Video of the tank as a few days ago.

Betta with White Eyes

This is what the betta looked like when I got him. I thought he was just a almost white betta.  

Now his eyes just look they pop out of his head with the white around them. 

 

 

In the pictures above this one I had to cut back those small plants because of the brown algae I had. And now they have grown back nicely. Mainly because of these I put in the tank. 

They are Nature NPOD Underwater planter by Live With Nature.

I love fish tanks but this was a birthday present for my Mom in June. And she loves it but I keep it looking pretty. Maybe when I move I'll get a tank going again for myself. 

I've been kind of busy. But I did finish the tank. I had to use cork in the spigot b/c there was a light drip. Those are olive snails in the tank with the beta. I did have an algae problem but got it in check I think. :)

Planted with water!

Java Moss Ball used the mesh that came off of a bag of rocks from the craft store I saved. 

Used a zip tie then cut the end off. 

For the plants I got these tweezers. 

The base is just a plant saucer and some of this to make it glossy, 

In the gravel I also have root tabs and Flourish Excel

 I still have to do my diy lid. Then in a month or two I will add the ghost shrimp then the betta. :)

Planting Hairgrass

Credits go to TheGreenMachineLtd.

Water Test and Heater

Well I have no water leaks around where the spigot is, but the spigot dribbles water. So I put some sealant around the little rubber seal on the inside of the spigot. Even though the spigot is sealed I can still unscrew the spigot off. So going to wait till maybe Sunday again to see if it leaks there. :( More waiting.....

I exchanged the original heater I purchased through Amazon, thanks to Amazon Student Prime they did not even want that heater back. LOL. Anyway I went with this one below, Cobalt Aquatics Neo-Therm Heaters with Plastic LED, 25-Watt

I have it in another glass container now maybe almost 2 gallons, and the water is already heated to 78 degrees. It was not that cheap but it is really thin and not that long. So it really fits perfect in a small tank. It was not cheap, it was $36.38. But I think it was worth it and the betta will be happy.

Pimping out the Spigot

I replace the original plastic spigot with this nice stainless steel spigot. Then I put the elbow PVC piece at the end and in the picture below I will screw on the straight piece of PVC with the pre-filter. I will also sew the end closed with fishing light once the silicone rubber sealant cures. In about 48 hours from now I can test and make sure I don't have any leaks. Cross my fingers! :). 

And today I finally got the sponge filter you can see in the picture below how big it is. ***If you do get this mason jar dispenser be very careful when tightening the pieces on. This is the second one, the first one while I was testing out the pieces, the glass shattered when trying to get the pieces off. So keep the box and receipt just in case.