[AquaticLife] Tetra Whisper In-Tank Installation Question

March 25, 2008 @ 11:19 pm · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

Thanks! It is nice to know that I can put the water as close to the lip as I’d like - It doesn’t seem to disturb the surface too much where it is now but I may raise it due to the heater.
It was going to be for a single betta but I found another nice one so we’re up to 2… I had been planning to go up to 4 bettas (all girls) with this tank (and yes I did read a lot about bettas before considering this), but it is so hard to find pretty girls that I was beginning to think I’d never find the rest. As for other fish, I have played around with the idea of adding an otocinclus if I end up with algae buildup - but I don’t expect that to be anytime soon.
I’ve been scouting out live plants and tank ornaments to give the gals plenty of places to hide if need be. If I ever do add an oto, it’ll be after there’s plenty of plants in the water - so would there be as much of a concern for O2 from the filter since plants do convert CO2 into O2?
Thanks again! -Lana
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote:
> It all depends on how much surface agitation you want. I’ve had some > tanks > where I leave an inch or more from the waterfall to the surface and others > where I’ve had the water up to the lip of the waterfall. If I remember > right, this is for a single Betta tank which means it would be fine to > have > the water level all the way up to the lip of the waterfall so you get > little > or no surface agitation. If you have a heavy bioload, you would want > additional surface agitation to increase the O2 levels in the water but > for > a Betta, who will breathe at the surface anyhow, the O2 level is not as > important. If you add other fish to the tank, you might want to increase > surface agitation. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com >
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