Betta Fish Vases Is it ok to put a betta fish in a vase with bamboo plants?
I have a blue betta that I got in the beggining of june and my mom thought it was a cute idea to get a vase and put it in there. I got some nice rocks to put at the bottom and some bamboo plants to make it fell a little homie for him. Is it a good idea altogether (the whole vase thing) and do they cope well with type of plant?
Short answer: NO.
Long answer: The absolute minimum tank a betta should be kept in is 2.5 gallons, with most fishkeepers (including myself) recommending at least 5 gallons. A vase can hold at most 1 gallon. Bettas are a tropical fish, meaning they need water temperatures of 78-82 degrees, and vases/betta bowls cannot be reliably heated. I tried once with an empty vase just to check it out; the water was over 90 degrees at the lowest setting and wound up cracking the glass from the cold meeting hot. A vase or bowl also cannot be filtered, which means all his waste will quickly build up and become toxic. Keeping plants in a betta vase is especially bad, mainly because a lot of the time when they’re sold that way people tell you that the fish will eat the plant, the plant will take care of the fish, and all you have to do is top up the water. Bettas are carnivores, meaning plant matter really doesn’t do anything for them, and if you do see him nibbling at the roots it’s not because it’s nutritious, it’s because he’s never been fed and the poor thing is starving to death. The plant may help remove some of the waste matter from the water, but not enough to make it matter. The waste will still build up, you’ll still need to do water changes every single day to remove it, and chances are he will die as a result of the combined effects of malnutrition, ammonia poisoning, severe cold, and stress from having half your water poured out and replaced every 24 hours.
To properly house a betta you will need a 2.5 or 5 gallon tank, a filter with adjustible flow (so the current isn’t too strong), and a heater. You can put the bamboo in the tank if you like, I’ve seen some cute asian landscapes using bamboo in aquariums, but a betta in a vase does not work.
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Because waste quickly builds up which also causes a bulid up in ammonia. That’s why getting a tank and filter helps out a lot.
When you have a betta in a bowl witout filtration, water changes should be done 3x a week just to keep the ammonia levels down which can become toxic to your fish.
And don’t worry its not lonely . Betta fish in the wild stake out their own territories and live alone and really dont prefer company. But if you wish to make it happier, maybe but it a decoration or two to hide in along with some plants.
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. Betta fish in the wild stake out their own territories and live alone and really dont prefer company. But if you wish to make it happier, maybe but it a decoration or two to hide in along with some plants.
