NEW & EASY 5 Gallon BETTA TANK Setup!! (feeding + cleanup)

[@lizzyanthus1]

Hi Griffin, glad you switched out the plastic for real plants. I noticed you planted the Java Fern into the substrate. That will kill your plant. They get their neutrients from the water column actually, not the roots. A popular way to 'plant' them is to glue them onto a rock or piece of wood. Most people use Gorilla super glue JELL. Put a bit of glue on your rock or wood, then hold the plants rhyzome in the glue for a few seconds or so, and it will stick. Then place back into the tank wherever you want it. This type of glue is perfectly safe for your fish. Anyhow, thanks for sharing. Love watching your new ventures in fish keeping! You're doing great! Keep up the good work!

[@EquiEsti6194]

Wow an animal content youtuber actually listening to suggestions and making improvements...? I'm impressed. Mad props bro. My only suggestion is maybe get a background for the tank? It makes it look cleaner and cozier. You could get one with plants on it or even just black! Floating plants would be great too!

[@SLAXY855]

I’m setting up a betta fish tank my self

[@SLAXY855]

I forgot I could edit my comments 😁

[@lilstarduke]

​@@SLAXY855 will you make a video?

[@SLAXY855]

@@lilstarduke No

[@macybroyles]

He looks happier! 🐟

[@keldaMouse]

Bobby Blue is an amazing name! I love all the natural stuff. One of my favorate things is to suction cup a leaf up near the top of the tank. this provides a resting spot on more levels.

[@raechelhaverstick3664]

Bobby blue looks so happy! Kudos to you for giving him his upgrade, he will appreciate the slow flow and the live plants! Floating plants are always a good addition

[@Glowinggriff]

He’s so cute I love him😭

[@Glowinggriff]

THE WAY HE EATS IS SO CUTE OMG

[@NicoleKarschti-ev2fv]

I would give Bobby Blue a back ground of a coral reef . So that he would feel more secure in his new surroundings, and it would look better aesthetically.

[@TracyStern]

HE SO LOVES IT

[@thetwinbros5185]

You are doing such a great job with your channel Griffin! Cant wait for what's to come.

[@Ryan-rd2fi]

Griffin by far has the best channel, I’ve seen in a long time.

[@GodisTruth914]

Mr. Bobby Blue is beautiful!!😊

[@lululady6848]

Love the live plants!!

[@kaylecotton5301]

Looks great

[@bimiup1]

Griffin, I haven’t added fish to my tank in years and was considering selling it all. I was down to nothing but 5 cories and a few snails. Then I watched your last video, and I went out and bought some new plants and two female bettas for my 30 gallon. Yeah, it’s a lot of tank for 7 fish!

[@EquiEsti6194]

It’s actually not a lot at all. It’s kind of the minimum for the kind of fish you have..

[@bimiup1]

@@EquiEsti6194 I disagree with you. 7 two inch fish do not put much bio load in 30 gallons of filtered, aerated water

[@EquiEsti6194]

@@bimiup1 no but that’s the minimum size needed for those fish in general, it’s not all about bioload. Corys are very active and need room to move. Two bettas (even females) shouldn’t be together because that’s not even a proper sorority but I suppose a heavily planted 30 gal would be sufficient room for them to get away from eachother when needed.

[@wjr3013]

Hey Griffin, Thanks for the update. "Bobby Blue" is actually the perfect name. Love the new real plants, etc. Looks much better and a more natural setting for him. You obviously listened to the suggestions and did a great job. Thank You, as always Griffin, for sharing and look forward to your next video & "Bobby Blu" update. Take Care.

[@annemarieacosta8775]

Love the look of the redecorated tank. Live plants are great. I have Java Fern planted in my gravel too and it is huge now and doing well.

[@Ashley-tl2kz]

Love the name ! So cute

[@IanMcFadden115]

Damn, definitely a good upgrade! Good to know the sponge is working, also smart taking out the sharp plants, they didn’t look to sharp but bettas are dumb . I’d suggest getting a kit to measure water parameters especially gh and kh. Can dial in the water for those plants, also will help you know when you have to many minerals from the spring water. If you always use spring water you’ll eventually have to many minerals since those don’t get sucked up as easily during water changes, learned that the hard way. Distilled or ro water is good to use when you think your tank dosent need the spring water. Good to start with spring water, just not needed for every water change.

[@IanMcFadden115]

Won’t kill him or anything, just can make water to hardy for plants.

[@glenranger6644]

well griffin another amazing job on your tank upgrade and bobby blue is looking amazing your like a proud father looking out for your boy

[@shleyasunshine6116]

get some red floaters (plants) they have long roots they love to hide in a weave through. plus will help keep algae down and it darker when you do have the lights on. looks good tho.

