Betta Fish Care Instructions
Betta Fish Care Instructions
Can Bettas accept tank change easily, and have vacation food?
I rescued this sweet Betta “Swishy” from his 1″ of water at Walmart, about a year ago. He has been living in a approximately 10″ round bowl since then, with rock and plastic plant. He gets lots of attention and is very responsive. Because of his small environment, I monitor his water conditions daily, etc. We are going on vacation for 10 days, and I am afraid to leave him in the hands of the pet sitter, who may not take enough care of him. I am wondering if I should get him a tank with heater and filter, or will this big a change, freak him out? Also, is there such a thing as vacation food for a Betta? We went away for 4 nights a few months ago and it took me a month to get him eating properly again. The pet sitter, like so many people – “he is just a fish” mentality, I guess – didn’t put any thought into how she fed him, in spite of all the instructions that I left. Betta owners, any experience with this? Thanks!
Hello! You are right to worry about a sitter, in my experience if they have never owned a fish, they WILL overfeed. I lost one of my boys to this, best friend massively over fed them : ( lost one and ended up with fin rot and dropsy in the other two.
Definitely get him the tank though, it’ll make heating him easir and cut down on stressful water changes. They have a light bio load, so putting him in there alone while it cycles should be fine.
I have a 5 gallon hex for one of my males, it’s perfect. The flows not too strong, more of a bubbling so he’s not stressed. I’m able to keep his temp 78-80 degrees so he’s nice and warm. This way the water quality stays impeccable
As for the vacation feeders, they are available but I would never put one in an unfiltered tank. They break down and add waste to the tanks water and funk up the ph level, and with you gone and not monitoring it the water quality will drop. In the heated and filtered tank, it should be fine, just make sure to check quality and perform a water change when you return.
Best of Luck!
How to take care of your beta fish
