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October 30th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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New tank for Teddy Bear
Yesterday, we picked up a new tank for Teddy Bear. It was time for him to move out of his 2.5g tank since he's been moving around much better than when we got him. After driving around and looking at tanks, we found a tank perfect for him. It's 6.6g, about as long as a 10g but maybe 2/3 of the height and depth of a 10g. So he gets a nice 'run' to swim along and doesn't have to go too far up for air.
The tank has a slight bowfront to it and a fluorescent tube, which we'll replace with a 4200k natural sunlight tube peaking in the yellow range. we're also going to order him more silk broadleaf plants. He loves his new neighbor, Kairi, and his hamster igloo (gotta love hamster toys  ).
Last edited by COBettaCouple; October 30th, 2007 at 10:04 AM.
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October 30th, 2007
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Fish Master
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Ooh I like it. Teddy bear will be very happy in that.  |
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October 30th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Awesome betta tank! I'm sure Teddy Bear just loves it.  |
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October 30th, 2007
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WOW  I love that tank!!! That is a fantastic size for a betta. It looks very large, much larger than a ten gal tank. I love that it is not that high and its perfect for the Betta who do not really care to have to swim up high for air. I would love to find that type of tank around here. I love your set up and decorations and silk plants!!! YEP.. Teddy Bear has to be very happy in his new home!!! Great job Dave & Stacy!!! 
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October 30th, 2007
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ID master
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Congrats.
Tom
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October 30th, 2007
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Fish Master
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That tank is huuuge. He's so lucky. I'd love to offer each of my girls a 10G, but only one of them has it, and she's sharing with soem corys.
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October 30th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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I love it Dave. It's awsome and I'm sure Teddy Bear thinks so too.  Natalie |
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October 30th, 2007
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Fish Master
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Love the new tank...and I bet Teddy loves it too! I think I've seen that tank before somewhere. Did you get it at petco?
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October 31st, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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yes, it's from petco. it really is ideal for a betta even if the box picture has 15" of fancy guppies on it. 
Thanks all, Teddy Bear is enjoying his new tank a lot, he's hesitant to go past the filter flow since it's stronger than what he's used to in the 2.5g tank but we're probably going to get him a hamster tube to let him swim past the current in the tube. Of course, he's spending a lot of time watching his new neighbor in the tank next door, Kairi. 
we'll be definitely moving Angel and Mickey out of their 5g hex tanks into tanks like Teddy Bear's as we're able to. |
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October 31st, 2007
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Fish Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by COBettaCouple
yes, it's from petco. it really is ideal for a betta even if the box picture has 15" of fancy guppies on it. |
It always bugs me how overstocked tanks always are in the pic on the box. Like, those little 3 gal kits always have 10 Platys or something in them. :P
I did see that tank before at petco...I remember thinking the same thing, what a great Betta tank. |
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November 1st, 2007
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Moderator ~ Betta Mommy
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All of my guys are jealous. They have the room but theirs is more vertical and they want the horizontal room now. That will teach me to let them look over my shoulder at the screen. I love the tank and so do they.
Congratulations, Stacy and Dave and Teddy Bear!!
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November 1st, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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cool new tank...i'm guessing hamster caves are okay for aquariums?
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November 2nd, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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i'm guessing hamster caves are okay for aquariums?
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Sure! We're also all getting sections of hamster tunnels too! |
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November 2nd, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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yea, we check to be sure it's all just plastic that won't leech paint or sparkles, etc into water.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
cool new tank...i'm guessing hamster caves are okay for aquariums?
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November 2nd, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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That's such a cool idea. I would never have thought about doing that.Natalie
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November 2nd, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Great tank Dave!! I am lucky enough to be in the financial position to buy new tanks for our bettas before xmas!! Flame and Spot need them really, Honey is ok. I guess that the boys are really ok but i just want to give them more space and show them how much i appreciate them in my life making me chuckle!! ( Honey is now in my bedroom!! I love it, next to my bed, we say goodnight and she is there when i wake up! (with the 2 rabbits!!)
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November 2nd, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazmiche
Great tank Dave!! I am lucky enough to be in the financial position to buy new tanks for our bettas before xmas!! Flame and Spot need them really, Honey is ok. I guess that the boys are really ok but i just want to give them more space and show them how much i appreciate them in my life making me chuckle!! ( Honey is now in my bedroom!! I love it, next to my bed, we say goodnight and she is there when i wake up! (with the 2 rabbits!!)
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lol...all three of my tanks are in my room
i've noticed that my room is always a couple degrees warmer than the rest of my house...i told my parents i would let them keep a 55 gal. in their room if they would buy it for me ...just to keep their room warm |
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November 2nd, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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you go Kevin!!!
If your parents need a second opinion i'm here!!! lolol |
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