The wheel is great for your bacteria, just make sure the flow isnot too much for your bettas, they like calmer water. You do not need to wash the fish bowl with dawn, you are killing any of the good bacteria that grown on the surfaces of the tank. A good rinsing and a scrub every now and then whould be just fine.
Using Dawn
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Just so you know, bettas need atleast a 2.5g to themselves(maybe with gohst shrimp or snails), and it needs to be filtered and heated, they have the same requirements as any other tropical fish. You may say that they don't need all that room, but you most likely have never seen a full grown betta or one in a properly sized tank.
Bettas sure have a wide range of temperaments (we read this as "personality", I'd reckon).
I've got a metallic tan Betta that is just fine with the 3 ghost shrimp in my big tank...in fact, one of the shrimp latched onto his tail finnage one day, and he just sat there wondering what to do. Once the shrimp took a little munch, he swam away and dumped off his "hitch hiker" friend.
My son's Navy Blue Betta devoured everything that ever looked like a ghost shrimp.
Maybe it's just me, but a 10-gallon tank sure is about right for a Betta. Makes room for ornamentation, plants, etc. Those Wal-Mart kits seem about right.
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I've got a metallic tan Betta that is just fine with the 3 ghost shrimp in my big tank...in fact, one of the shrimp latched onto his tail finnage one day, and he just sat there wondering what to do. Once the shrimp took a little munch, he swam away and dumped off his "hitch hiker" friend.
My son's Navy Blue Betta devoured everything that ever looked like a ghost shrimp.
Maybe it's just me, but a 10-gallon tank sure is about right for a Betta. Makes room for ornamentation, plants, etc. Those Wal-Mart kits seem about right.
v/r, N-A
6 of my betta are in the 2 1/2g. 2 are in separate (big) 'jars'. Hadn't planned on putting any in the 10g.
Woww!! 6 bettas in a 2.5 Your not killing them(directly anyways) they are killing each other. Bettas are uncompatible and need at least a 2.5 gallon alone. Most people don't recommend putting 2 bettas together unless you own a very large tank.
I have two 2 1/2g, with glass dividers. I would never put two males together in the same water w/o. The bettas seem very happy, & are very active.
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Exactly why are you using soap again? It is totally un-necessary and possibly detrimental... I know it is bio-degradable, but that only means it "breaks down" naturally... Doesnt make it safe. You have no idea how any residue is effecting your fish...
