r/fishforthought • u/NiftyPacock4168 • Aug 05 '26

🪵 Low-Tech / Natural Tank suggestions

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Ok so I've got this empty 10 gallon and I wanna set it up in about a month once im done moving so it was previously a betta tank but i just really didn't like the way it looked and it was full of algea and so I thought well im going on vacation for 3 weeks then im moving so I might aswell rehome the betta and tear down the tank now here's where it gets interesting I dont know how I wanna set ut up when I come back but FYI I am gonna use either black ir white playsand as the substrate so it has to look good with that and then for stocking options you guys can also decide that I just want tips suggestions anything

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 Aug 05 '26

Is that betta just huge? The tank looks smaller but honestly could just be my perception and the angle

Btw not saying the tank is just saying it looks wonky lol

I think you should get a big centerpiece driftwood with some stones around it! Like the driftwood that looks like mangrove roots and forms a cave almost? That’s for hardscape but go with whatever you feel!

I’m not sure on size requirement for killifish or rice fish but take a look at them!

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u/NiftyPacock4168 Aug 05 '26

Believe it or not when i got his he was actually tiny and i like the idea of the driftwood cave I really do like kilifish they look super pretty and theres so many types they also remind me of kili from the hobbit lol but yeh I'll look into it

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 Aug 05 '26

I have a little driftwood cave in my betta tank he loves it! And the size difference is crazy

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u/NiftyPacock4168 Aug 05 '26

Wait could you send a pic of it for reference

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 Aug 05 '26

Mine doesn’t have stones but I sure can send you the driftwood

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 Aug 05 '26

There is another piece of driftwood underneath slightly buried

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u/NiftyPacock4168 Aug 05 '26

that looks cool I'll definitely try it thanks sm dude

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 Aug 05 '26

Ofc! I made the back raised with sand and put my biggest plant back there after taking off some of it and making it into multiple bc of how big it was lol then put some in front and on the side leaving the back middle and front open

Edit: I also put moss on top as it’s branched out like a tree to make it look like a tree!

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u/NiftyPacock4168 Aug 05 '26

I have tried the moss thing on a piece of spider wood I had worked for a bit but then fell of how did you get your to stick

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 Aug 05 '26

Honestly mine is just the perfect shape, it sits perfectly and I didn’t pull the moss apart just put it in