[@MattStrike]

Good improvement bro, You should take your java ferns out of the gravel as the roots will rot. The plants can be glued with an aquarium glue or tied with cotton onto a rock or piece of wood until it attaches itself. I think doing some lava rock would be best as it wont effect your water parameters. Heaps of videos on making plant substrates if that interests you so you and bobby have a beautiful tank in your home. Have a good one

[@DreamStateLiving]

nice additions. 🤙your pump may have a little adjustment on it at the base to lower the flow

[@lilstarduke]

Very nice, what about the bubble curtain? Can you use it without the LEDs? They like bubbles.

[@Ballinger5]

New setup is 🔥 Loving the videos!!

[@San1996mdka]

Was planning to get a betta fish, this helped so much bro!!! Thanks, great video as usual. Ik you like reptiles/lizards as well, definitely look into Uromastyx lizards, I just have a feeling you gonna love them 🔥

[@adorableAdrie]

Yes live plants, freckles woulda been a great name tho maybe next time? 😗

[@SLAXY855]

Hi griffin glad to see you still posting 😂

[@SikeNuclear]

BOBBY BLUE!!!! i look forward to the days you upload man. keep up the grind. i’m proud of you 🔥

[@willylim6325]

Try getting a few panda cory which will help clean the bottom of the tank.

[@EquiEsti6194]

Cory cats are schooling species so they need to be in groups of at least 6 in 20 gallons minimum. Not a good suggestion for his 5 gal betta tank.

[@kurdeles]

great job. Now we can see the progress of your tank. Your betta looks happier. Java fern can be glued on rocks. I shoud add more live platns you have space for it. Bettas love floating plants like salvinia natans and water letuce :) Your tank looks more natural, keep up your work tc

[@klein105]

I think the only thing else you should add is beta leaves, they float and they can use those to rest on and itll bring a little pop to the top of the tank

[@kimmy881]

That is such a cute name. Love the tank setup now, but one more thing that your fish would love is a leaf hammock, as they do breath air he would love somewhere to relax but still be close to the surface of the water.

[@yankalid]

You are the best!

[@gusstoltenberg]

He is still Jamarcus to me 😂

[@RichSanDiego1969]

Bobby Blew......because he needed the money . LOL Andrew Dice Clay

[@jackpotjunkie]

#RoadTo10KSubs 📈What Up G $quad ?!🤙Let's Goo0OOO00ooo !! 💪😁

[@Apollo_Blaze]

What a fun video that really cheered me up tonight, Griffin...You did a great job explaining everything and the tank does look much better and natural now...the black gravel looks beautiful...I did get nervous seeing how that tank is right on the edge of that surface...I have been thinking of getting a 5 gal tank and a Betta, after seeing this I know I will get one when I am ready for it. Thank you so much for this video, so glad I saw it and saved it and subscribed too.

[@GreenGaiety]

Grif. Buy plants displayed in tanks. Better foliage. Way better....great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!+

[@jenpink4298]

This is great! I love that you spent the time and money to upgrade the tank for your betta!!!! Someone else already said to glue your java fern to some small rocks with the super blue gorilla gel. The only other thing that I might recommend would be a few floating plants. That will also help reduce a little bit of the light for him if you want to have your tank light on more often. Bravo to you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Glowinggriff]

Is it okay to put the plants in while he’s in there? Like will it scare them too much

[@keldaMouse]

in my experience it's less stressful if you do it in stages like Griffin did rather than remove the fish.

[@FinalStage4L]

I’m happy I found your videos just subscribed looking to start a beta tank just like this

[@shleyasunshine6116]

congrats on your new baby snails in a couple weeks lol

[@Gxyarx]

Hi griffin I’m so happy you switched to live plants they are much better for betta fish. Love how the tank looks it’s beautiful!!! Keep the good work 😊

[@PAXSON-yn5xp]

Bobby Blues looks so much like my fish!

[@kathavri]

id def take the java fern out of the substrat, cuz their roots dont like to be covered :) i would tie them to a rock or something. or, the same with the anubias, thats tied to the log. but it looks great! I also did the same thing with my filter :) maybe get a nice bushy plant for the middle? other than that its amazing!!

[@AquariumMama707]

I think some top floating plants like red root floater or dwarf water lettuce but not duckweed thats just messy and takes over fast. The other floaters grow quickly too BUT they're bigger clumps and nice roots.

[@cra-cierras.5720]

Bobby BLEW!!!! Fuck yeah man 🤙🏼

[@psychowithmigraine]

Add some driftwood Mr.Bobby blue will love it

[@liciallen4246]

i recommend a couple mates like 3 cory catfish or around 4 neon tetra

[@True_Zay]

U might wanna kick thr light time up a bit for the live plants but a great idea to switch to real plants very beneficial of bettas and other fish

[@LivEq.]

