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View Poll Results: Betta or Dwarf Puffers | |
Betta
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Dwarf Puffers
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Betta or Dwarf Puffers
I am having SO much trouble deciding what I want for my tank. So I thought I'd let you guys help me decide. 
I have a 10 gallon I want to set up. I'll probably get it started this week. When it's ready I either want to get 2 dwarf puffers (darn your influence Pink!) or 1 betta (hopefully one of Martinismommy's beautiful fry).
Help? | 
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| You know what my vote is!!!
(Ps, you're welcome  ) | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| If you can get one of Martinimommys, I'd vote Betta! | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Oh, another solution is divide. 5gs for a betta, 5gs for a dwarf puffer. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Would the dwarf puffer be okay by herself/himself? | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yup! I only have one  They're not schooling or schoaling fish at all. They're actually quite territorial. That's why a 1" fish needs about 5gs of room. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkfloydpuffer  Oh, another solution is divide. 5gs for a betta, 5gs for a dwarf puffer. | Great idea Pink! Best of both worlds | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Pink, you're so great! Thanks so much for your help! I've been trying to decide for like a month, and the answer has been right there in front of me. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| No prob | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| This may be stupid questions, but will I need 2 filters? And also, would one heater be fine? | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| You could have two, but I don't think it's 100% necessary. I don't use two in my divided tank, but rather put an airstone on the side without a filter to create water movement and flow through the divider. One heater is fine in my experience.
I'd put the filter on the side with the puffer if you only get one filter. | |
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February 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thanks Pink. I'm so excited. I can't wait to have the tank set up and cycled! | |
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February 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| yay! i definitely agree with pink
some people rotate the filter from one side to another. also, if you're going to divide the tank, id consider siliconing the divider (the silicone will come off pretty easily with a razorblade if you eventually decide you don't want it on there anymore). that way you reduce your chance of somebody breaking through to the other side! | |
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February 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Wow, a dwarf puffer and one of martinismommys bettas along side each other would be beautiful | 
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February 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I adore both of these fish so it's a hard one! I'm going to have to say "Betta" though..... | |
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February 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy I adore both of these fish so it's a hard one! I'm going to have to say "Betta" though..... | lol MM that's b/c you're over run. 
My vote would have been betta but I support pink's idea. | |
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February 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| another thing you could do to help increase flow between the sides is to have the intake on one side of the partition, and the output in the other side. that way, there has to be flow. another way might be to get a powerhead or pump and direct that towards the partition.
i think doing both is the best of both worlds, but you'd likely be limited to 1 dp as opposed to the original 2 :/ | |
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February 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I like the idea of putting the intake on one side and the output on the other! I bought a Marineland 100 today, so I'll probably set up the tank tomorrow. Yay! | |
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