Is there a way to set up betta barracks so they can have a 1 gallon tank? (pics shown)?

Question

As shown here http://www.thebettabubble.com/pgs/fishroom.html . I was wondering how one might be able to set something like that up in their room. Of course not as many tanks but you get the idea. I a 14 year old betta breeder, I have a successful spawn of 5 weeks with some half inch fry that are doing well. I haven't had a single one dead in 2 weeks...well you get the idea. I was thinking betta barracks like those might be best to house my males and even some females that might be aggressive in. I just need to know how to set them up or something like that up. I do have other means of housing them but these seem like they would be better for the fish. I need to know how to get the water filtered from tank to tank so that the fish can get filtered water. Please help. Thanks/.

Okay thank you so much! I guess now I'm not interested in a 20,000 dollar system lol. But what kind of system do you think might work?

Answer 1

they have tank dividers in most pet or fish stores they look like this
http://youraquariumcenter.com/tank_dividers.html
add as many as you want, get a few 20 gallon long tanks divide them with 5 dividers, unless you know how to build a tank and add mess on your own I can't think of a way to give them a gallon each. you aren't thinking big scale so haveing a few 20 gallon long tanks sould be ok.

Answer 2

The problem with your dream system is getting the water out of the small tanks and into the filters. The safest and most "spill proof " way to do this is by drilling a hole in each tank and putting in a "stand pipe" that allows the water to overflow out of the pipe and into the filter system. One approach might be to make the tank system out of plastic,(acrylic or Plexiglas) and have the water flow in one end and through dividers and out the other end,this would require a little less plumbing,but still might require quite a bit of engineering. One problem with individual tanks is that, most small tanks are made of tempered glass,that can not be drilled.
One problem(maybe the only one) with this sort of system is disease,which, once started, can go system wide in an instant.
One more word of advice,about the fry you are raising. When they begin to develop their labyrinth organs, it is important that the air temperature in the tank be very close to the water temperature,and the best way to assure this is cover the top of the tank, it doesn't need to be perfectly tight, but there should be little or no air movement or drafts over the water.

Answer 3

I'm sure they had to pay a ton of money from those, and unless you are willing to spend a ton of money, it would be best to get a diamond drill bit, or anything that will go through plexiglass. Get sheets of plexiglass, cut them to the proper size, and make alot of small dividers. Drill holes through them. Than they would get filtered as well. But, as you already know, bettas dont have any need for a filter, they keep their water pretty much crystal clean, requiring a minimal amount of cleaning, so you shouldnt need to be SUPER worried about filtration. To have the water heated would probably be in their best intrest though, so a heater for the tank would be a good idea. Thats pretty much my two cents.

Answer 4

your alittle young and inexperienced to beconsidering a barrack system.

VERY costly and not the greatest.

what i do is i have a few of those kitchen steel, 5 level storage raks and i have all of my bettas on there. They live in beanie baby containers. They are 3 rows back and 10 rows in length.

this is just like the barrack system.

The thing with barracks is you will need to have a pump, and a 20long - 55 gallon tank on the bottom with a heater, bubbler, and UV sterilizer.

The UV STERILIZER IS KEY!!

i dont know much about building stuff, so im not the one to tell you how to construct them. i know there are places where you can buy them, but expect them to run around 20,000 dollars for a successful system.

while you have alot of potiental as a breeder, it really isnt worth the investment at this stage, unless you are breeding on a professional level and show bettas.

Trust me... i am a 17 year old betta breeder, with 13 years of breeding success... and i dont think you want to make the mistakes that i have made.

So wait alittle while.

Answer 5

I used to have betta's and used a betta tank. It's a long aquarium with glass dividers. The dividers were loose and still allowed the water to flow from each section to the other. You used an exterior filter with the inlet on one end of the tank and the outlet on the other end so the water flowed through all of the sections. I'm not sure if they are still sold.

Answer 6

Here's a link that tells you how to build the system shown in the link you have (or something similar): http://www.ibcbettas.org/StadBylawsForms/NewbySystem.pdf

I doubt you'll need one as large as the one shown, so it shouldn't run you into the thousands of dollars. The price quoted in my link is $450 for a 4 foot by 8 foot setup. If you have some handy parents or friends that can help you with the construction, maybe your parents might help you with the cost as a birthday/Christmas present.