What size tank you should get for your betta
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The Betta Fish should be placed in a jar no smaller than 1/2 gallon. Preferably 1 gallon. Anything smaller than 1/2 gallon does not give them sufficient living space. And their waste and uneaten food will deteriorate the water conditions rapidly in a small container.
Don’t let your Local Pet Store (LPS) tell you that a Betta can live in 3 ounces of water like they keep them in the LPS. The LPS often mentions a Bettas natural habitat the Rice Paddies are small. Which is totally incorrect. Rice Paddies are “huge”, with gallons and gallons of water. Bettas do not live in 3 ounces of water in the wild. See Pic of Rice Paddy. Learn more about how Rice Paddies are built (click here).
Note: Don’t be afraid to put your Betta in a 5 gallon tank. They’ll love it.
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April 29th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
i put my fish in a 5 gallon tank and it died as soon as i put in there
April 29th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
meme: Betta fish are really tough fish, your’s should have been able to survive a simple tank change. One thing I can think of is that maybe there was somekind of chemical that accidently found it way into the tank. Did you happen to spray air freshener in the room over the tank?
July 15th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Thanks for all your tips! I just got my betta yesterday & he’s so gorgeous & I love him so much! ^_^
December 30th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Dude, LPS really stink. PetCo has great selection, but still 3 ounces. Tut-tut.:(
October 19th, 2009 at 4:30 am
weird
April 15th, 2010 at 10:39 am
mine is in a 1 gallon bowl
May 2nd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
The tank I use for my betta is one gallon.
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:28 pm
my fish are in a1\2 gallon tank
June 13th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
i have my betta in a 20 gallon tank and we just put him in it yesterday and he seems to love it so far he is cheakin thigs out and swimming all around the tank i take that as a good thing
June 13th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
i would like to put more fishin his tank some more tropical fish if i can but u are not suppose to put him w another fish
June 19th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
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February 22nd, 2011 at 5:22 am
It is really all up to the betta, no joke! Both Carmichael and Daemon went threw a huge depression when I put them in a huge tank, they wouldn’t eat or play or anything. (Of course they wheren’t in there at the same time. lol) I had to get two one gallen tanks. They both love them. Daemon is more active. and Carmichael has been in a one gallon tank since i got him except for the one week I had him in the 5 gallon. Had Carmichael 1 1/2 years, and Daemon about a week or two. =)
October 1st, 2011 at 2:54 am
i have mine in a 20 litre tank (thats a little more than 5 gallons)