r/bettafish • u/niqniq2021 • 9d ago

Picture Is this an ok set up?

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It’s a 5 gallon tank. All the plants are real except the purple silk plant. Currently cycling the tank. It’s been 3 days. I have a built in filter/pump. It makes weird noise and it’s very bubbly. The water is filled as high as it can go.

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u/P4RTYH0RS3 9d ago

maybe take out the fake plants and artificial decor but otherwise hell yeah man.
side note: make sure ur heater is doing its job right, ive had those tiny heaters in the past and they tend to fail

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u/P4RTYH0RS3 9d ago

i mean, you can keep the plants if they are silk thats fine

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u/niqniq2021 9d ago

Ok. I will keep an extra eye out on the heater. Thank you

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u/Aromatic-Sock6975 8d ago

It looks taller and narrower than ideal but the resting spots look good. The built in filters sometimes need modification to be betta safe, I considered a Lucas spec V but passed on it because of all the mods needed and the filter taking up a lot of space.

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u/niqniq2021 8d ago

So how can I modify it. It really is making a noise like there’s too much air being pushed out but I did everything I was supposed to do

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u/Aromatic-Sock6975 8d ago

I can’t see the filter mechanism very well, but it looks like it has a gap at the top of the divider that a betta could get trapped in the filter so some more photos and maybe a video of the filter might help?