IMO with a heavily planted tank only change 25% once a week. You prob dont have to vacuum gravel so much. Just debris on top. Root system will take care of rest. Nice looking set up:-D
Questions About Betta Routines
Hi there,
I'm very new to betta keeping, and I have some questions about my routine for my 5 gallon betta tank. If my water changes are sufficient and if my feeding schedule is good.
Right now I feed my male betta, Kiro, 3 Betta Bio Gold pellets in the morning and 3 more at night. I swap pellets out for one feeding frozen or hydrated freeze dried food like bloodworms, brine shrimp, or daphnia on Saturdays just because that's my favourite day of the week and he should enjoy it too. This is followed by a bit of pea on Sundays and fasting on Mondays. Is that too much, not enough or just right?
Currently for water changes I do a spot cleaning on Wednesday with rinsed hands, not that I usually need to as my hands usually don't touch the water too much but safety first, with a simple turkey baster. You know, get the stray root floating around and just clean off any visible debris. I do light gravel siphoning on Sundays. I say light because I don't go very deep into the gravel. My biggest question is, is this okay to do? I have two inhabitants being my betta and a gold mystery snail. My tank has 6 amazon swords, 3 stalks of bamboo that stick out along with my heater out a slot in the back of my cover, and a mossball and I was thinking of adding Java Fern. I don't know if that's exactly heavily planted enough to just skim the surface and maybe going deeper in the sections of the gravel where there's no plants? This my first go at a planted tank, or any tank really, so I'm hoping it goes well. I'll add a photo of my tank and Kiro just for visualization.
I'm very new to betta keeping, and I have some questions about my routine for my 5 gallon betta tank. If my water changes are sufficient and if my feeding schedule is good.
Right now I feed my male betta, Kiro, 3 Betta Bio Gold pellets in the morning and 3 more at night. I swap pellets out for one feeding frozen or hydrated freeze dried food like bloodworms, brine shrimp, or daphnia on Saturdays just because that's my favourite day of the week and he should enjoy it too. This is followed by a bit of pea on Sundays and fasting on Mondays. Is that too much, not enough or just right?
Currently for water changes I do a spot cleaning on Wednesday with rinsed hands, not that I usually need to as my hands usually don't touch the water too much but safety first, with a simple turkey baster. You know, get the stray root floating around and just clean off any visible debris. I do light gravel siphoning on Sundays. I say light because I don't go very deep into the gravel. My biggest question is, is this okay to do? I have two inhabitants being my betta and a gold mystery snail. My tank has 6 amazon swords, 3 stalks of bamboo that stick out along with my heater out a slot in the back of my cover, and a mossball and I was thinking of adding Java Fern. I don't know if that's exactly heavily planted enough to just skim the surface and maybe going deeper in the sections of the gravel where there's no plants? This my first go at a planted tank, or any tank really, so I'm hoping it goes well. I'll add a photo of my tank and Kiro just for visualization.
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Thank you two very much, I actually have frozen daphnia so Ill start feeding him that on Sunday's 
I was afraid of that, when I first had the five gallon (bare bottom came before gravel) he pooped a LOT. I was thinking of moving him intoa different tank. I think I'll just move him then, he'll be better off in a bare bottom I can keep clean for him.
Kiro's come to peace with companions, so maybe Ill try a shrimp or two since their bio load should be lighter.
I was afraid of that, when I first had the five gallon (bare bottom came before gravel) he pooped a LOT. I was thinking of moving him intoa different tank. I think I'll just move him then, he'll be better off in a bare bottom I can keep clean for him.
Kiro's come to peace with companions, so maybe Ill try a shrimp or two since their bio load should be lighter.
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