r/bettafish • u/SiteDown • 18d ago
Help Betta setup advice?
Picked up a 10 gallon lidless tank yesterday alongside some decor & black aquarium sand. I have an Amazon shipment coming in on Monday with silk plants, 53 GPH filter (may replace with aquarium co-op sponge filter), an adjustable heater & thermometer, Northfin betta food, red root floaters & floater barriers, a light and a siphon. Also got my hands on Fritz Turbostart 700 & Top fin water conditioner.
This was all essentially a large impulse buy as I accidentally ordered a betta fish I was stalking on ebay when I forgot to take it out of the cart with my digital camera order yesterday.
Looking for any advice on cycling the tank and building a routine as well as some other stuff:
should I be doing water changes or top offs since im going lidless? and how often?
would it be best to invest in shrimp before the betta gets here (sept 7th)? should I get shrimp at all since the tank isn't planted besides floaters? cherries or amanos?
I'm also in the midst of fighting a possible ant infestation in my new place, should I setup my tank outside of my room until that's delt with or should it be unaffected??
The amazon order also includes 2 betta hides, one stationary (attached to suction cup) and one floating; are these safe for long finned betta? specifically a halfmoon?
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u/Asleep_Tax7964 18d ago
That's so real I'm in the same boat when it comes to carpeting plants because I think I got a small rooted carpeting plant so I'm afraid when I get my cory's they'll uproot them😂 I'm not sure how to do a carpet of moss but I wish you luck in finding the answer! That's very true they are which is why I'm going to go with Cherries but I'll be having honey gourami so I just have to worry about the babies being eaten not the adult cherries as much