stare at the ones in the glass tanks! lol

But yeah, I keep mine outside and I get about six months out of them before I start to think about replacing them, they do last longer but I like to keep on the safe side and not risk having a sun damaged container blow out on me, all the fish die and the still-plugged-in heater burn the house down while I'm away.

I run internal power filters, heaters in winter and do 50% weekly water changes. An interesting idea is to use those big clear drinks kegs - wanna change the water? Just open the tap and drop the bucket underneath, or better yet connect the tap to an airline and water the plants with it.

 

[shadowtheblacklab]

Either a plastic container, or really up the WCs on the 10g