more on betta fish

Betta fish are interesting fish, they develop personalities, some Betta fish will live in a community tank better than others. No Betta fish will live peacefully with all fish. The kink of fish you can keep all depends on the temperament of your betta fish. Betta fish will live with Cory cats, neon tetras, guppies, cat fish, and other larger, peaceful fish.

Everything you need can be purchased for under 25 dollars (you may want to spend more to get the best for your betta). Many betta’s will live for 5 years if taken care of properly. When feeding betta fish be careful, they can be picky and swallow it, only to spit it out again. Most will be happy with blood worms ( Dried mosquito larva ) and I have never seen a fish that doesn’t eat live Brine Shrimp. make sure to get an emergency fish kit with extra food and many different kinds of medicine. I have one betta (a metallic blue male withe red fins named Pete) fish that is thriving. Betta fish are also very smart and are able to do tricks with proper training. They come in a variety of colors from white to blue to red. The one down side to bettas, is that the water needs regular changes, but if you feed them carefully, the water will only need to be changed 3 times a month in a larger tank. If it is cloudy it should be changed.

Many betta tanks come with food, but always check just in case it doesn’t. Betta fish are interested about everything and love watching things outside of the tank, mainly you, so put the tank in a high traffic area of your house with plenty of things to watch. Put lots of decorations in the tank. Betas love decorations. Be careful where you buy your fish from. Many pet stores have betta fish, but two stores I recommend are Total Pet and Pet land, Pet land requires you to sign a form saying that you will not abuse it, or leave it in a pet shelter and where would it go if you whent away from the house. Betta fish need caves or they will feel lonely and stay at the corners of the tank. Put a small cave made of shells or a pot in the tank. Don’t worry that you may never see your fish again, they will still come out, in fact they will probably come out more because they aren’t nervous from lack of shelter. A warning for beta fish owners: beta fish will kill other fish. Females are not as aggressive as the males but will still kill other fish. Snails in a betta fish tank are a bad idea they may eat waste and uneaten food, but they do have babies wich will over populate the tank and choke the betta for O2 (they get half of there O2 from the water) . I used to have about 50 snails , all from a pair of large pet store variety. If you want a female for any number of reasons, just ask the pet store, but the females have short stubby fins and aren’t as brightly
colored, but are still very pretty, and will cost less than the male.