"Gwendolyn" wrote in message
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I was told that beta fish do not like bright lights or a lot of
movement in the water.

They don't mind bright lights. In nature they live in sunny rice patties.
I've kept them under fluorescent lights on my kitchen bar for years. They
don't care much for water movement from what I have seen. There are those
tiny Azoo "palm filters" sold by Foster & Smith for around $7 each. They
make very little current.

They also don't like cold water being natives
of Thailand. In looking into heaters apparently you need to have a
water filter if you have a heater. The water can't be stagnant. So how
can I heat the water to a comfortable 70degrees and not upset our fish
with the motion of the filter?

Get one of those tiny palm filters. They even work on 1g tanks. :-)

How much motion is bad? Is the amount
by a filter acceptable for Beta's?


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