This means that leftover food and fish waste will constantly build up, creating high ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels, and an unhealthy environment. Fortunately, this is easy to remedy — with water changes.
Using the water conditioner that you brought home with your betta we told you it was important! Also keeping a lot of the original water means water levels and temperatures do not change much during the water change. Betta fish crazy? Join our 10, subscribers and get betta fish fun, updates and our betta fish care eBook sent direct to your inbox for free.
No spam. No 3rd parties. We respect your privacy and take protecting it seriously. Good advice, thanks! Yeah this is a sad fact :. A sign of a good pet store is one that would house bettas in filtered and heated water. We would recommend that you do not support the sale of bettas in any other stores. These chemicals can cause immunosuppression or make the fish very sick.
An alternative to tap water is bottled water, which is free of these harmful chemicals. However, distilled water should not be used as it lacks vital minerals that are important for fish health. Betta fish are carnivores that eat insects and insect larvae. They should be fed a balanced pelleted or flaked food daily. Keller suggests that every day a betta fish should be given the amount of food it can eat within 3 to 5 minutes, without any food left over. Left-over food will sink to the bottom of the tank and lead to poor water quality.
Betta fish are naturally territorial and should not be housed with any other betta fish because they will fight and injure each other, often resulting in death. They are unlikely to get lonely in their tank; however, if they are in a small tank, they may get bored.
In order to add these friends, however, the size of the tank and filtration system must increase to keep everyone healthy and clean. There is a plethora of information available online about betta fish. Unfortunately, a lot of it is incomplete or inaccurate.
Keller recommends the website Bettafish. So he goes to every thing in the tank to check it out, many times I move things around and he has to investigate everything. Hes funny. MIKE, do you mean by an aerator like a filter???
Mine has both. It took me a while to get him use to me, have had him since Aug. Some can be kinda skittish I guess, mine is but after I feed him or do something nice for him i just kinda reach in and give him a couple touches back by the fins. I hadnt ever read anything about whether it was good exercise to let them flare up or not. I did think though it could make them either aggressive, scared or stressed.
So I dont do it. But ever notice everybody?? Mine just stares at himself, I dont know if he knows its him or not. I broke my thermometer but it was funny one day, he was copying what I do, I always would bend down and look at the temp so I caught him just staring at the thermometer one day for quite a long time.
He was probably wondering: what the heck is the big deal with this thing anyways? I love my betta fish cc I've had him for 6 months and he has such a outgoing personality I change his aquarium every three weeks and I give him blood worms twice a week and I skip one day of not feeding him because I heard it's good for their digestion I love my betta I hope he lives a long and happy life.
Mary Jo, you say you wanted to buy all the fish at WalMart, well girl I am with you. I go to Pet Smart and there they all were, sad looking in a rather darkish area , so sad, especially the dead one floating nose up If i had tons more room I would buy a bunch of them and find some where to put them all.
It is tooooo sad for me. Sierra lone wolf, sounds like your fish definitly is sick. When my fish was recently sick, i swear he got like a chemical burn from trying to kill the ICK and then theres the fungal disease in the water, then the conditioner Two days later he was looking at me like I feel so much better. If your fish has little white spots, look like someone salted him, thats ICK, its mainly a water problem.
So everyday now i just check the bottom for pooh. I did have those colored shiny stones but they got really slimy very quickly. I ended up using straight bottled spring water. YES Mya they will. I am giving my Sharkey, dried bloodworms every other day. Just like 4 strings. He loves them. He is such an aggressive eater. He attacks it like a kid that loves cake. Lana: i saw now that bettas are like people. Now I do have a light on the side of the tank, a night light bulb, then a lamp on the other side and at night I will use the bubble rock that came with tank, since he doesnt like the bubbles, and put it on top of his glass top shining down on just one section of the tank, and he seems to like that.
Its fun for me to watch it anyways He has a in high japanese plastic bonsai tree that he hides under , i bought a live plant and it died in two days and was a real waste of money. First I would like to ask how do we comment back to someone elses question????? Ok I know Jain said his fish died. I am sorry that is sad. Izzy, I had someone pour all the fish food pellets in my tank also.
I couldnt believe it. I had just gotten a 30 gallon tank from my son and wanted to create like a stream like where they came from. So i only added like foot and half high of water, and put colored stones and natural shells all along the bottom, it was beautiful.
