Deep Blue iwagumi betta tank

[marioman72]

Originally Posted by wicca27

i have a few shrimp in mine but not nearly as scaped as yours it looks awsome (yours)

thats pretty sweet, i have a bunch of shrimp in my 10g, ive thought about adding some to this tank but theirs no filter so idk how well they would do.

[LyzzaRyzz]

Well, if you turned it into a walstad tank, i think you could get away with shrimp. Youd need to up your plant mass though! IMO smaller tanks look so much better filled with plants! Have you tried shrimpies with your betta?

[Option]

That's a sweet looking betta. Love the fin w/ the red streaks. Normally I'm not a big fan of elephant ear fins, but this one is quite an exception!

[Acro]

Very cool, like the rock and plant out of the water.
What is the plant that's out of the water?

[marioman72]

Originally Posted by LyzzaRyzz

Well, if you turned it into a walstad tank, i think you could get away with shrimp. Youd need to up your plant mass though! IMO smaller tanks look so much better filled with plants! Have you tried shrimpies with your betta?

never tired shrimps with this betta id have to try it out once the plant mass builds up more. we will see in a month or so what happens with this little tank.

Originally Posted by Option

That's a sweet looking betta. Love the fin w/ the red streaks. Normally I'm not a big fan of elephant ear fins, but this one is quite an exception!

yea def couldnt pass this betta up, he has quite the unique coloration

Originally Posted by Acro

Very cool, like the rock and plant out of the water.
What is the plant that's out of the water?

thanks

the plant would be ophiopogon japonicus, or common name, mondo grass witch is semi aquatic can do all right fully or partially submerged

[bluestems]

Originally Posted by marioman72

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still loving this tank such a beautiful stone layout.

[acejohn]

This looks great!

[Joanstone]

Love it, nice job!

[marioman72]

thanks everyone!

[marioman72]

Addded some more hydro sib. today after thinning out my mountain of plant in my 10g and did a 30% watter change


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i was thinking about maybe adding a couple more small stones to the scape any opinions? not sure if i it will clutter it up to much being such a small tank.

[Tidal wave]

I love this tank! I'm torn between this tank and regular 2.5 gal.

I have Deep Blue's 3 gallon long for my betta.

[MABJ]

Just for future reference, the maximum water capacity for this tank with filters and all that jazz is 2.5 gallons, but it is a 2.3 gallon tank.

I love the way it looks though!


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[marioman72]

Originally Posted by Tidal wave

I love this tank! I'm torn between this tank and regular 2.5 gal.

I have Deep Blue's 3 gallon long for my betta.

thanks, i had never heard of deep blue until they started getting them at my lfs very cool tanks.

Originally Posted by MABJ

Just for future reference, the maximum water capacity for this tank with filters and all that jazz is 2.5 gallons, but it is a 2.3 gallon tank.

I love the way it looks though!


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thats good to know! and thanks

[marioman72]

I had a huge problem arise a couple days ago. i put a pump into the tank to get some circulation. and it seems that i didn't wash the sand enough and it kicked up a huge amount of dust over night. to the point were i couldn't see more then an inch into the tank. so i did a huge amount of water changes and rescaped the whole tank to be viewed from all sides. the tank sit at the end of the desk so it is seem from all over the room. i wish there wast ad much sand in the tank but nothing i can do now. im not going to try to rescape it for a third time. i dont think the plants with like that too much haha. but heres how its sitting now.


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[orchidman]

looks nice! Maybe just straighten the substrate a little bit.