Got My New Male Betta Tank! Woohoo!, :)

[aly_starh]

I finally got my new male betta tank, it holds approx. 65 or so litres, slightly bigger than my tropical community!

So how many males can i fit in this size??,

I have sand left from the 15kg bag, for plants i will take cuttings and need to buy filter and heater.
Oh yeah dividers also!

ps. i see some people have almond leaves in there filter and heater section, whats that for and do i need it?

~betta_246

[Vandraco aka Bronzecat]

Hiya
Whats the dimensions of the tank? Easier to determine how many males you can have:)
Indian Almond Leaf (IAL), is a natural tonic and is found in the Bettas natural habitat. Needs replacing regularly to avoid it going bad.

[pippoodle]

depending on width i would say 4 or 5 sections

just make sure you have about 14 litres for each fish

[aly_starh]

24" length
18" depth
12" height
approx

~betta_246

Also do i block off filter and heater, and almond leaves, i think pippoodle does that?

[Vandraco aka Bronzecat]

Yeh, you can have a small section specifically for the filter and heater. The almond leaf can go anywhere really. Pip has some nice pics of her tank on here somewhere:)
I would personally go for 4 sections for bettas, with a smaller section for the filter etc...That should give each section around 4 gallons

[aly_starh]

thanks, Was thinking possibly 4 males with bit for heater/filter. That would be approx 14.5l each.
But i most probarly wont get them all at once, so might start with 2 sections then increase.

I've brought my filter and heater off ebay now, so will wait till it comes, then do fishless cycling.

Can't wait! I will have a beautiful betta tank!!

~betta_246

[Vandraco aka Bronzecat]

You have another tank dont you? If so, you can speed the cycle up by pinching a bit of the filter media out of it and put it in your new one
If you do this, make sure you either keep fedding the new filter to keep the bacteria alive or put a fish straight in :D

[aly_starh]

Oh yes, forgot about that. Too excited. lol!!!
Also going to put 1 of my Zebra Danios in, for a week or two. There very hardy!!

~betta_246

[jasminek]

As i said before, hope everything works out :D 4 sections sounds like great stuff, but before you buy any bettas makesure you have bought everything i find after i put my fish in my tank i wanted more plants lol!

[Newfishy]

when I do the dividing I always silicon things in place, even the very good penplax dividers. its easier to do that empty. if you have blank spaces for a while thats ok, only gives you motvation to fill in the blanks.

[aly_starh]

decided to have 3 males, and a section for heater and filter. I want them to have a nice spacious swimming space

[Vandraco aka Bronzecat]

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[Assaye]

65 litres will probably be closer to 60 once you factor in the space taken up by the filter/heater/decor, and potentially even less if you have plants and deep substrate. If I want to make sure I have 3 gallons per fish, I'd only divide it into 3. That way they get around 20 litres each, minus whatever is taken up by decor/substrate/etc. If you divide into 4, you'll only have just over 16 litres max to play with, and that'll go down when you add stuff to the tank.

I've also heard that tank sizes that are published by makers are often taken from the outside measurements.

It's a long tank, rather than a tall one, so it'll be easier to divide =)

Have fun dividing it, I'd just recommend to be generous with the sections rather than trying to fit as many as possible in based on the 'on paper' measurements rather than how much space they will actually have. I'd say you can fot three boys in there comfortably, 4 if you're willing to compromise on space a tiny bit.

[aly_starh]

3 males it is!

[aly_starh]

Just brought the dividers!
Cant wait!

[aly_starh]

Tank dividers have arrived!

[Rezz]

Wooo! Good luck, can't waitt for the pics!


-Rezz

[Wilsonnw8]

Great stuff!! very exciting! and Rezz I like your avitar!