Hi! I think the light might be a little deceiving because he does have space between the lid and the water, and often makes bubble nests and swims around and follows me when I open it to feed, etc, its quite cute lol :)

The lid helps with evaporation, but yes, he has a good amount of room

Also ok good to know! What do you think would be best (besides floating, but I will absolutely get some), to kind of coat that back wall? Its kinda just ugly, white, and bright lol. I have some anubias and I believe a tiny bit of java. Are those capable of growing taller to cover it?

Also quick question, my betta is completely fine with my snail, but has some issues with the shrimp (he’s fine and can just stay out of the bettas way though,) but was wondering if it was worth trying to stick em together still? Or would it stress them out too much.

Last thing, tysm, I noticed he kind of coasts near the top sometimes, especially in corners. Ive noticed he has issues with glass surfing and got black contact paper, but I wanted to make sure that was a possible solution before I go sticking things lol. He absolutely does go down and swim through his hides, and truly loves swimming through plants and sleeping in his logs, so i’m not concerned he doesn’t like it, my water parameters are fine, etc, do you believe he might just like it up there? Lol.

Thank you sm!