Water Bottle in Aquarium

[UltimateRincewind]

Does anone know what is the safest way to put a water bottle in a aquarium?

[patnov]

Hi May I known what type of water bottle is yours and is it a glass or plastic aquarium? Different types of design may require different ways of securing the water bottle.

Bye. Pat

[Yinx]

U could either hang it from the top corner of the aquarium, or use a suction plug (hmm...is this the right term for it?) to 'stick' the water bottle to the side of the tank.

The main thing is to ensure the hamsters cannot climb out of the aquarium via the water bottle. Oh, do make sure the water bottle is not hung too low...else, if the end of the spout comes into contact with the shavings, the shavings will be sopping wet!

[MEM]

Lixit makes a water bottle that prevents climbing. It is rounded on all sides and hangs from the top of the tank by a adjustable hook. Just make sure it is not too high or too low.

[UltimateRincewind]

I don't have a hamster yet. I am just cheking things. Also is it safe....I mean has anybodys bootle ever fell off?

[pEbBLePoO]

I use Classic Pet Product hamster drinking bottle in all my hamster tanks. It comes with this plastic coated wire so you can use it, and tie it to the body of the bottle with two rubberbands - one at the bottom, one at the top. Then, hook the wire onto a suction cup used in aquariums to secure the air pump's hose.

The bands do not provide enough grip for the hamsters to escape. Ofcourse, there are many other brands at the shops that sell such bottles. Actually, all bottles seem to look like that.

The only problem with this is that sometimes the bottle does drop into tank when the suction cup is no longer able to hold the weight of the bottle. When that happens, your bedding will get wet (unless you're using the double ballbearing sprout) and the hamsters will nibble on the cup. The trick here is to make sure the surface of the glass, and the cup is cleaned up, and wet the cup before you stick it on.

Goodluck!

[UltimateRincewind]

I sure hope it won't fall on the hamster.

[patnov]

MEM has mentioned LIXIT type of water bottle which I am pretty sure that it sounds workable/reliable. Well I have another recommendation - also LIXIT water bottle but its design more to a square bottle which is semi-round on one side & flat on the opposite side with a knob to be attached to the black plastic bracket provided with the water bottle. The catch is that you have to improvise a bit - get an alum bracket strip with holes along the strip which you can buy from any hardware/DIY shop, bend one end to shape like a U for latching on the top of the tank and fix your Lixit plastic bracket onto the desired hole in the alum strip for the desired height. (Similar like cat ladder concept - alum strip acts like the cat ladder). This way, you don't have to worry about the bottle dropping into the bottom of the tank - the bottle will be parallel to the glass panel unlike S-hook - diff heights are easy to adjust - the alum strip will not sway as compared to a normal hook. If you choose to use a normal round bottle with the use of suction cup concept - big suction cup for greater strength, smaller water bottle/less weight ratio since drinking water need to be fresh and so not much wastage if you use a smaller bottle.

Hope this recommendation may be useful.


Bye.

pat

[Moa]

Hi,
I also use tanks for my winter whites.
I use self adhesive velcro (spelling?) on the bottle and on the glass to "stick" the bottle to the tank.
Works pretty well.
Ciao
Moa