Water movement

by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:01

I know bettas like very gentle water movement in their tanks, and the two tanks I've got running have just that, but what about surface movement? Am I silly to worry about aeration or lack of it?

It goes against the grain compaired to all my other tanks, as they all have good surface movement and/or airstones in, so I just want to make sure little or no surface movement is ok :D

by **kizno1** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:09

you could get a small sponge fillter thats will create surface movement.

by **jasminek** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:21

I think surface movement is always good, you could use a very low powered air stone?

But I also agree with Kizno :D

by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:29

The filter I have in the glass cube has a spray bar on it that I can adjust so that's no problem there.
The other tank I'll have to think about unless I have the filter so the outflow is just breaking the surface. That way I'll get some movement without having to worry about airstones.

It's like mission impossible getting a still tank with surface movement [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **kizno1** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:33

you could try and get a spray bar for it.

by **Newfishy** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:34

none of my tanks are 100% still, just very gentle for the males. the female tank is just a regular set up, they get use to swimming threw it.

by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:46

kizno1 wrote:you could try and get a spray bar for it.

I'd have to make one for the Fluval 1+ as they don't sell one for it. Could be done as I have a mini spray bar from another filter. I guess I could just use the smaller filter actually, but prefer the larger size of the Fluval. Where did I put that silicone sealant? hehe

Newfishy wrote:none of my tanks are 100% still, just very gentle for the males. the female tank is just a regular set up, they get use to swimming threw it.

I had females in my Arc tank and they were fine with the other small filter I've got. Just not sure that will be sufficient for my 30L tank.

Guess I could try it and see :D

Tahnks for the comments :D

by **kizno1** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 17:49

yh there easy to make all you have to to get a bit of pipe and then but some holes in it and bloke the end with aqurium silicone.

by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 18:11

My trouble is finding the right size tubing. I can silicone in a smaller spray bar though Smile

by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 18:55

I just found an airdriven sponge filter I forgot I had but the noise drove me mad so I've put the smaller filter with the spray bar in. I had actually forgotten how powerful the little filter is and it's doing the job perfectly.

Panic over :D

by **kizno1** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 18:57

thats good :D
i like the sound they make it helps me sleep i really struggle to get to sleep if i dont have a fillter or air pump on

by **Rezz** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:01

Kizno; now that's a true sign of addiction to fish keeping! :P

Actually my viaaqua 620 makes a nice noice Very Happy

The filter's over the top so the water trickles down; very soothing Very Happy

But the noise from my biube drives me crazy! I hate it Sad

-Rezz

by **kizno1** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:05

lol

ive always like a sound when i go to sleep i use to have a fan one before i got my tanks.
yh i love the sound from my spray bar thats about 1 inch out the water.

by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:08

Rezz wrote:Kizno; now that's a true sign of addiction to fish keeping! :P

Actually my viaaqua 620 makes a nice noice The filter's over the top so the water trickles down; very soothing

But the noise from my biube drives me crazy! I hate it [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

-Rezz

See, now I love the noise from my biorbs and biube! I have admittedly changed the airpump for something silent...the stock pumps are grossly noisy, but I love the sound of the bubbles coming up the bubble tubes [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **Rezz** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:10

I haven't changed annything on my bi-ube, but with any luck I'll be upgrading it soon :D Well... not rally 'up'grading, getting another tank that has 1 extra litre, but isn't such an odd shape, just a standard rectangle lol Very Happy

-Rezz

by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:18

I had a nice betta in my biube...
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It housed this lovely boy
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by **kizno1** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:21

hes amazing
i have a red vt that used to look like that but is a really dark red now hes old and grumpy. : drool

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by **jennybugs** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:39

The photos never did him justice. He had an opalescent bluey shimmer to him that was amazing. When I first got him I was told he was a DT but it was just that he had a bad case of tail splitting. He healed up nicely though as you can see.

I ended up rehoming him when I downsized the 12 tanks I had running at the time when I set up my marine tank Sad

by **kizno1** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 19:46

yh mine used to have a pearl blue on the edges of his fins and at the and of the scales on the side of him. you can see them a lil in the pic of mine in my avature.

by **pippoodle** Sat 19 Sep 2009 - 22:16

you want to add tubing to a 1+ hun
use tubing from a cheap syphon - gravel vac - fits on filters perfectly

this one is a fluval 1+ filter - sealed the end of the tube with a lighter - got it hot and squeezed it together then punched the holes in the pipe

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by **jennybugs** Sun 20 Sep 2009 - 14:51

I put a pipe on the putflow and just have it breaking the surface. Perfecto :D

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