Hi I have a cup with one male betta and 3 tiger barb with monthly water cha I have a Betta fish in a 3 gallon tank with a filter, how often should I change the water? How do I transfer a betta fish from a cup into a tank. Is it ok just to net They come up for air that is probably why they survive for so long. AL10 : Man, I think that we should make a petition thing to make it ilegal, is that possible?
We should do that! Imagine the poor fish :. AL10 : I wonder if we should all get together with local. Fish and aquariums are marketed based on looks and NOT the joy of creating a healthy environment. I could hand out stuff the next time I go to my LFS.
I wish all pet stores could be like that. AL10 : Yup, my lfs only has like 5 or 6 in stoxk at one time because they keep them in filtered tank. Jelly belly : there is a petition out there! Elise A. Your toxic test numbers make me cringe. Wish we could bring them all home. My Betta also improved in color after removing him from his plastic prison it seems over night in his big tank. I would never buy one of the cup fish because although it is pitiful seeing them in there, by buying them it means the shops will keep getting more and putting them in the cups, only when people stop buying fish kept in these conditions will the shops stop supplying them.
KittensandFish : I just got a betta yesterday, I have owned fish before but never a betta. We got him in one of the tiny petco bowls :. So, he seems to be doing a lot better after we transferred him. I want to make sure I am taking care of him properly though, how many times a week should I clean his tank? It has a small filter. I asked about that once, they said it was a conditioner that they use.
Who knows if that's true. Congrats on the betta, they are cool. It is an antiseptic agent. Bettas kept in little cups like that are very susceptible to fin rot and other infections fungal and bacterial , and the blue stuff keeps them alive longer.
The alternative is that the stores not stock dozens or hundreds of bettas at a time, and keep them in filtered tanks in some manner or another, but then the stores wouldn't have dozens or hundreds of bettas to spur impulse buys.
So they go the cheapest route they can to sell the largest number of bettas, and if this ends up with the majority of them dead, as long as the chains make a profit at the end of the day, they're happy. And I am surprised to hear of a Petco that takes care of their bettas. Most Petcos have the "Bettas live in mud puddles" propaganda all over their fish section and stock dozens of bettas in the little cups. I have actually told Petco that I will not buy from them ever again until they start caring for their bettas I got a really bad form letter telling me that I'm wrong and that bettas are perfectly happy living in a pint of water.
Click to expand I was wondering about the blue water, when I bought my betta he wasn't in blue water. One thing I have seen is a lfs that sells bettas going in there diff times of the day that they actually change the water 2 times a day in their cups, really surprising and the bettas looked really healthy, in fact there was a couple who had bubble nest started.
I don't reccomend the cups, but for that fish store they were the best quality I have ever seen in a fishstore betta. I was in my local Petco the other day and was surprised to see that they had some HalfMoon's and Delta's. I've never seen anything other than standard veil tail? Sadly though, most were dead or on their last leg.
It was really appalling! But Thursday I was at a PetSmart and a group of rowdy boys around 16 years old wanted to by two male Betta's. The young girl refused to sell them the Betta's saying that she wasn't allowed to sell fish to minors. When they told her they had bought fish there before, she said that she refused to sell them the Betta's because they just wanted to see them fight. I liked that girl! That employee deserves an award! My Peto and Petsmart always has crowntails and halfmoons That's why I can't go there lol That employee should be given 'employee of the year' award!
Yea usually they would be happy to sell two fish even if the are bettas. They don't ever seem to care. I believe the blue in the water is Meth.
Sounds right. Sometimes when you have a betta shipped in if they feel the shipment may take a bit more than overnight they will put a drop or two in the water to help prevent any disease process that may tend to try to crop up in the bags. I put my favorite bracelet around the top of his tank i love him so much. But he has this weird kinda discolored bump on his top fin. It doesn't seem to be disrupting his swimming or anything I've never encountered some thing like that, sorry.
Hope Sharky gets better! I am going to get another beta fish soon and i am super exited! Hi everyone.
Havent been on for a while and I cant believe I even have to write this but: Sharkey was doing splendid and then two nights ago he started acting super super weird. He acted like he was super meth'd out or something. He was a nervous wreck.
I have no idea at all what the heck happened. So yesterday I put him back into his 1gal bowl to give him security but then I noticed below his eyes by nose, the scales were scraped off and it was like raw bloody looking and he had scraped some off his back too.
I dont know what the heck is his deal but I will tell you I am truly not going to go thru an era of him being sick again. He wants his water very warm, 80, so i constantly am worrying about keeping the heating pad on most of the night, and i keep the pooh and debris off the bottom. I was told dont feed him and then I just have , as long as he eats it right away and I feel like maybe eating will calm him down also. He does not have the ick for sure, does anyone else have any ideas.
I know I know he needs mental accessment. He acts buck crazy right now. She keeps swimming up to the top of the tank and opening her mouth so i drop some food in there but she juts swims away. Is it normal to have your new betta not eat?
It's only been 1 day since i got her and she hasn't eat a bit. Should i be worried? Neither one of my bettas makes bubble nests. I have a male betta fish and I was wondering why he doesn't make a bubble nests can someone please answer my question. Dixie: Warning! One of my betas passed away from Dropsy, which is incurable, and started to show that kind of symptom.
