Hello everyone,
New to the forum and new to aquariums. I've had a veil tail betta, Danube, for about 6 months now. We got him at a wedding as a take home gift for guests. We moved him from his small gift bowl to a large bowl of about a gallon. I don't really consider the bowl a real aquarium, hence I deem myself still new to aquariums.
He's been doing fine, but I thought he would do better in a larger aquarium. I was looking at a 6.6gal bookcase aquarium with light and filter from PetCo that's on sale because they're phasing them out. It's approximately 24"x8"x9". People have been saying that it looks like a 20 long. They also have some 5gal Marineland Eclipse aquariums at 14"x 12.5"x 16.8" and a 6 gal at 13.8" x 12" x 7.5", but I like the longer, shallower look of the bookcase aquarium.
My question is, which matters more, given a similar volume aquarium, a longer but shallower dimension or a smaller but deeper dimension. Basically, which is better - more horizontal space or more vertical space?
Also, there's a larger 10gal Hex tank that has a lot less horizontal space and most of the volume is because it's a lot taller. Does the increased volume help more with water condition stability or do people recommend the increased volume so fish have more room to swim?
New to the forum and new to aquariums. I've had a veil tail betta, Danube, for about 6 months now. We got him at a wedding as a take home gift for guests. We moved him from his small gift bowl to a large bowl of about a gallon. I don't really consider the bowl a real aquarium, hence I deem myself still new to aquariums.
He's been doing fine, but I thought he would do better in a larger aquarium. I was looking at a 6.6gal bookcase aquarium with light and filter from PetCo that's on sale because they're phasing them out. It's approximately 24"x8"x9". People have been saying that it looks like a 20 long. They also have some 5gal Marineland Eclipse aquariums at 14"x 12.5"x 16.8" and a 6 gal at 13.8" x 12" x 7.5", but I like the longer, shallower look of the bookcase aquarium.
My question is, which matters more, given a similar volume aquarium, a longer but shallower dimension or a smaller but deeper dimension. Basically, which is better - more horizontal space or more vertical space?
Also, there's a larger 10gal Hex tank that has a lot less horizontal space and most of the volume is because it's a lot taller. Does the increased volume help more with water condition stability or do people recommend the increased volume so fish have more room to swim?