I put him in, he was in there happy as ever, swimming llike an Olympic, and I was in the other room and my neighbors 11yr old granddaughter poured alllllllll full container of pellets in.
He died and I cried and he got 7hrs of bliss in his big tank I put him in a freezer bag and sealed box for months. Seriously, when your children grow up and you are alone with your pets, they are your kids hahahaha I have a new guy now and after 6mths of him being sick and me trying to figure out the water situation he is finally a HERO.
I found that the immersible heaters do not get the water near warm enough for a 3gallon tank at all. I , seriously again, have a heating pad with a blue cover over it and it is wrapped around the rounded part of his half moon tank. I also like my room cool, so I suppose that doesnt help, but those heaters are not the best. Funny tho, I had another betta and he didnt mind the cooler water. I suppose they are just like we are, everyone is different. Good luck everyone with their fish.
I wish I could load up a pic but I lost my usb for camera and cant get a new one due to it being older. Oh well, there are worse things in life right???
Well this is an update on my male betta, Sharkey, who was so sick since Aug. After having him in the bedroom for a good month, I cleaned his whole tank one night and the next morn found him within seconds of dying. Had his face in the corner on top of water. I moved him and he sank and tried to swim but couldnt. I freaked out completely. So I put him in my hand and rubbed his belly and blew air in his mouth, seriously, I did this.
Put him in a small bowl of fairly cool water to try and shock him back to life. I had this real experience in life and it worked for me. I cried and went in the other room for a good hour. Went back in and I am serious he was swimming around. I couldnt believe it, there is a God for Fish too!!!!!! I realized he had been chemically burnt by all the different products I was using as told to by petstore people.
I tested in crystal glasses all the different ways I was using tap water, bottled water etc I found that straight bottled spring water was the clearest and full of air which is good not only for humans but the fish also. He is now making bubble nests in the corners.
I bought him some dried bloodworms to help make him strong. I am so happy and cant believe what we have been thru together. He is back out in the living room with me now. He loves me. Happy Ending, Thank God. Oh yeah! He also makes bubbles and has white slimy stuff in tank I read this is normal ,I am glad I came across this website ,I see Bella is very happy and hope he lives as long as possible..
I taped a pic if me and my boyfriend Max on the back of his bowl I think he likes that alot!!!!!! Well I just read alot if comments on Betas ,I have a beautiful male named Bella.. I thought it was a female. Anyway he wiggles when I call his name his little pec fins go a mile a minute and just loves me,he does a little jump when I feed him ,I think love and attention is what they need ,not just ignored in the corner somewhere,whatever room I go in he comes along or I feel bad that he is alone.
I have 3 beta. I've got three male bettas in three separate containers. One is a small plastic betta tank with an air pump, the other two are glass with no air pumps.
The two glass tanks always have a film on the top of the water! I add back clean room temperature water. After a day or two the greasy looking film has returned!
My Betta has become accustomed to jumping up and eating pellets off of my finger and he can usually get it in one try. But today after three tries he still didn't get it, and on his fourth jump he actually latched onto my finger and didn't let go for a second. Anyone else experience this? I'm able to get my betta Black Dragon Pekka to live peacefully most of the time with other fishes in a community tank.
The trick is to have ample space and enough coverage for other fishes. The thing is I want them to have baby's and I heard they fight what do I do? To tell you all the truth it depends on the fish some kill some love other fish. I have a two blue Betta's and one is a girl and one is a boy. I have a male crown tail Betta and i also have a gold fish and a snail and at first the gold fish was hiding a lot but after two days there were perfectly fine with each other in a 10 gallon tank but today i took the betta out of the tank because he kept hiding inside a shell and was not eating or swimming that much so it all depends on the beta.
I have had this male betta since august and since october he has been sick. He had those white spots so I thought ICK And here it is Jan and still looking sick. Theres all this white stuff floating around like tiny skinny ghosts. Ok now petstore says thats fungal due to water.
I put him in my bedroom where i have the heat cranked to 8o. He did not like the cooler temp and thats when he got sick. He still doesnt look very pretty, but he seems happy and has been growing.
