Hmm ... How many watts was it and what type of holder was it in? What type of light did you say it was? Was it an incandescent?
Oh I continued this topic on my old thread called Betta Blindness just so as not to overtake this thread any more. Here I talk about the conditions of how I think I blinded Alejandro :
Thank you, Tabbie! I got her and Arktik (purple/blue cambodian) and I was getting yelled at the whole time. "No more fish!" Pfft ... Never! xD I'm really glad I was able to snag her. I would love to see a close up of Feng though.
I think any store that cannot properly care for the fish should not sell them. Luckily, we're all here, giving our bettas these beautiful homes and taking time to learn the correct way to treat them.
The First one is a 5.5g tank with Redgie and a Snail named Glow that's turning into a monster. o-o
Second is the new Betta I got yesterday named with some Birthday money in a 5g tank. His name is Denim because he's the exact color of blue jeans. Do you think his tank needs a cave?
This is Alejandro's 6.6 gallon bookshelf tank that I took the rim off of and put in a new light yesterday. Those weird things in the back are craft mesh with moss . . hoping to make mini moss walls. (Might redo those with netting instead of plastic mesh because I'm not sure the moss will grow through). Alejandro is blind so I didn't put any rocks or driftwood .. . most things are soft in there and I hope the dwarf hairgrass will grow in after a while. I made a bunch of moss balls too, some floating and some sinking kind. Everything was just made so that is why you can still see the mesh, etc. The water I add has IALeaves soaking in it so the water is a little bit tea colored. We have amazingly hard water here in Tucson AZ so I try to soften it. There's a heater of course and I am using an Aquaclear 30 instead of the filter it came with.
Removing the rim might not be a wise thing to do. The rim is designed to give the tank added support from the pressure the water gives. However, in a smaller tank, it might not be too bad. But I would rather not take the risk.
Removing the rim might not be a wise thing to do. The rim is designed to give the tank added support from the pressure the water gives. However, in a smaller tank, it might not be too bad. But I would rather not take the risk.
Well, obviously nothing has happened so far and she's doing everything right so far. Everything seems fine. For instance, people yell at me for having my 20gL on a piece of fake wood that's less than an inch thick. I've had it set up for a year now and it once held two 10g tanks. It has three triangle brackets and can hold a total of 300lbs, so it also holds my Bose radio system. My fish like to listen to my music, it seems. Still, I'm just pointing out that you can do things to a tank and make sure that everything is ok.
I currently only have 2 tanks set up!! Lowest number I've had in years, it feels really weird to have such a small number of fish! I do plan on setting my 10 gallon back up soon and dividing it 3 ways, but that won't be for another month or so, need to save up money for all new gravel and decorations!
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