This is basically just me asking people to indulge my curiosity. I've seen a HUGE amount of variety when it comes to the number of bettas people own on this forum, and more importantly, where they keep them-- and I'd kind of like to know more, because personally I think fishkeeping (and how people stay sane despite it) is uber-fascinating.
So! TELL ME ABOUT YOUR TANKS, GUYS. How many bettas do you have, if any, and what size tanks do you keep them in? Any sororities? NPTs? (What about non-bettas?) How many levels of your current housing unit do you keep fish on? (Have you ever caught yourself wondering 'I wonder what a tank would look like on the bathroom counter'?) Feel free to gush and enthuse and complain about water changes, if you'd like.
I'll start!
In the kitchen: Two 2.5 gallons, for Isaac and Idaho One 3.5 gallon, for Veetor
(+One 1 gallon hospital bowl, for Kal) One 4 gallon, currently cycling
In the living room: Two 10 gallons, one for dividing (the eventual home of Kal and Veetor) and one as an eventual sorority. Both currently cycling. One 5 gallon, currently cycling
In the bedroom: Two 2.5 gallons, for Ross and Taffler
So: six bettas, with three open spots (plus sorority potential), in nine (and a half) tanks.
Well, mine are in my signature, but hey, I'll write them out here too. :p
In the kitchen/computer room: Planted 5 gallon: Odysseus and an RCS colony 29 gallon: the comet goldfish (not mine, don't judge!)
In my bedroom: Heavily planted 16.4 gallon: the sorority (currently 5 girls) and community (5 ember tetras, 11 Endlers Livebearers, 3 cories, 2 fundulopanchax gardneri gardneri and some RCS)
So for me, 6 bettas in two tanks. :p Up until very recently it was 7 in two, but Medea died. :(
Bomba how do you fit that many fish peacefully in there?! :p gee I have trouble with more than one fish in a tank!
My bedroom:
2.5 gal- plant nursery
2.5 gal- Maja's home
15 gal, divided: 5 gall- Gilbert, 10 gal- Reuben, rabbit snail, 2 cories
20 gal, empty until renos are done- will have whiptail catfish, threadfin rainbows, and fork tail blue eyes/spotted blue eyes (can't decide), maybe a Cory school or something else that handles cooler water well.
I'm only allowed fish in my room (which is TINY.) But with renos I hope for a large shelving unit for more tanks and some plants. :D Posted via Mobile Device
2.5 hades my orange veiltail
2.5 donflare my red veiltail
2.5 poesidon my halfmoon
30 gallon long my soroity which holds 11 girls and one golden mystery snail
1.5 gallon babyboy my baby snail
(please no judgement)
1 gallon-Mustard gas crowntail
1 gallon-bi-color veil tale
1 gallon-cambodian veil tale
1 gallon-cambodian veil tale
1 gallon-mustard gas veil tale
2.5 gallon-to be filled this weekend
10 gallon sorority-7 girls
10 gallon- to be filled this weekend
soon my sorority will move to a 55 gallon long tank.
I don't want any grief about the one gallons pretty please. I clean them and care for them all properly. period :)
2gal: Female VT, Ann. In there right now until I can get a breeding net to keep her in while I feed my cories, because she'll gobble up their entire sinking pellet and get bloated every time. Silly girl.
15h: My sorority, with my five other girls, plus four habrosus cories. Was six, but two of them fell prey to SBD. =\ There are some tiny tiny snails in there, too, which came in secretly on a plant I bought from a pet store.
Would love to try having a male someday, too. My suitemates have a beautiful deep blue CT, and I feed him and change his water when they're away, and I'm starting to get really attached... if I can muster up the courage, I'm going to ask to keep him when their lease runs out.
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