Love the WILD look of the scape! You dont see many bettas in a proper decorated tank.
I see you love your Betta.
I see you love your Betta.
Current Betta Set-up
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Took a quick pic of the Betta and set-up again tonight, not much has changed; weird to think he's been in this tank for close to 2 months now, going strong 
Some changes scaping after I noticed a couple of fin tears, manzanita out, driftwood and moss in!
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Beautiful set up. I am thinking about a betta as a classroom fish in a 35 hex. What do you see as far as lifespan and what if any tank mates?
I've heard of lifespans up to 7 years, but 2 seems to be the average; though I'd strongly guess this is due to them not being given adequate care in this regard.
For tank mates I'd go snails or shrimp; I personally wouldnt do anything else, but it's doable in tanks with better footprint.
Only thing I'd say about the hex is, if it's higher than 12 inches height I wouldn't do a betta, I'd do some dwarf puffers instead. Ideal depth for a betta imo is about 10 inches, again this isnt set in stone but I see good health and behaviour in that depth.
U can do shallow water in the hex with a betta and some guppies,then put a softwood sticking up out of the water and attach airplants and a bromeliad to it,then add either a pair of red eye tree frogs or a pair of either house or day geckos.
By the way oldest betta on record lived 16 years,several factors contribute to early demise
verfeeding,poor water quality,genetics,lack of exercise and poor diet(give your betta some mosquito larvae or live brine shrimp or ants every once in a while.
verfeeding,poor water quality,genetics,lack of exercise and poor diet(give your betta some mosquito larvae or live brine shrimp or ants every once in a while.
By the way oldest betta on record lived 16 years,several factors contribute to early demise
Wow! I hope I've got my guy even half of that time
