From the article: Should I Keep My Betta in a Vase?
Keeping a Betta in a Peace Lily Vase, or any flower vase, has sparked more debate than almost any other aquarium topic. The pivotal question is the well being of fish. Some say it's a great home for a Betta, others think it's a death trap Is it humane?
Big vases are fine
- Not saying my bettas are super happy but both my male And female make bubble nests every other day! The female lives in a 2 gallon vase and my male is in a 3 gallon vase! both have lots of live plants, but theres alot of room for them to surface and breathe. Both have rocks and gravel on the bottom and they eat every single day twice! Not saying a vase is the best home but certainly better then living in a damn cup at a store!!! Ive had them for months and they are both highly active everytime i look at them. i also have a couple snails in there with them and they all do fine together...
- —Guest Beta colors
Heres the actual facts vs....cruelty
- It is cruel to keep a betta in the actual vase.... The toxins from peace lily roots will eventually kill ur betta. Instead, I have 2 bettas in seperate ''big brandywine bowls'' and I use rocks in a seperate, slender, taller, glass container. This leaving my vettas seperate from the harmful toxins, and plenty of room to swim. Ive had it like this for a long time. Cruel? No because the way I keep them seperate. If not, than you are slowly poisoning your lil pets... rocks or any other substrate in a seperate, skender vase
- —Guest Shaebae
OK!!!!
- Sure it is ok to keep a betta fish in a vase as long as it is a big one. I've had mine in a 2 gallon one and it's doing fine. Just Rember to change the water at least once a week
- —Guest Jasmine
No
- Please dont leve your betta in a vase they might hate it or die early pleaze no
- —Guest Mee
Betta
- I rescued a Betta I saw at Stop&Shop Nov of 2011 and paid 40.00 to get him home as he was dying, fins low etc. I changed water, put him where I could see him and in a couple of days he was doing much better as I know they knew nothing about the fish and thought like other people that they eat the plant roots. They don't, only out of desparation they nibble it. I bought a 2 gal. bowl a month or so after buying him, put him in it and he went to the bottom and didn't move, I thought the change was it, the next day the same, he wouldn't eat whatever, I went in the cellar took out the original container filled it, put him in with the plant on top and within an hour or so he was looking to eat, acting like he did before the move??? He goes in between the roots and rests. Never saw anything like it and now I'm afraid to move him again. I change the water often and he is beautiful. He gets three different kinds of food, some sun from the window. I feel bad about the vase . he does good.
- —Guest Chris
Hell No
- And I am not a "Peta nazi". It's that the basic biological FACTS (forget all the crap you've heard about cow footprints, etc) do not support the betta species living in tiny, dirty bowls of cold water. Biologically speaking, they evolved in wide stretches of shallow, stagnant or slow-moving wetlands, though they only occupy and defend about a square meter of territory. That's a LOT more water than a 1/2 gallon. A lot. And it's healthy water, free of ammonia (fish pee) buildups. Nothing could be further from a healthy enviroment for a horizontal-swimming, tropical, territorial fish than a tiny puddle of chilly tap water. And that's what the facts ares.
- —Guest Ausfish
Yes and No
- As long as you perform daily water changes for a small vase keeping ammonia / nitrites to 0PPM and Nitrates at or under 10 PPM, a vase is FINE. But I guarantee that 99 of 100 people do not bother doing this in which case yes it is cruel. Spend the 20 dollars to get a 2.5 gallon tank set with a very LIGHT filter. Bettas DO NOT LIKE currents so you need one of those itty bitty filters that do not cause much surface disturbance. The filter in this case works more for a biological filter than a mechanical one, allowing for beneficial bacteria to grow as opposed to actively filtering out impurities with carbon. SO YOU STILL NEED TO DO WATER CHANGES.
- —Guest mpf
No
- It is totally cruel and your Betta fish will surely die sooner or later. Think of it as this way would you liked to kept in a vase for the rest of your life
- —Guest jacob
Vase+betta=cruelty!!!
- That is so cruel. Keeping a betta in a vase? Youre literally torturing you beloved betta!!! How about stuffing you in a vase? Huh? How would that feel? Now, get real and get at LEAST a 2.5 gallons tank with a filter AND heater. I bet your betta is very stressed and miserable.
- —Guest Betta lover
I have
- Ive kept many bettas in LARGE vases....and they did just fine...the only reason they didnt make it was from our move :( just make sure u leave space on top and its big enough from them to eat swim and breath On top and its nig enough
- —Guest Genten925
Worried
- I keep my 2 grandson's 2 bettas in gal.bowls i'm learning.Never realized there was so much. Clean water every wk., naturally the boys picked out colored gravel, and a thing for them to swim around. I thought they would die soon but Not 8 months now! We've gotten attached to them.The blue 1 stopped eating, I took him back to Pet Smart to have him looked at. They sold me some blood worms,and he eat today Praise the Lord!I wrapped a towel around their bowls to keep them warmer and took all the stuff out of their bowls.His name is BlueIE and the other is RedO.The 5yr.bought them with his own money for him and his brother.I worry sick over these fish.It's a blessing to get up each morning and see they are alive.The red 1 is blowing bubbles so am i suspose to get a female for him?
- —Guest sandra
Betta in a Vase
- Bettas do fine in a vase! I am a betta breeder and I've owned many bettas. The smallest tank I have is a betta in a 1.8 gallon filtered betta bowl with two neon tetras, they get along fine and my neons are doing great! The tank has shells, fake plants, marbles, and a small cave. I've had this setup for three years now and I wouldn't change a thing. I think vases are fun to decorate and is a nice cozey home for your betta. People who compare people being locked in a small room forever are completely wrong, fish are fish, and people are people.. Fish bowls are call FISH bowls for a reason! :) Anyways, yeah I would deffinatley keep a betta in a vase!
- —Guest Melissa
Depends.
- If you take in mind that you have to feed the fish, and he has to be able to get to the surface to breathe at times it should be fine. I keep mine is a large vase probably 5-6 gallons, I did have a .5 gallon tank at first but read they need at least 2. I now have a baby living in the small tank, and the bigger one living in the vase. Hes fine, he loves swimming around and having all the room. The things you have to remember you cant stick them in some tiny vase or tank, it really does need to be at least 2 gallons unless they are babies. They also DO breathe air, they will swim up to the top and breathe ive seen them do this. And you have to be able to feed them, so if you have a plant so large it blocks the top, thats not really a good idea. But if you have one that leaves room for the fish to eat and breathe who cares. Also remember they arent just for looks, their are alive and need attention and care. They aren't ornaments.
- —Guest J
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- in just a vase without a plant on top is fine as long as the vase is larger than 1/2 a gallon but with a plant on top it cannot be fed but if it seems happy when you put it in (it will blow lots of bubbles) you can keep it that way. they all have different personalities
- —Guest ilovebettas
I'm so confused
- ok I got a Elodea plant for a online home schooling biology experiment, and I put it in a 6 by 7 inch vase. When I saw how pretty it was I said momma we need a Betta. As I was reading that you shouldn't put a Betta in a vase that holds less that 1 gal, but my vase is 1/2 gallons. I don't know what to do!! Does anybody know where to find a 2 gallon vase or fish bowl that won't cost me more than 8 dollars to buy??
- —Guest Ashley
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