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By Shirlie Sharpe, About.com Guide to Freshwater Aquariums since 1998

How Long Do Bettas Live?

Wednesday December 31, 2008
How long does the average Betta live? 5 years? 10? 20? The answer might surprise you.

Read the Betta lifespan FAQ, and take the Betta poll below to see how long other Betta owners have kept their fish (Note: You may only vote once per day).

1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
6 years
7 years
8 years
9 years
10 years

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January 5, 2009 at 10:10 am
(1) Edie says:

Oops! I didn’t read the fine print – and voted as my guess as to how long Bettas live, not how long we’ve had ours. I wonder how many other people did the same, especially since there is a note about voting only once a day.

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