Ideal Setup For Male Betta

[BeGoodJohnny]

I currently have a tank in my living room which houses neon and glowlight tetras, guppies and siamese algae eaters. I now want to have a male betta in a planted tank for my home office. Does anyone know the right size tank, filtration (type/rate), that would give the fish the best conditions possible without taking up too much office space? 10 gallons maybe? All recommendations and ideas are welcome.

 

[Amunet]

The smallest tank size I would recommend is 3gallons. The more the better though, but there are rare occasions where a betta will be happier in a smaller sized tank.
10gals would be awesome. You could divide it in 2 and get 2 bettas Or if you want, divide it in 3 and get 3 Or hey, just keep one lucky betta in it
It's all up to you!

Just make sure whatever tank you get, you get a heater for it. Your office probably stays kinda cool like most do? So getting a heater will insure that the temp stays at around 80F

 

[Straydum]

yeah i would agree that the heater is the most important for an office set up.

 

[monica]

Yes, you should get a heater. And a filter is unnecessary as bettas do not like too much water movement.

 

[Stacey13]

Are you planning on keeping JUST the betta at the office? If you only want to keep a betta by himself, a heated/filtered 5 gallon would do. But as you want plants, and maybe some tankmates, I think a 10 gallon would give you lots of room to work with. It seems SOME betta will not tolerate tankmates, but I guess I've been lucky, I have Cardinal Tetras, and 2 species of snails with my Bettas. (They are in 10 gallon tanks.) I think a 10 gallon is an excellent office size, it's also more stable than a smaller tank. For filtering, with a 10 gallon, I would go with a hang-on tank style filter, sized for a 15-20 gallon tank. It's always better to over filter, and with a 10 gallon, the betta will have plenty of room to escape the current, if he wants. (One of my bettas seems to like the current.)
As for specific brand recommendations, I'm not sure where you are. AquaClear is a good filter.

 

[Amunet]

I would recommend a tank with a filter. That way water changes wouldn't have to be more often than if there wasn't one.
Just make sure the filter is as low as possible to make sure there isn't too much current. Some is ok but not much.

Like if you get a small setup.. a good filter to get would be a bubble filter that is powered by an air pump (they come with one). They're cheap, effective, & don't create alot of current. Plus w/ the air pump that comes with it, you could get a valve thing and hook an airstone up to it as well. 2 in one deal *nodnod* hehe