[Alyssa]

Bettas are fine if you use fluval stratum substrate, right?

I know it says not for cichlids and the "digger" kinds of fish ... but thought a Betta ought to be fine.

So thought I'd double check here before we did anything.

 

[ddrfreak_tung]

I keep my Betta in my main display tank and the substrate is stratum, he seems content.

 

[ValMM]

I've never had a betta dig. Should be fine.

 

[Vic]

I keep mine in fluval stratum, no problems

 

[DogFish]

Well I have a nutty betta. In my Nano, I habe a pc of cholla that has a root, looks like a little tree stump about 5" diameter at the base. He hang out in it like the Kebbler elf. Lately, I keep finding little piles of MTS around the larger holes. I think he's rolling around in there like a little pig in a wallow.

But, it is his nano. The plants look good, he looks good...I can live with a little dirt on the sand cap.

 

[Alyssa]

Can sand actually stay on top of fluval stratum? I'd have thought that it would work it's way to the bottom.

 

[somewhatshocked]

Nope. Sand's gonna work its way beneath it.

You shouldn't worry about Fluval Stratum with a Betta.

 

[Alyssa]

*sigh* That stratum stuff is ANNOYING to plant in! Everything keeps popping out of it. I think I hate it.

*grumble*