Karmicnull
Member
Hi Folks,
I'm putting together a 40cm Cube (60L total) which will house a Betta. I'm intending to keep filtration slow and gentle to keep the Betta happy, so will be using a sponge filter. I've not used a sponge filter before so this is an exciting new venture. My question is: will one be enough, or should I put a couple in? At the moment my internal dialog goes: "put 2 in, then you're safe and you have redundancy" vs. "yeah, but then you're taking up twice as much real estate with ugly bits of kit that aren't plants or hardscape." I'm torn.
Also - related question - how do I know my air pump is pushing enough air through? I've got a super-silent little airpump that's laid back and gentle, or a mental tetra one that would do just fine to pump up car tyres!
Cheers,
Simon
I'm putting together a 40cm Cube (60L total) which will house a Betta. I'm intending to keep filtration slow and gentle to keep the Betta happy, so will be using a sponge filter. I've not used a sponge filter before so this is an exciting new venture. My question is: will one be enough, or should I put a couple in? At the moment my internal dialog goes: "put 2 in, then you're safe and you have redundancy" vs. "yeah, but then you're taking up twice as much real estate with ugly bits of kit that aren't plants or hardscape." I'm torn.
Also - related question - how do I know my air pump is pushing enough air through? I've got a super-silent little airpump that's laid back and gentle, or a mental tetra one that would do just fine to pump up car tyres!
Cheers,
Simon