Hi guys! I'm in the process of setting up 10+ tanks for betta housing. View my progress so far.
The plan:
House as many bettas as cheaply as possible. Run tanks with individual sponge filters hooked up to a single giant air pump.
What I've aquired:
-1 5-tier shelving unit which holds 150 lbs per shelve ($38 @ Lowes)
-7 5.5 gallon rectangular tanks
-3 strip lights, T12 with 20 watt bulbs
-12 sponge filters ($35 @Bayleesfish)
-ton of airline, tees and valves
-soo many overgrown plants from my other tanks
The shelve pre-assembly:
The shelves shown with 6 tanks:
The sponge filters:
(I think these are amazing btw! It's hard to tell in the picture, but each sponge does come with the lift tube complete with airstone)
A light, post DYI wiring:
(Check out the thread on how I showed these lights who's boss...BK828 being the boss lol thanks!):bowing:
Some of the tanks set up with water and the sponge filters:
This is just so you can see how they are attached to the same airline. I am going to seed them in my other tanks.
What's left to do:
-Seed the filters
-Finish wiring the remaining lights, and mount the lights on the shelves
-Trim and fix up plants to put them in the tanks
-Find suitable rocks to mount java fern/anubias onto
-Buy plastic craft mesh and cut it into lids
-Get some pots, etc for caves
Thanks for reading! I'll update soon
The plan:
House as many bettas as cheaply as possible. Run tanks with individual sponge filters hooked up to a single giant air pump.
What I've aquired:
-1 5-tier shelving unit which holds 150 lbs per shelve ($38 @ Lowes)
-7 5.5 gallon rectangular tanks
-3 strip lights, T12 with 20 watt bulbs
-12 sponge filters ($35 @Bayleesfish)
-ton of airline, tees and valves
-soo many overgrown plants from my other tanks
The shelve pre-assembly:
The shelves shown with 6 tanks:
The sponge filters:
(I think these are amazing btw! It's hard to tell in the picture, but each sponge does come with the lift tube complete with airstone)
A light, post DYI wiring:
(Check out the thread on how I showed these lights who's boss...BK828 being the boss lol thanks!):bowing:
Some of the tanks set up with water and the sponge filters:
This is just so you can see how they are attached to the same airline. I am going to seed them in my other tanks.
What's left to do:
-Seed the filters
-Finish wiring the remaining lights, and mount the lights on the shelves
-Trim and fix up plants to put them in the tanks
-Find suitable rocks to mount java fern/anubias onto
-Buy plastic craft mesh and cut it into lids
-Get some pots, etc for caves
Thanks for reading! I'll update soon
