![]() ![]() You can’t stick an internal filter to the glass either. You can’t fit a small hang on back filter on the edge of the glass bowl. You will not be able to use an internal or a hang on back filter. Yes, you can setup a filter on a fish bowl. Yet, I did not talk about the lack of swimming space, which is pretty obvious. On a small glass bowl such as this one (12 liters = 3 gallons) is a must, if you keep fish in it. However, the absence of filtration in this setup can be fatal for the fish. The thick substrate can help in providing great surface area for the beneficial bacteria, which helps removing the ammonia and nitrites. In absence of light, plants will not be able to photosynthesize and will not remove excess nutrients from the water. Though, plants require light, at least 6-8 hours a day. It is heavily planted, which is great, because the plants can filter out a ton of waste and toxins from the water. The agitation of water surface with air bubbles is contributing in keeping the water well oxygenated. This bowl has no filter, just an air stone. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 12 liter planted guppy bowl (after a lot of trimming) () Here is an example video of a glass bowl, which holds 2 guppies: The worst is, when someone is sending me photos of a glass bowl, with plastic plants and colored gravel, and asks me why their guppies are dying. Aeration might not be necessary, but surface agitation is a must in order to provide good oxygen exchange. Filtration is a key element in a fish tank. Small water volume is also very unstable in terms of temperature, water parameters and oxygen level.īeginners, who set up a fish bowl, usually don’t add any filtration or aeration to the water. While a fish bowl is usually 1-3 gallons in size, the small amount of water volume will not be able to dilute the produced toxins. They are also bigger waster producers.Īlthough, guppies produce less waste, compared to other aquarium fish, they still pollute the water. ![]() Why Fish Can’t Survive in a Bowl?įirst of all, fish requires much more living space than shrimp and snails. Regularly you will need to extract some live stock in order to keep the ecosystem stable. This will benefit the new plant growth.īut please, keep in mind that shrimp and snails will reproduce even in a small bowl. They will clean up the dying plants and will produce a low amount of waste. The snails and shrimp can be beneficial for the ecosystem. If you decide to create an aquascape from a glass bowl, you can place few snails and maybe couple shrimp in it. Not by chance most experienced fish keepers call a fish glass bowl as “death bowl”. Many people try to keep small fish or betta fish in a bowl, because this is what they saw in a cool photo.Ī glass bowl is the death sentence for the fish. You can setup a fish bowl with some beautiful plants and make a nice aquascape from it, but keeping fish in it is a bad idea. I don’t recommend keeping guppies or any other fish in a glass bowl. What Fish Can You Keep in a Bowl? Click to Check on Amazon In this article, I will tell you, why you should not use fish bowl for keeping fish. In fact, you should avoid keeping any type of fish in a glass bowl. No, you should not keep guppies in a fish bowl. ![]() So, can guppies live in a glass bowl? Should you keep guppy fish in a glass bowl? Though, many beginners have no idea that fish bowls will kill fish especially those that do not have a filtration or air stone. Keeping guppy fish a glass bowl might sound very interesting and fun. ![]()
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