Betta Fish Bowl Size
Betta Fish Bowl Size
Betta fish Help is this bowl a good size ?
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I got him as a gift
Actually, no 
. People at Petsmart, PETCO, and Walmart tell shoppers that bettas thrive in bowls. This is actually not true. Bowls are too small, unless they are at least 2.5 gallons, which this bowl clearly isn’t.
This bowl will work for now. But please, please save up money (for the sake of your betta!) to buy this set-up:
2.5 gallon tank (it isn’t that expensive!) http://www.petco.com/product/12351/All-Glass-Aquarium-Mini-Bow-2-5-Gallon-Acrylic-Aquarium-Kit.aspx
that one includes a filter, which is why it is 26 dollars, but you can find one without a filter for much less!!! It’s not that bettas don’t need filters, they do, but the filter that comes with that tank is an undergravel filter and bettas hate those.
You MUST have at least a 2.5 gallon tank (so start saving up money now!) otherwise your betta will live a very stressful, cramped, and painfully short life.
The second most important thing is that you get your betta a heater. Get the most inexpensive, SMALL one that you can find. A heater with too many watts can overheat the tank. I know that people ALWAYS try to tell people that bettas can live without a heater. The fact is, bettas are tropical fish, and they need their temperature to be about 79 degrees F, plus or minus 1 degree, all-year-round. True, bettas can live for a short amount of time in colder temps, although they will be extremely lethargic and inactive. But what would happen when they get disease? Their immune system wouldn’t be strong enough )because it was too cold) to fight off the infection, and they would be goners for sure. And disease isn’t that uncommon! So you ABSOLUTELY NEED A HEATER!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/HEATER-Aquarium-Heater-Tanks-Gallons/dp/B0006JLPFE
This is a perfect one for a 2.5 gallon tank (Which is the size tank that you will be getting once you saved up enough.) So those are the two most important things.
The third most important thing is to get a filter. A SPONGE filter, one that is low-power, weak, and inexpensive. BETTAS HATE CURRENTS!!!! Undergravel filters, box filters, power filters, and canister filters WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE STRONG CURRENTS, and those types of filters are inexpensive anyways. Bettas don’t NEED filters, but without it, you must work THREE TIMES AS MUCH TO KEEP THE TANK CLEAN (no joke, I’m not exaggerating!) and your betta will live half of his potential life span. So really, you should get a filter. One like this one:http://www.aquariumguys.com/hydrosponge.html
It’s very cheap!
Good luck!
Here are some tips for continuing care:
Once you get the tank, don’t put the betta in right away (well obviously, there’s no water lol.) But even when there is water, which must be conditioned and dechlorinated (AmQuel+ is the best brand of dechlorinater) your tank isn’t ready quite yet. You need to install the heater, and the filter (this is VERY easy, I shouldn’t even say “install”, pretty much all you need to do is plug them in and put them in the tank.) And, you need to rinse the gravel and put that in (very easy!!) And then, you need to cycle the tank for a week. What cycling the tank is, pretty much (for a small tank like yours, which will be 2.5 gallons) is you run the filter, and the heater (which, btw, you never turn off) for a week. This builds up the biological filtration in your tank to eliminate harmful chemicals. To boost the biological filtration and make the cycling process go faster, use the product StressZyme. Oh, and by the way, another thing that you should put in water that goes into your tank is aquarium salt rock crystals. Follow the instructions on the packaging. These are good for prevention of disease and eliminating stress. For more info on how to prepare a tank and condition it, email me, or consult the website below.
Once the tank is cycled and conditioned, you may add your betta. I suggest you do that by pouring out a little bit of the water in your tank, pour in a little bit of water into your tank from the bowl where you betta currently is, and then put the betta in. You should also add NovAqua to your water to prevent stress.
Feed your betta 2 pellets twice a day. Supplement his diet with bloodworms. This is healthy for bettas to have a varied diet. Suppplement with brine shrimp, too, if you can. Remember to do a 30% water change weekly, and clean the sponge on the sponge filter weekly. Replace the sponge every 1-2 months, and when you do this, add StressZYme (more) to your water. Consult this website if you have questions. http://bettacare101.googlepages.com/
it will help you a lot. Please read through it!
good luck!!!
—fish guy
HOLD Sam: Orange Dragon Halfmoon Doubletail Betta Pair
. 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.
