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That is such a great way to keep your bettas. So much more room than beanies and what a lot of other breeders keep their juvies in.

Great setup! Now I hope you limit their television watching there! Too much is not good for little bettas! :OO

A good way to save space :D

Where do you buy your containers from? I am currently using some nice tubs that are the more disposable kind. lol. And am trying to decide for sure what I want to keep them in long term. I like that those containers are nestable when not in use. That would be a big plus!

Carrie

Hi Carrie, I got them in Walmart, big lots, and family dollar store. The brand is sterling and they called them showof boxes. The one gallon (CD storage) is around 2.00 each. The 4 gallon is around 4.00 each. I still have them and they are great for bettas. ;)

You have one betta in each? Or they used for breeding?

I got about 70 4 gallon tupperwares. I just need 5 to 7 only when I breed. ;)

:D Thanks, we several Big Lots around here, and of course there is WalMart everywhere now.

Carrie

PS. The containers and the way you are using them looks great!

Carrie. Oh yes. You just stack them up and save alot of space actually. They looks good too. I am thinking about using them to do barrack too.
See how I am going to do those. It will be my second project. ^_^

Hmmm...did you accidentally piss in some of the containers while doing water changes Frankie? :lolo: Just kidding mate. What's the average temperature over in Kansas that you're able to keep those bettas outdoors? Your setup is simple yet neat and effective :D.

Temperature in Kansas for the summer is usually high 95 and low should be in 75. Anyway, they all in shaddy area so it won't effected them. ;)
When the fall coming, all of them will be in my ceramic studio. :)

I went to WM today and for some weird reason decided to buy two of their largest ShowOffs container. I check online for the measurements and while calculating the volume, it came out to be 7.1789 completely full.

The dimensions are 14 1/4"L x 9 1/2"W x 12 1/4"H and they cost me $3.94 in Southern California (you know how expensive things are here....). I'll most likely use them as a shrimp breeder setups or grow some more moss :D

I have using those to fill up 10 gallon tank and it needs 2 1/2 full water tupperware to filled up those tank. ^_^

ah i guess the top and the thickness of the walls affect the volume. I'll try measuring it sometime soon :P.

Walmart has some other great tubs for raising fry in. I raised one spawn in two 20-ish gallon plastic tubs ^_^

Yeah, I must agree with you because wal-mart has many good stuff for fish.
Especially the one and only Betta fish.

wonderful!!! ... someone on ub just pointed this post to me!!! ... i am planning something similar and testing various containers!! ...

Only thing is i havent a clue about drilling stuff.. (im a girl :) ) .. so what type of drill and how to do it?? .. im worried about splitting the plastic rather than making a hole in it!!


also .. how many holes and how big do they need to be ..

any help would be greatly appreciated!!

thanks (sorry about the dancing banana things .. arent they cute!!) :)

:dances

Hi Sammyblot, I will take some pictures to show you what kind of bits I am using later tonight. Those plastic container is easy to drill because they are soft type. So far, I still love this 1 gallon plastic containers for my betta. They are the best and never fail me. ^_^ I like it because you can stack them up. ;)

I love this bananas dancing too. Aren't they are so hyper? LOL
:dances

This is what I am using to drill.
I think you have no problem to using hand drill by the way.
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These are the bits I am using. You can see the one with blue is the one I am using to drip the top lid. 5/8"







I hope this help.
:dances

crikey ,.. thats some serious drilling stuff. . .well i have borrowed a drill from hubbys work .,. now if only i could get off the computer and get on with it!!!
i'll let you know how it goes!!

Hey, Yeevs! The first picture you posted here shows a tv. Is that how you keep your bettas happy when thier not spawning (movies?)!?! :OO What dedication! I don't know of anyone that would even bring the tv outside for the bettas! jk

:OO

LOL :LOL2

That TV is for me while I am changing water last time. It goes to the trash already. ;)

I think I aam going to get few 1 gallon tupperware. Maybe 6. ;) See what color they got now. :)

Dang! Talk about some heavy equipment..DUDE! You got it Yeevs.

Maybe not tonight. It is heavy raining now. Lazy to drive to Walmart. LOL :LOL:

Oh really? We're having some wild thunderstorms right now too. Raining very hard and lots of lightning and thunder! I LOVE it! :WOW WOW

As long as no tornadoes, they are fine. It is raining heavy with thunderstorm too now. I am so scare!!!!
Help help. LOL :OO :OO :OO

Silly man! Yeah, y'all had some tornadoes didn't you? We live with the threat of them here everytime we get a storm system through.

And guess what.. I live in a mobile home! :blink:

Oh my. You need to get a house with a basement. Unlucky that my house don't have a basement either. :blink: It is still under warning sign until 1.00am.
^_^

I know. I need a storm shelter for real.