FrozenFins Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) I rescued a betta off of Kijiji today! I named him DarthVader, but Vader for short! The original owner said "I always forget to feed him, and he's such a pain" But the betta is super cute! It was free too, so I had to take it home. It came with a bowfront 3 gallon aquarium, gravel and decor. I have decided to keep the decor in the aquarium until I can get a light and plants for the aqaurium. I will be switching out the gravel shortly though. I have been wanting to setup a walstad aquarium for the LONGEST time. And after reading through most of diana walstads books I think I'm ready. I want to try and use plants that I already have (hygrophillia compact, salvania, pogostemon stellatus octopus) And then I will be ordering more plants shortly. I am just waiting to purchase that light. I wish I had a window to put it by because then I could use natural light. After getting the aquarium I replaced the gravel and did a 100% waterchange. Then added the substrate (1inch of soil, 1 inch of gravel). I have a temporary light, but its suppeer crap Also please dont tell hugo about the new betta, he cant think I am cheating on him. Edited June 26, 2021 by James Black 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 He's a beauty! How could you forget to feed that handsome lad? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Congrats, crowntails are sooo cool! I think he’s going to love the natural style tank! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarista Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Such a beauty! Good on you for rescuing him! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 6/25/2021 at 7:21 PM, GameCzar said: He's a beauty! How could you forget to feed that handsome lad? Thats exactly what I thought! He's a glutton too, he loves food more then any other fish I have kept. Probably because he hasn't eaten in a month, but still cute. On 6/25/2021 at 7:21 PM, Patrick_G said: Congrats, crowntails are sooo cool! I think he’s going to love the natural style tank! I won't lie, I'm fan of most crowntails but I do like this one quite a lot! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 @James Black, This sounds like fun! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanoNano Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I dig him! We have a chrome silver halfmoon with a black head named "The Mandalorian" (named before the episode aired that gave Mando's read name) that lives with a colony of blue dream shrimp and red racer Nerites "Boba Fett" and "Fennec Shand" 'natch. Any other Star Wars nerd bettas out there? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Beautiful Betta 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 First of all, aww, cute betta! Second, good luck with the Walstad aquarium, I love mine! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Just orderd the new light off amazon. I decided to try out the JC&P Lights after the great reviews from bentley pascoe. Along with the light I also bought my first bit of brine shrimp eggs. Going to be hatching some out to see how much my fish like them. I haven't ordered any plants yet. I expect I'll be ordering some within the next week. Unfortantley the seller wont ship these plants until July 28th. Preparing to go away for a week or two in July. Going to be buying an autofeeder for the 10 gallon, and I think all the other fish should be fine. I live in Canada so no easyfeeder, but do you guys have any reccemendations? I was thinking maybe this one. I'm going to look further into the reviews and such before I buy one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 He made his first bubbles nest today! Hugo isnt much of a bubbles nest maker but i am glad vader is! I love seeing bettas make their bubbles nest. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 I decided to rescape this tank as I hated the substrate, the gravel was too big for plants. So I switched out the substrate orderd some plants and started planting! I decided I wanted to go with a "Jungle look" so I got dwarf sag, and then also got some hornwort from a local aquarist. I also orderd a bolbitus, I'm not sure what tank I'll put the bolbitus in. I have wanted a bolbuitus for a while, so Its exciting that I finally have it. The JC&P Light arrived as well! I have lots of dwarf sag left, so not sure what I'll do with the rest. Perhaps plant some in Hugos Tank. For now they are in a bucket until I fully decide where I want it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 It hasn't even been a week and the dwarf sag has already started pearling! This is one of my first times that one of my plants were pearling. The Dwarf Sag is doing great but the hornwort, not so much. Its shedding its leaves and looks like it maybe melting, thoughts? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Hmm maybe the hornwort doesn’t have enough nutrients? It’s a pretty aggressive grower when it’s happy. When I put it in my tubs earlier this year, it dropped all its needles and was bare for about a month. Now it’s doing great! It’s a finicky plant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Pygmy Corydora Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Wow! Vader looks great! Black bettas are pretty rare! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 On 8/1/2021 at 4:15 PM, Hobbit said: Hmm maybe the hornwort doesn’t have enough nutrients? It’s a pretty aggressive grower when it’s happy. When I put it in my tubs earlier this year, it dropped all its needles and was bare for about a month. Now it’s doing great! It’s a finicky plant. Just tested the water, it has pleanty of nutrients: 40ppm Nitrates 0.25ppm Amonia and Nitrite If it weren't for it being a walstad tank I would do a waterchange. I'm thinking of switching some hornwort around. The hornwort in all my other tanks are growing wonderfully, very green and lush. Just the one in this tank doesn't seem to be doing very well. The dwarf sag is growing wonderfully though! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theOGslacker Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 IMO, hornwort can be a very fast grower and steal all the food and then some times it just doesnt do well, its very finicky. have to keep up on feeding it, ive had it floating in my breeding tank and it out competes all the other plants for food, except for duck weed lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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