Do betta fish need heaters? Yes, yes they do. Getting an aquarium heater for your betta fish sounds like a pretty straight forward issue to get past. That is until you see how many there are available in all of their various shapes, sizes and… wattages. If you are new to the world of aquarium …
So you have your aquarium, water and a betta fish swimming in all this open “space”. While some people really like a minimalistic design, betta fish don’t really dig it too much. There are really quite a few options you can explore in sprucing up your betta’s tank with all sorts of aquatic furniture. But …
Betta fish are beautiful with their vivid colors and spectacular fins. And providing your betta with a suitable tank setup will allow him to flourish and live a healthy life. In this detailed article, we explain how to achieve the perfect betta tank setup. And the good news is, that’s not as complicated as you …
Sherolyn-Basement Bettas Flexwatt is a common way to heat containers on shelves. So I have gathered some How To videos on assembling the Flexwatt. Assembling with clips.. Soldering the wires instead of using clips Wiring the heat mats in series .. Diagrams… Flexwatt Connectors Flexwatt Wiring Flexwatt in …
keeping things clean and disease control.. coming soon!
Sherolyn-Basement Bettas Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a collection of videos on sump design to get you started designing your own.
Sherolyn-Basement Bettas Sumps for recirculating systems. Article coming soon… To reduce time in the fish room doing water changes, many people decide to go with recirculating systems to house their Bettas. A recirculating system consists of cells or containers to house the fish and an over flow of some sort that drains water …
Sherolyn-Basement Bettas Start with a few Sun Tea jars (1 gallon) Remove the pour spouts For each Bunk, You will needa cap, a Tee, and 2 pices of 1/2″ CPVC pipe 2.5″ long Assemble as shown. the 1/2″ CPVC pipe fits in the bushing w/o silicone. The Cap is needed to keep my bettas from entering …
Sherolyn-Basement Bettas By now the condo is taking shape. You have the front and both sides as well as the walls or partitions in place. The next piece to add is the back wall of the partitions. I used 1/8″ thick plexi to build the condo. I wanted a space of 1/4″ under the …
Sherolyn-Basement Bettas I used my Dremmel and cut out several places along the top edge of the overflow. As you can see in the second photo, there are 3 over the 4″ wide cell and one at the divider that does not have a support. I found with another water test that I needed to make …