Its driving me crazy. I use to have a filter even and that didnt keep him from getting sick. Maybe hes got the real warrior colors going on. I feel bad leaving him in the other room, so the tv is on, and my cat sleeps by him.
Does the snail help???? I put a real plant in and it crapped the water up. Cindi, distilled water though may seem best is not. Fish can't get natural minerals out of distilled water. Also think about getting a heater with a thermostat.
Just because your room is 70 does not mean the water is. Bettas like about I gave it beta medicine I got at the pet store what can i do to help him with this bacteria it looks like on his scales. I keep his bowl clean and use distilled water only with water beta conditioner in it what am i doing wrong?
Hello, I've had my Betta for four days now. The first two he was in a little fish bowl, and then I upgraded him into a beautiful, and expensive, 5 gallon all glass tank. There would be no problem except for the fact he can see his reflection everywhere and for the last two days he hasn't stopped flaring his gills and fanning out his fins. I know this is a healthy thing for them to do, but if he doesn't figure out thats just his reflection soon if he going to give himself a heart attack or something?
It can't be good for him to be constantly aggressive. Also, if there any other kinds of fish they CAN live with? The tank is in my daughters room, I got her it for Christmas! It's a small tank 5gal jus the beta some fake plants and a pineapple house and bubbles lol! I also read that real plants are good for them too! I thought maybe a algae eater would be great for the tank!!! Because she seems to "over feed" him! She only feeds him once but she may be giving him too much Thanks for the information!!
Lanna, there are actually a fair amount of fish that can be added to a betta tank. When you go to a pet store tell them you have a betta tank and want community fish to go with. Schooling fish seem best as they are more interested in each other then your betta most of the time.
Because bettas can be very taritorial I suggest safely removing your betta into a bowl of tank water. After going through the process of intro dintroducing the new fish to your tank let theme in there for a bit to get used to there home. Than add your betta back to the tank. You must watch them very carefully and be ready to remove the betta.
Some people don't know bettas can still be hurt by little fish in the way of hurting tails and fins. Also watch to make sure your betta don't attack. Try small and light colored fish bright fish can be mistaken as another betta. Thx Izzy I wish I could post pics on here This beta is super friendly, I can put my finger on the tank and he comes right up and let's me touch him!!!
My question was in my first post, and was wondering if there are any other fish that would get along with the beta, I have a 5 gallon tank as well!! After reading a few comments I just wanted to share I have a 5.
He lives with currently 4 schooling fish. This means those 4 stay together and are the same kind of fish. I also have a snale to help keep my tank clean. I have a bubbler and my betta had claimed it as his.
And by saying that he will go towards the other fish if they go inside it and he is in it. But has never hurt them. From my experience two or three females can be in a 7 gallon tank and be ok.
The problem arises with multiple males. With the correct fish you can have a 70 gallon tank 1 male betta and 50 schooling fish that are organized as community fish. Do not put other fighting fish in there such as angel fish. That does not mean you can't but you rUn a high risk of death and injury. Izzy, the difference between male and female is their fins Sounds like to me u have a male bc of the fun is beautiful am I correct.
I thought this website was to help people and give suggestions! No one has helped me so I thought I would help you Izzy!! Good luck with this one!! They are pretty simple to keep alive!!! We recently just bought a few extra things to go in the tank for him and he loves the plant we put in the tank!!! They also need something to hide in, but ours does seem to like to hide, as soon as you walk up to the tank he comes right to the window!!
He loves it!! My next thing is to get him a friend and get him the mirror and then start training him to eat from that spoon!!! And doing research does help Good luck!!!!
Cathrine, stop telling everyone to "do research" and belittling them. Why do you think they're on this website in the first place? Go bettas! My roommate brought home a beautiful blue and red betta a few months ago, I have been its main care taker since. Feeling bad I went out purchased a much bigger crib for him complete with filter, heater, LED lighting, silk plants and colorful gravel. He now has gone from lethargic and just sitting there to actively swimming all over, building a bubble nest and living on my nightstand rather than the kitchen counter.
He even has tank mates, 4 Assassin Snails and a corydora I call Cory. Oscar and Cory had issues for about the first 10 min but now weeks later live happily and mostly ignore each other. Thinking its time to go from a 2. Hi guys! I'm new here I just got a new Betta, my third, the other ones died I'll explain just give me a sec. It's a pink iridescent Betta, and looks like the fins are the wedding veil shape. Just wondering, how can you tell if the Betta fish is a male or female?
