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*tries to imagine seven gallon tank that can hold 16+ inches of fish*

Yeah, I'll post pics sometime. My girls are easily pushing two inches if not more and they're just your average pet store betta girl.

Ah well, in any case, it's ultimately up to you. Just fair warning that in that size tank, you very well might have some nipped fins. I have had up to nine in a twenty gallon long, and although they're all sweet girls, there is usually at least one girl who has been nipped by another. *shrugs* Even with my current four girls in that tank, they find something to tussle about every so often.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

i haven't thought about what heater to get yet because i still have to get the tank. once i get the tank i will get a heater and will it with plants etc...

why???

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If you guys are looking for heaters for really small tanks such as betta tanks here are some links with heaters made specifically for small tanks.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=12087&amp;ref=3532&amp;subref=AE&amp;N=2004+113767

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=11365&amp;ref=3532&amp;subref=AE&amp;N=2004+113767

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=11370&amp;ref=3532&amp;subref=AE&amp;N=2004+113767

The first one is for tanks under 5 gallons, I think. The other 2 are for tanks 5 gallons and up.



Christina


Last edited by dvmchrissy at 13-Nov-2005 19:33

Five gallon tank should have about 25watts of heat... there's a number of different heaters at that size. Petsmart is a good source. I've seen a couple at Petco, but not as big of a selection, though they ARE getting a wider variety in.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

A female trio and maybe a cherry barb pair?

Or one betta and 3-4 cherries?

Thats my ideal tank! A mix of bettas and cherries!!

What I want to know is.....where you are going to get this heater for this tank? I have a 5 gallon and I out the smalklest heater I could find in it which was for one to 2 gallons and it may have got my water up to 90 degrees! See my post in general freshwater if you are interested.

But let me know what kind of heater you are buying and where please!

My sister used to feed sinking shrimp pellets to her ADFs. We've also found sinking spirulina pellets, but I don't know how the frogs would like those.

As for bettas, the best pellet is probably Hikari Betta Bio Gold, HBH also has a decent betta pellet. They will also eat freeze dried blood worms (as a treat, not as a staple food, because it can cause bloat) or well... okay, my bettas get a variety of foods.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

what kind of sinking pellets???

and what food is the best for bettas???

Last edited by kj fishy-finn at 10-Nov-2005 20:53

kj fishy-finn <*)))><
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Feed sinking pellets to ADF's. They aren't terribly fast (or bright ) when it comes to finding food, so make sure that there's enough food for them AND for the betta(s) who will likely want to steal some of it! Alternately, feed the ADF's in a place where the betta can't get to... in a small cave, etc.

Unless you wind up with very aggressive bettas (believe me, it happens!), you should be okay mixing them with ADF's.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Zebras are very, very active schoolers. I wouldnt put them in any less than a 20gal.

ADFs would work. A male betta and 4 or 5 ADF would be fine. Three females and 3 ADF would work too.

I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

what else besides the cherry barbs???

what about a ADF??? last time i owned one he died though. i dont think he was getting any food from the flakes floating down. dont you have to feed them bloodworms or something like that???

what about zebra danios??? or will the fins get nipped.

kj fishy-finn <*)))><
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In my five gallon, I have three cherry barbs and two black neons. (The black neons are left over from my original school and they looked lonely by themselves in the 20 ... they seem to like their cherry companions.) There's also two shrimp hanging around in there... somewhere.

I have one male cherry and two females. Originally I had a cherry pair and a male betta in there, but between the betta and the male barb, the female cherry disappeared... that's why I got two females the second time around; I figured between the two of them, they'd take on the male's advances.

I think in a seven gallon, you could get away with 3 betta girls, and then perhaps a trio of cherry barbs? Cherry barbs are so pretty... even the females, despite being more drab than their male counterparts, are very striking. The shrimp are interesting, but truthfully, I rarely see mine, no matter what is in the tank with them. Too bad, they're cute!

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

A female trio and maybe a cherry barb pair?

Or one betta and 3-4 cherries?

I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

now i dont know what to do. should i do 5 females or a male betta and then add a couple of others fish or not. i would like to do 5 females because i love bettas and i would like to keep more.

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i guess i could just see how they act as i add them 1 by 1 and watch their behavior to the other fish depending on how many f bettas. i guess i could do like 3-5 and put in some other fish maybe...

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i would like to keep like 5 female bettas together in a 7 gallon tank. this is fine, right??? the inches on the tank give them plenty of room.

in doing this how would i go about adding them to the tank one by one as i buy them. should i look for certain bettas that are nice and arent pushing the other f bettas around??? what personality traits would i look for??? how do i introduce them into the tank with other female bettas in it as i buy them???

kj fishy-finn <*)))><
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with the number of inches of fish that the tank can hold according to water surface area i could hold 8 bettas but am going with 5 instead. the tank will have a lot of plants for privacy and protection, so it should be fine from what other people have said up above.

kj fishy-finn <*)))><
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Five girls for a seven gallon seems to be pushing it... I had three SMALL girls in a five gallon temporarily and they were looking for more room. Remember, these fish are going to be a good two inches long, and pretty heavily bodied. Most of my betta girls easily outweigh my boys if you look at body size alone. All those big long fins are deceptive.

I would suggest at least a ten gallon for five girls. For a seven gallon, I would limit it to three or four at the most. Unless you have some REALLY friendly betta girls, you're going to have SOME disagreements in your tanks. All my girls are pretty peaceful, but there's always a moment when one girl decides another intruded on HER swimming space or got to close to HER chosen speck of food.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

the filter does ripple the surface pretty good and the water coming in causes bubbles to be formed as the water splashes in.

kj fishy-finn <*)))><
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If your filter is adequate, you aren't going to achieve much more by adding an airstone, just adjust the filter so it ripples the surface of the water (works better than splashing and waves )

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

no it is not nessesary, but good to have.