From the article: Siamese Fighting Fish
Have you kept a Betta? If so, share your experiences about care, habitat, feeding and breeding of Bettas. Your knowledge could help other owners! Share Your Experiences
buddy has a heater problem
- I just got a veiltail betta and when I put him in his 1 gal he seemed kinda listless so I got a heater but its barely raising the temp?? Can someone give me a good heater recommendation?
- —Guest moni
Getting a Betta - any advice?
- I'm going to the aquarium today and I'm not curtain what to do! I've read a lot on the internet, but I'm still not sure! Any advise?
- —Guest Unsure
My betta just bought him
- I named him Diana cuz hes cool lol...:) He's in a small bowl but big enough for him for now cuz I'm too broke to get him a big one. But soon he'll have his paradise tank:) My little fishy Diana lovin my finny friend:)
- —Guest my male betta
My Males Bubble Nest
- I'm breeding my betta fish in a 40 gallon tank and my male did make a bubble nest. But when I was getting the female out she wouldn't come out so my dad said just dump her out and let her swim out so I did and the nest went every where. Will he make another one or will he not. Please help
- —Guest Guest Fish
my buddy
- I really wanted a pet friend. So I went with the somewhat low maintenance betta. He is the perfect pet for me and my busy schedule. I have "Sushi" (my awesome blue crown tail betta) in a 5.5 gallon tank with a lid! With a couple of silk plants and a resting leaf, I stuck an inch below the water surface. I do complete water changes once a week. I use cold tap water and add water conditioner. He loves to eat! But, feed him moderately so I don't over feed him. He gets two to three freeze dried worms and two pellets in the morning. At night I give him 2-3 flakes and a tiny pinch of freeze dried shrimp. Sushi is always excited to see me. He is playful, active, smart, and very very curious. He's a happy camper.
- —Guest ilovemybetta
Friends?
- So I put my male and female together to see what would happen. He nipped her a couple times but when I left the room to go to the bathroom, guess what I saw? I saw my male and female side-by-side waiting for me. They both share a half of a one gallon tank (there's a border between them). Is this normal?
- —Guest Billy bob is the bob
Friends??
- So I put my male and female together and they didn't do anything but just sit next to each other. Is this normal?
- —Guest Mrbettalover
Too small of a tank
- Unfortunately, people think that a betta is able to enjoy life in a tiny box, but my bettas are each in their own 10 gallon tank. They swim around like crazy, people think they don't swim much but certain bettas love to swim and it is a shame to have them live their life in a little cup hanging from the inside of a tank. They are too beautiful and smart to be treated like that.
- —Guest cjm
Keep dying
- Why oh why do my betta's keep dying. All my other fish are healthy, nothing wrong in my tank so why do they die on me within a month. Have very sadly given up trying to keep them now. Cant think of any reason, does anyone else no?
- —Guest star
i have a female crowntail betta
- And I dont know what all of the stuff that they are afraid of so can u tell me what they are all afraid of
- —Guest kelsey
About bubblenests
- My male betta is very busy with the eggs, but it keeps on sinking and the other eggs floating everywhere round the jar. I think he's not good enough in making bubbles. He has'nt even formed a bubblenest... How can I help him? Will the sunken eggs hatch? Do they nest to be keep in their bubblenest in order to hatch?
- —Guest curious
Enki
- Enki is a dark blue veil tail betta. I've had him for two and a half years now. Love him out of all my fish! He's a very calm betta. He started out in a one gallon tank. I started doing research about bettas and felt bad for keeping him in such a small tank. He's now in a planted community tank with two Celebes rainbowfish, 4 bloodfins tetras, 2 albino Cory catfish, 1 emerald Cory catfish, 1 harlequin rasbora, and a redtail shark. I do not recommend the shark to anyone I just got lucky that Enki and Chum, my redtail shark get along. Because of Enki I got three other bettas all in their own tanks 5 gallons and bigger. There is Avenger, Blue Gills, and Enigma. Bettas can live with other fish as long as they aren't very colorful, fin nippers and/or aggressive. But you must have a good size tank no one gallon! I feel bad reading this comments about them being in a one gallon or a vase. Yes they can live in that but it's not very healthy and happy place to live in.
- —Guest AquaGirl
Best that I can do...
- I love my pale pink delta betta fish, named feather. keep him in a 1 gallon bowl. I tried to persuade my parents to allow a ten gallon, but they said no(and what is said GOES). So I give him all the love I can with 100% water changes weekly, and teach him tricks, and give him yummy bloodworms on the weekends. Maybe for my birthday, a ten gallon would be on the wish list.
- —Guest Emily
GREAT FISH!
- I had a beautiful aqua blue and fushia betta that I called Blue. He was the BEST betta I ever had. He had such personality and would always come to the front of the tank when I walked by or came home from work. I kept him in a 2 and a half gallon tank without a heater. I kept an air hose in the tank that he use to love to swim into and get pushed to the top of the tank. I kept the light on 24/7. I had him for 3 yrs and 9 mos and then I went into the hospital for a week. My husband fed him but when I got back home he looked lethargic and died two days later. R.I.P. Blue!
- —Guest Donna
Peanut Butter - My Betta
- Peanut Butter loves his planted 10 gallon tank, and never tried to jump out like my friends betas did, probably because his tank is nice and big. I wanted a bottom feeder, and I heard that corry fish, as long as they are armored and have places to hide are good, but I got snails instead. The sails just had babies ... And then the babies, not the big ones, started eating my plants. Peanut Butter helps lower the numbers by eating a lot of the snails. :) I want to breed him and give the babies away as gifts in those huge 5 gallon wine jars... with directions on how to take care of betas. :) I just need to get some wine jars... Maybe I'll recruit some friends to help me drink some wine. :) I have a filter but have to keep water level high other wise it ruins his fins.
- —Guest DradenLovelorne
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