I just came across this thread. Its very nice little setup. What lights are you growing the herbs with?

Any particular reason you went with Betas over any other fish?

Don't betas breath air at the surface of the water, hence why you don't need to aerate the water much.

It was just an experiment..

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OMFG, Genius material here! Thanks for puting this up, Gypsy. I'll try to post a picture of my own Beta Fish in the near future. I never thought of growing plants with him, lol. Thats sweet...

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This is a cool little experiment.

I would just suggest that you might want to tweak your fish species selection.

Two reasons:

First, betas are popular pets because they don't require much room and get along well without aeration.

Second, that amount of potential plant mass would benefit from additional fish biomass.


So the environment doesn't really play to the beta's strengths and the beta doesn't really fit the needs of the plant, since you can't really put more betas in there without them fighting to the death.

I'd suggest something small, hardy, and social. Feeder goldfish would be ideal in terms of cost and hardiness. You could also use mollys or guppies.


But that's just advice - you're obviously doing well so I'm not trying to tell you what to do or anything. I'm just offering my ideas for what they're worth.

This is experiment is looong done...

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Oh man... I forgot all about this Gypsy. You were SOOOO excited about this idea. I was too.

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