I would like to try real plants but i actually have silk plants’ these plants are just as soft as real plants and work the same. If you don’t want to deal with keeping real plants alive i definitely recommend silk plants.

[@BuckkyKatt886]

Background for the tank. Any update any Bobby Blue?😊

[@Sam-ev5ox]

you should get a flouting log for the top of the tank

[@austinmoore4216]

I just recently got a new beta fish named angel he’s a male halfmoon.my oldest beta fish magby just recently died from old age I was really sad.so I went back to the pet store to get one .also magby was a dragon scale beta fish.more rare species.also angel is the same colors as spider man.he is also number 43 out of 42 other animals on my small farm

[@RichSanDiego1969]

I didn't know my moss covered ball could be worth money, are the worth more if they come with crabs? LOL

[@EVERYTHINGGUY226]

Put in bubble in it for alot of Oxygen

[@cheyshaffer7987]

Yeah small bubbler 😊

[@lucas728ftb]

A good plant that is very similar to anubis is rubin sword, and it will fill the entire entire tank

[@btrixie60]

Just subscribed and man are you gorgeous!

[@sahudeenesh6580]

Can we add some tetras or guppies along with Bobby blue??

[@justlovely36]

Much better

[@lz-xq3fb]

I love the new Griffin Johnson ❤️ keep on uploading awesome videos. Collect more awesome fish Griffin. Make a big fish tank with exotic fish

[@TracyStern]

SO BLESSED

[@JakeTalbot756]

One quick thing thatis over feeding the tank betta fish have a stomach the size of there is so over feeding can kill them so 2 of those would be more than enough and feed every 2 days

[@MrNoobISDUM]

Hey griffin I’m not an expert on betas but I know a few things. Good job on switching out the fake bad plants for real ones, a recommendation I have is if you could add some spider wood or wood in the middle section. If you do add that you can weave moss ferns and other plants around the wood. A personal favorite plant of mine that grows really well and bettas and other small fish like is money wart so maybe you could add some money wart

[@kojnsa8846]

What's the size of the aquarium in millimeters?

[@markhopatcong9866]

Gorgeous Betta fish. Nice setup. Do you need to borrow my credit card? LoL

[@lilstarduke]

Yes please

[@markhopatcong9866]

@@lilstarduke LoL

[@janetjedrzejczyk1903]

❤

[@kaleighbehney1421]

Bobby blue dr zodiaks 💨

[@wraith1320]

So are living plants actually healthier for the fish? Other than not having sharp edges, I mean? 😅 It seems like they’d be very hard to keep alive?

[@Lazerrdog]

I need me a new tank🔥

[@jamesridge3500]

I would suggest blacking out the back of the tank I use black construction paper from the dollar store

[@bailzsz2]

Maybe take advantage of the height of your aquarium

[@thatinternetguy35]

those moss balls prefer colder water i had them in a 70+ temp tank and they just slowly died

[@Espitia_2007]

Add duck weed

[@Maisiethebeagle2010]

Just so you know there stomach is the size of there eye so it’s recommended 2 pellets a day

[@Jyvonne]

Betta! Goddamnit, BETTA, as in you'd betta not pronounce this breed of fish as some kind of lesser or weak male species. It's a Siamese fighter, and will destroy you to the death! They are not BETA, they are much BETTA than that! That being said, I love your video and what you did with the plants. Lovely overall setup.

[@skylacooper]

hi

[@jeffreycurtis3146]

Great video. You can also look into getting him some floating plants bettas in addition to having gills like other fish they also have a labyrinth organ and can take in a breath of air and the organ is kind of like a lung . They love to sleep in plants close to the surface and occasionally taking in some surface air . Especially the big fin males need the rest . Looking good

[@DansFishThings]

You can put tape over the LEDs to reduce the light intensity!!!

[@xxxag1768]

My betta is a blue veiltail named bobby lmao

[@nimitarora1625]

Nice video man. Get Bobby Blue a girlfriend now. Name her Whoraanna White

[@metalhorse5000]

You're over feeding! 2 or 3 in the morning and the same at night.

[@somnathganesan2642]

From SEA, always amazed by the cost. I spent 20 bucks and got more plants than you

[@hooch6381]

😬❤❤❤❤❤❤☮

[@4000mack]

Geez, I'm embarrassed to say what I have in my tank with my Betta. I'll be going to the store today and we'll act like I never put all those sharp objects and fake plants in.

[@bickwang5798]

Too much food only need 2-4 pellets a day!