My shallow tank.

[mattb180]

Here is a picture as the lights dim down at night, a view from my bed.....

 

[mattb180]

I reckon there are around 4-5 fry in the main tank. To try and get a few more I have moved 2 females and a male (nightmare to catch) to a tank by themselves with lots of moss and watercress to try and get a better fry return.

Lets see what happens!

 

[Bhu]

It would be a great tank for a beta. As long as the CPD's left it's fins alone. Would add a great splash of colour and would be fun to watch roaming it's territory

 

[mattb180]

Don't they like it pretty warm? Around 80 degrees or so? I've got this a tad cooler for the CPD's.

 

[Bhu]

We have one in 26'C very happy what temp you running?

 

[mattb180]

24 or thereabouts.

 

[Bhu]

Would be fine once acclimatised...

 

[Lindy]

Betta splendens do like it warmer at 28 - 30 degrees.

 

[mattb180]

2 females and one male in here at the moment:

The male is constantly displaying so I will pull them out tomorrow - give them 48 hours and then wait and see what happens.

If anybody is interested there is moss in the back right corner and the other plants are stems of watercress. Feeding microworms and daphnia.

 

[mattb180]

Few update photo's:

 

[mattb180]

It has been a while since I updated this thread. It has grown in quite a lot and there have been a few minor alterations. I have had zero problems with algae - only a bit of dust and green spot on the glass which needs to be cleaned once a week.

 

[BigTom]

Lovely tripartita there matt, looks great.

 

[Andy D]

Looks great!

 

[mattb180]

Lovely tripartita there matt, looks great.

If you look in the old photos above you can see the tiny sprig that it grew from in the first place!

Looks great!

Thanks Andy.

 

[Bassljne]

Looks great, love shallow tanks

 

[Akwaskape]

Hi
lovely! Could look at this for hours.
Looks very Asian, Far East.
May i ask where do you get your influence from. Quite unusual style for the uk.
Thanks
nathan

 

[luckyjim]

Love this tank. Such a natural environment and looks great.

 

[mattb180]

Hi
lovely! Could look at this for hours.
Looks very Asian, Far East.
May i ask where do you get your influence from. Quite unusual style for the uk.
Thanks
nathan

Take a look at Big Toms thread in the 'featured journals' section. Not ashamed to admit that his tank was the inspiration behind my effort!

 

[tim]

It's grown really well matt, lovely low tech scape.

 

[Rahms]

this is great, very jealous!

I've got a peace lily that is getting too big for its pot. Now all I need is a 3ft, square, shallow tank... and somewhere to put it