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I have an acrylic tank that is ment for reptiles. It is about 5 gallons. It lookes like it could hold water and I want to get a betta. I would put a whisper internal filter in it with some javafern. Would it work? I think it is probably a but it looks like an acrylic fish tank. http://www.petco.com/product_info.asp?familyid=12031&sku=4258379649&tab=3&dept_id=1007&c1=1005&c2=1007&c3=&ct1=Aquariums+%26+Furniture&ct2=Aquariums+%2D+Acrylic&ct3= My "terrarium" looks exactly like that execpt the top is black and it is more of a rectangle.

I think that it would be fine to keep your betta in that kind of tank - I keep my bettas in tanks like the one shown in the pic - each tank holds one gallon of water - I'm not sure that you will need a filter - The filter may provide too much current for the betta.

HTH,
Stella

[span class="edited"][Edited by Stella 2004-07-21 10:31][/span]

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It says aquarium right in the description. Lots of people use them for fish, so go right ahead. If you've used it for another animal like a lizard, you may want to sterilize it first.

I'm actually considering upgrading my bettas' one gallon tanks to one of the larger sizes of theses containers. *nods sagely*

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Awesome I will clean it out. And from what I have heard I wouldn't have to cycle it.

Wouldn't have to? Eh... It's big enough that you could, but it might be a bit unstable. If you intend to do 100% water changes, then you could get by without cycling it. I'm thinking I'm going to try to cycle my five gallon, though I don't know how successful it will be.

After taking another look at those containers (not a bad price for the size!), I'm going to have to go and measure the shelves my bettas are on... see which would fit.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

I have a few of these...used them for bettas, fry, breeding snails, etc.

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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

I have a 5g that is cycled... it seemed like it took a little bit longer to stabilize but it's okay now. We used fishless cycling so we didn't have to test the water every day (didn't have to worry about killing off a fish) and then when the cycle was complete we put 2 platies (from our other tank) in there for just over a month and checked the water often. It probably took another 2 weeks after the cycle was complete for us to get a handle on how often it needed wc, etc. I've found that a 15% change weekly is fine now, but it is a heavily planted tank with lots of hornwort and that keeps the nitrates under control. Anyhow, hope that helps.

-Beth