Prepping Tank for Betta
Being familiar with the eclipse tanks only from the standpoint of their looks (which are attractive), and not having any practical experience with them, I can’t give you any meaningful answer on that except to say “if it ain’t broke, why fix it?” The Betta is obviously doing well now in the 5 gallon, so I don’t see any large advantage of switching tanks for one more gallon, even if its a 20% increase in this case.
While algae may grow pretty well in that tank presently, its not the tank itself that’s promoting the growth, but the conditions in it — this includes the present bioload, its maintenance methods, the lighting its getting and any number of variable other things including its present location in the room in relation to outdoor light its now receiving, etc. Set up in your home, it may prove to be very different in its tendency to grow algae. A good algae eater for this size tank that you might consider though, is the Otocinclus Catfish. The SAE/Siamese Algae Eater (not to be confused with its look-alike Chinese Algae Eater) is fine but gets to large (6 1/2″) for a 6 gallon tank. Ray
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