im an engineer and have a 30g planted tank, i was looking on ebay and saw some cool 3 neck boiling flasks that are 1000ml that would look cool on my desk. would it be possible to turn 1 into a tank? house maybe 1 cardinal tetra or something like that? or is 1 liter way too small for even 1 tiny fish?
is this tank too small!
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Not sure what they are, but fish need to have a filtration system. Constant water changes would be stressful, I think. And without a filtration system you'd need to do water changes. I'd think you could keep one Guppy in a quart container provided you had the proper filtration, water movement, water biology etc.
If you don't know what cycling a tank is, nitrifying bacteria, Nitrites, Nitrates, Ammonia etc., I'd suggest you search this forum or the internet. These are very important things, no matter what size the fish is, with regards to fish health.
If you don't know what cycling a tank is, nitrifying bacteria, Nitrites, Nitrates, Ammonia etc., I'd suggest you search this forum or the internet. These are very important things, no matter what size the fish is, with regards to fish health.
sorry man- as I have found out, being an engineer doesn't count for a whole lot when it comes to fish lol. Well unless you are like a chem or biochem engineer anyways.
But yeah, that is the same principle as having a fish in a bowl, yet even worse due to the tall profile. It wouldn't really work, as much as we would want it to
But yeah, that is the same principle as having a fish in a bowl, yet even worse due to the tall profile. It wouldn't really work, as much as we would want it to
o i was saying im an engineer because the flask is like a cool mad sicientist look. i understand fish tanks, hence i have a 30g planted tank. i would make a mini canister filter for it. the flask is a sphere with a 6" diameter. it would have every aspect of a large tank, i.e. filtration, aeration, gravel (very small amount) maybe a tiny plant (dwarf hair grass possibly) i was just asking is 1 liter of water just way to small for even 1 fish (or some shrimp or something)
Yes, still sounds small even for a betta. The other problem is heating the thing, if you want to keep tropical fish in it, the temp will need to be kept at tropical temperatures steadily. Lots of buildings turn the heat off or down during the night and weekends, so this can be hard to accomplish. Maybe some plants and snails might look cool?
Your idea reminds me of those ecosystem ball things... Where it has a plant, water, a bit of air in it, and some brine shrimp. You put it in the sunlight and the thing never dies... I'm not sure why it reminds me of that, but it does.
Perhaps some brine shrimp? (AkA Sea monkies!)
A betta could work, they like still water... You'd have to make sure to not fill the entire flask up (so that there is surface area for him or her).
A female betta would do pretty good (smaller fins, less agressive, cute, and loverly) but I'm not sure.
Perhaps some brine shrimp? (AkA Sea monkies!)
A betta could work, they like still water... You'd have to make sure to not fill the entire flask up (so that there is surface area for him or her).
A female betta would do pretty good (smaller fins, less agressive, cute, and loverly) but I'm not sure.
hmmm i see them on my computer.
here is the link to the site, its pretty cool
Fish Tank of March '06 at The Age of Aquariums - Tropical Fish
here is the link to the site, its pretty cool
Fish Tank of March '06 at The Age of Aquariums - Tropical Fish
