I have a betta fish and I think his tank is to small, out of you people who have bettas how big are your tanks?
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bluegirl1417
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A 10 gallon tank should be big enough and you also put 2-3 small gouramies.
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A Betta can live in a very small bowl for long periods of time and indefinitely if you keep it's water fresh. If space is an issue, a one or two gallon container should be more than large enough to make your little fellow happy.
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Bettas are very hardy fish that can live in the sewers back where they come from. They would love a 10 gallon tank. and if you actually had a filter in it, they wouldn't know what to do with it. If you have a "plain jane" female, and you don't stir up the water too much. Your bettas will breed in fancy bubble nests they create at the surface of the water. So no power heads in the tank.
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Betta bowls are very small - like coffee cup size. They don't move around much. We had a betta (and other fish) in a 30-gallon tank, the betta would just hang out in one spot all the time and never move. It would literally lay on one of the plants in the tank so it didn't even have to swim to stay in place. Laziest thing I've ever seen.
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Mine is a 3 gallon tank
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I use a 2.5 gallon tank, but do water changes every other day
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dude its a betta fish dont worey
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bettas like close quarters!
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I keep my boy in a 10gallon tank. He loves it. I have it decked out with a few fake plants and a ship to hide in.
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iv had betas!dont now not much into the cheap fish n e morei found out a 10 gallon they like but to hard to get around conciedering their use to small 2.5 galoons @ the mos!but i had mine with tropical fish in a 10 gal. it was fine but alone to big!
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I have a 2.5 gal planted tank with Java Moss and a Java Fern it's heated at 78F and mildly filtered with a sponge filter. So far so good
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Well bigger is betta..rofl
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I've had mine in a one gallon fishbowl for over a year. I do frequent partial water changes and make sure the water stays clean. The fish is very happy with the way things are, he gets upset if there are any changes to his home.
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I think the rule of thumb for small fish like that tends to be one fish per gallon of water. Obviously, larger fish might require more tank, but something that size a gallon should be fine.
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For one male betta, a 3 gallon tank will keep him happy. Make sure the water is conditioned though!! Use a betta water conditioner that removes chlorine.
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I like to keep my betas in at least a one gallon tank. Here is a link to an article I wrote about keeping betas: http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Siamese-Fighting-Fish-As-A-Desktop-Pet I hope this is helpful to you! :) Suzanne
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I have a 1.5 gallon bowl for my betta. I've had him for almost 2 years. I change his water every 2 weeks pretty regularly, and he seems very happy. I also feed him 3x's a week.
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My tank is about 2 gallon and my beta seems to love his space p.s. NEVER PUT REAL PLANTS IN YOUR TANK AND NEVER EVER LET A PLANT DIE IN YOUR TANK YOUR FISH WILL EVENTUALLY DIE TOO.=C best of luck with your beta!
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about 1 gallon
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I haven't gotten a Betta yet, but I bought a tank and am setting it up. I bought a 10gal tank, because I figure in the wild he would have plenty of room to swim about and it just seemed wrong (to me at least) to put him in a tank that he couldn't swim and get plenty of exercise in. So, when I do get a Betta, he'll be living in a 10 gal tank with live plants for him to play in.
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bettas like small places so i say 1 to 3 gallons with some hidding places is good!
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My tank for my single betta is 30 Litres x I'd say a MINIMUM of 2.5 Gallons OR 5 Gallons to be better x
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gallons? betta? what are you americans saying?! I think your talking about japanese fighting fish (if not i look silly) i have seen then in tiny tanks and think thats a bit mean. I have a blue/purple fish who lives in a big tank (i'm not even going to try for how many gallons) about 4 foot long but she mainly hangs out it the gap between the filter and heater.
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I have several sizes, females can usually be kept together with lots of plants, you will end up with an alpha betta, but it has to be a large tank, mine is 3ft long. The males have various sizes tanks too, most hold around 3-4 litres of water, to as little as 1.5 litres. They do get bored so more space is desirable a little plant will make them so much happier.
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A scientific study was done comparing life-spans of Bettas kept in the cruel containers that you see in the pet shops, and five gallon aquariums (the largest such study ever). They found that the unethical containers cut their life-span in half! In the tiny containers, they averaged three years. In a five gallon aquarium, six years. Some even lived to seven and eight years. Naturally, they didn't have strong currents in the five gallon tanks, and had some hiding places, plants, etc. The temperature was kept in the 78 - 82 degree range that they do best in. They are not sure whether it is purely boredom in the small containers, or a lack of exercise causing fatty liver problems. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Pet shops would be happy their life-span is shortened as it allows them to sell twice as many. What size tank you keep him in depends on your level of ethics.
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