smm333 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 My betta is getting old and tired. He spends a lot of time resting in his tunnel and on the bottom of the tank. After watching a couple videos and reading up on caring for older bettas I decided to create a retirement tank for him. He is currently in a 10 gallon and it seems like wasted space as well as more work for him to swim up from the bottom. I didn't want to go too small, so I got a 5.5 gallon. I just filled the tank with water and seachem stability. I plan to move the sponge filter from his current tank into this one, so it will have a bunch of good stuff. I will keep up with the stability dosing for the 7 day regimen it recommends. Should that be enough? I have seachem equilibrium as well. Should I add that when I move him into the tank or would that be overkill? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Just go light on all chems & additives. 5.5 gal tanks _can_ get unstable fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smm333 Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 On 3/7/2023 at 5:50 PM, Fish Folk said: Just go light on all chems & additives. 5.5 gal tanks _can_ get unstable fast. I have a younger betta in a 3.5 and haven't had any trouble. Hopefully with regular water changes this one will fair as well. Maybe I will just empty 1/2 the new tanks water & add 50% of his current tank water when I move him in. It will just be like a 50% water change! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smm333 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 (edited) Loving the substrate in this tank! I set it up and then got covid, so it's just sitting there empty. I plan on moving Red, 50% of his tank water and his floating log into his beautiful new digs this weekend! Edited March 10 by smm333 Misspelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smm333 Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Hmmm...it appears that the 7.5 watt isn't heating this 5.5 tank enough. New heater (programmable) has been ordered and should arrive Monday. More waiting. 🙄 I was really hoping to get Red set up in here this weekend, but it needs to be just right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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