betta tank

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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| Given this, I've decided to go without any filtration other than
water
| changes.
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| Any comments?
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Take it very slow. Add the plants well in advance of the Betta's, and
add the fish one at a time, seperated by as long as possible.
If you can, have the tank fishless-cycled before adding the
plants. It will cycle, and maintain the cycle given enough plants and
good water changes, but the bio-capacity will be low. An LFS that
used to be in this town had a 150 gallon tank with nothing but plants
for filtration, and a powerhead to keep the water from stagnating. It
was gorgeous. Had a 'not for sale' sign on it, and it always looked
teriffic. Had about 20 various tetras in it.