Low-Tech Nano Betta Aquarium With Floating Plants

AQUARIUM SPECS

AQUARIUM
Dennerle NanoCube Aquarium - 20 l

AQUARIUM FILTRATION
Dennerle Nano Corner Filter
Oase CrytalSkim 350

LIGHTING
Chihiros C2 RGB Led Light

SUBSTRATE
Dennerle Crystal Quartz Gravel

AQUARIUM DECORATION
5kg Wild Rhino Stone

OTHER ACCESSORIES
Dennerle Nano ThermoCompact - 25W Heater
Green Aqua liquid superglue
Impa Super Ancora Hardscape Glue - Black

AQUATIC PLANTS
1x Limnobium Laevigatum
2x Anubias barteri 'Coin Leaf'
1x Anubias nana 'Bonsai'
1x Anubias barteri var. 'Angustifolia'

FISH
Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens)

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:09 Setup & Planning
04:26 Hardscape
09:15 Substrate
10:53 Planting
11:49 Outro
12:22 Final Look

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Camera Operators: Miki Bacskai, Áron Tamaskó
Post-Production: Péter Hajdu, Áron Tamaskó
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Subtitles: Tamás Demeter
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#greenaqua #betta #nanoaquarium

[martinemassij]

I love the tank, , and the beta even more. I think this little guy deserves absolutely a bigger tank. With all the stuff in it, there isn't room enough to swim

[niklasmay]

Klasse eure Sendung immer wieder gern .

[sorscha]

Hello from winter in Australia :) such a beautiful scape

[UnderworldSymphony]

I love the look of this scape.
I think its just to small for any fish to live in. Instead some shrimps and snails would look great too.

[excaliburgd]

What a beautiful piece of little scape!

[naturezaaquatica]

Everything you and Tommy touch in planted tank become amazing and beauty. 👏👏👏👏👏

[MrFloRolf]

I love the vertical stones idea but I have to agree with the others, in my opinion Bettas need a larger tank.

[MichelleBln]

When building tanks for bettas always make sure you don’t leave spaces where they can squeeze into. My giant betta once got stuck behind a dennerle filter and I even saw one stuck in a shrimp feeding tube on Reddit. Also (and this is more for the plakats than long finned bettas) put a lid on your tank. Bettas love to jump.

Long story short: make sure your tank is safe because most bettas have a secret death wish.

[AquascapingLiverpool]

Great to see all the mishaps 😅👌🏼 life as an aquascaper

[klebberbrazilian.theprofessor]

Beautiful tank!
But it should have, at least, 5 more liters for a Betta.

[Myndi]

Uuuuh that heater looks NICE, I have been searching for a small heater like that!

[buddysdz]

C'est très joli ! 👏👏👏
That's very beautifull!

[alexandrafontaine]

It looks nice. ☺️ Are you thinking of adding a ramshorn snail friend to him? A beautiful pink, or a blue. 🤩 Bonjour from Quebec / 🇨🇦. 💁🏻‍♀️

[Littlewings]

Personally I don't like nano tanks for fish. It's a popular misconception that bettas don't need a lot of space due to its natural habitat being shallow rice paddies but they don't realise that those paddies are huge and stretch for miles. The same misconception led to the belief that they don't need filtration or a heater and led to the horrible "trend" of keeping bettas in vases and tiny novelty tanks even smaller than this 20l (5 gallon) nano.

Alone, with weekly water changes and really precise monitoring this guy will do well in here but in my personal opinion bigger is always better. To prevent any nerves issues always ensure your scape has a couple of hides (either decorations you can buy, natural things like rocks or coconut shell halves or use clumps/curtains of plants to give your fish places to hide and feel secure in his home, especially when it's new. If the tank is in a heavily trafficked area it may be worth using black paint or some kind of screen pasted to the outside of the glass so that your fish isn't constantly being startled by movement on the other side of the glass and he can relax and won't get sick from the constant stress. This is why a lot of tanks are made with at least one opaque side.
Also make sure you have some form of leaf (either natural or artificial - you can buy ones that attach to the glass via a sucker or clip) or resting platform just beneath the waterline as bettas enjoy resting on the surface and although this can look shocking, due to labyrinth organs they are able to breathe air both from the surface and through the water via their gills so will be absolutely fine. Also they just like watching their human slaves freak out thinking they have died (or maybe I was just "blessed" with sadistic fish!) 🤣🤣🤣

[alanaballoon]

lower temperatures slow down their metabolism. it also affects their immune system.

[zoltanmadarasi]

Nagyon szép lett! Ilyenre vágyom én is… Egy ilyen scape-et nekem is összerakhatnátok, sajnos nagyon fakezű vagyok… 😂

[rogmores]

I wish I had an aquarium like this, it would be very nice, but it is a hobby that will always be in my dreams. My financial situation is very bad, I cannot afford it. People like me only dream.

[zzz]

YOU SHOULD MAKE A STONE HENGE THEMED AQUASCAPE! OMGGGG

[clashwithessam]

bro I hope to see u doing a dark water tank with almond leaves and that's stuff u know I love ur work from middle east

[mikeinca]

Fantastic setup Balazs! Amazing work as always!