I tried the thing with the mirror and it puffs up. I know that's normal, but does it have anything to do with gender? I told her to only put in 2 fish pellets and she dumped the whole thing in. I couldn't get all of the food out and the fish ended up eating it. The fish died after a couple days. My second fish was an all red Betta fish. This Betta died because we went on a vacation for a week and the bowl was a little foggy. I cleaned out the bowl but the fogginess never disappeared.
The fish ended up dying a week later. I just bought my daughter a gold and blue beta for Christmas, he's in about a 5 gallon tank He's moving around he loves being in a bigger tank!!! I would love to add more fish and was thinking about putting something for bubbles but not sure if it would bother him seeing how he's so used to being in a bowel Any suggestions would b great thx.
I recently got a new Betta and it has already grown in just over a week! I've had several in the past, one of which I saved its life twice! It somehow got a huge air bubble that made it swim on its side preventing it from being able to go up for air as it would struggle to do so.
I beached it so to speak in a container with shallow water and an angled rock so it could breath. After a few days the bubble was gone and he was fine again! Months later it happened again I did the same "beaching" procedure and again the bubble went away : I felt like a fish doctor lol.
They do have quite a personality for fish. Very friendly and very aware of your presence. To answer an above question from RUTH Very normal and probably means they are quite healthy.
Our beta fish lived in a 1 gallon fish bowl with water temperature much the same as house temperature I bought a blue male betta at Walmart. I felt so bad for all the betta just placed in a cup to live until someone buys them. I only need to change the water once a month. My betta is very entertaining and loves his new home. I just wish people knew how easy they are to take care of and that they just don't sit boringly but what can be expected when their only sold in a cup.
My betta swims a lot and plays with the bubbles, he's exciting to watch and so easy to maintain. If only people could see Betta fish out of a cup like a prisoner and into an aquarium with freedom to show off their beauty. I have had a 20 gal community tank before; one male betta, 3 female Bettas, 5 neon tetras, 2 mollies, and 4 Cory catfish.
Honestly it just depends on the fish itself some are nice, and others aren't so nice. Bettas do not know when to stop eating, so as long as you put food in the tank, they will eat it. I fed each betta 2 pebbles 2 times a day and my other fish fish flakes. I have been keeping Bettas for years. Unfortunately, people are often misinformed about a bettas needs. First off unless you live in a tropical location, a tank heater is a must have. Betta fish come from Thailand where it is 80 degrees even in the winter.
Will your fish survive without a heater? Perhaps, how long it will survive depends on how hardy your particular fish is. But they will not thrive and will likely suffer a shortened life span due to living in conditions they were never intended for.
Madison, female betta fish can live together in something called a sorority tank. A sorority tank has to be at least 10 gallons and have lots of hiding spaces. Due to how complicated this living enviroment can be this type of tank isn't recommend for beginner aquarist. Jocelyn I have had a betta for two years my water it around 64 everyday and all I do to heat it is by putting a lamp over top for a little bit.
It has worked for two years now so u should be ok. Jocyeln: The water needs to be at least I am thinking about buying a betta.
I have a small tank and the water gets cold overnight. No, i do not have a tank heater. My tank is have fish tank have digital clock. The clock doesnt keep the water warm. So are bettas able to live in the cold water?
Well I have one half moon betta fish. I got him for Christmas. His tank has bubbles all over the side. Is that normal, and yes I have read a lot of websites and well I all I read was that the bubbles should be at the top. I need help. I have housed bettas together It all depends on how you introduce the fish and the fishes temperament. So I plan on getting one at some time probably from the pet store 2. I'll check back in a few days. I have a betta fish now. I've heard females can go together but is it ok if get some at different times?
That is some great information! Thanks for the help. I just got a new Betta Fish from Santa Claus! Danilela do not remove unless you want them to kill each other.. Charlotte: You were no serious with that question about eating other betta's They don't like that If you want to mate them you have to put a divider and put the boy on one side an girl on the other side then wait tell the boy builds a bubble nest then take the divider out.
What do you mean they? I got a purple betta named Aqua today and transferred him to his new tank following the pet shop instructions.
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