I had a betta fish that was fine as long as the other fish didn't bully him. Goldfish tend to be bully's i have noticed I give Sharkey one pellet around noon, when the cat and mom have lunch. The thing about the food is that if they spit it out and when they pooh it goes to the bottom and if not discarded soon they both become poisonous and will make the fish sick within a day or so.
Mine was teeny tiny when we got him, it took him mths to get bigger and feel braver in a 3gal moon shaped tank. I feel alot depends on the fish, they seem to be alot like people in the way that they are all different.
Its so sad isnt it?? I feel like i should be carrying him with me everywhere, they really want your attention dont they?? I have convinced? So here i am explaining to my cat how much more the fish's life is than even hers M betta fish has started acting funny. He doesn't swim as much and sits on his heater all the time. The thermometer says He seems to go a time where he likes his food to not liking it and refusing to eat. Is something wrong with him? Somedays just go by and I dont get online.
I love my Sharkey I feel bad that he cant like sit next to me on my couch ya know??? He always wants me to pay attention to him That is one thing you have to watch They want to eat all the time, like little kids But I have the pellets and I will give him one, only one when I get up and feed the cat and I get my cereal. I also bought dried bloodworms which is good for their color and health, but I only give him a few strands every couple days.
I had bought a turkey baster during november to suck stuff up from the bottom. I couldnt think of anything else to use and since then I have seen other people talk of using them also. But everyday I check the bottom for food they drop or pooh Plus the water being cool made him get the ICK also. Did you read that I keep a heating pad around his tank to keep it warm and I also cover him at night with a blanket to keep him warm and let him know its night night time. I know I am weird but hey my kids grew up and dont need me anymore so i had to find other things to take care of.
Thanks for writing Kathleen. Victoria- are you still active on this site? I had to register and tell you how insightful, cute and touching your insights were to owning a betta fish. Thank you for your sweet, humble and sincere remarks about owning to to being a pet owner, and the sublime joys of owning a little finned fish. MIKE what is a Corydora???? Man that is alot of work for real.
The way you described how they got along after 10 min reminds me of two 3rd grade boys standing off to each other and then become friends instead right???? Let me know ok? I have noticed in the last week that Sharkey is kinda marking his spot by his bonsai tree, fake, he poops right by it. I was told by many fish owners that you always turn the light off at the same time every night. Since he is in the living room with me, so i cover him with a pretty towel, also helps keep him warm since I cannot live without a fan running, winter or not.
But the petstore also told me to make sure they are accustomed to the ritual of knowing the diff between day and night. Think where they came from they were outside and had day and night. It also gives them the time to be calm, de-stress and just chill which is healthy for us all right??? What a woosie I am huh? But it is NOT good to feed them alot. I have read many reports about overfeeding them. He gets one pellet late afternoon and then I give him strings of dried bloodworms.
The reason I give him those also right now is to help build back up his strength and color that he lost when sick. Just in the last week he started with the bubbles but he did do them throughout the time when he is covered and the water is a bit cooler at night. I read too that they make them not only for the babies but when they are happy.
Once a week I clean the whole tank, put him in a small coffee pot from a machine, the glass ones My son told me you have to be careful NOT to take out all of their water. It has some of their "essence" ya know??? Their good bacteria and etc.
I clean the rocks, the fake plant, the heater, the filter and the tank. It is sooooo pretty and shiny when all cleaned. So he goes to every thing in the tank to check it out, many times I move things around and he has to investigate everything. Hes funny. MIKE, do you mean by an aerator like a filter??? Mine has both. It took me a while to get him use to me, have had him since Aug. Some can be kinda skittish I guess, mine is but after I feed him or do something nice for him i just kinda reach in and give him a couple touches back by the fins.
I hadnt ever read anything about whether it was good exercise to let them flare up or not. I did think though it could make them either aggressive, scared or stressed. So I dont do it. But ever notice everybody?? Mine just stares at himself, I dont know if he knows its him or not. I broke my thermometer but it was funny one day, he was copying what I do, I always would bend down and look at the temp so I caught him just staring at the thermometer one day for quite a long time.
He was probably wondering: what the heck is the big deal with this thing anyways? I love my betta fish cc I've had him for 6 months and he has such a outgoing personality I change his aquarium every three weeks and I give him blood worms twice a week and I skip one day of not feeding him because I heard it's good for their digestion I love my betta I hope he lives a long and happy life.
Mary Jo, you say you wanted to buy all the fish at WalMart, well girl I am with you. I go to Pet Smart and there they all were, sad looking in a rather darkish area , so sad, especially the dead one floating nose up If i had tons more room I would buy a bunch of them and find some where to put them all.
It is tooooo sad for me. Sierra lone wolf, sounds like your fish definitly is sick. When my fish was recently sick, i swear he got like a chemical burn from trying to kill the ICK and then theres the fungal disease in the water, then the conditioner Two days later he was looking at me like I feel so much better.
If your fish has little white spots, look like someone salted him, thats ICK, its mainly a water problem. So everyday now i just check the bottom for pooh. I did have those colored shiny stones but they got really slimy very quickly. I ended up using straight bottled spring water. YES Mya they will. I am giving my Sharkey, dried bloodworms every other day. Just like 4 strings. He loves them. He is such an aggressive eater. He attacks it like a kid that loves cake.
Lana: i saw now that bettas are like people. Now I do have a light on the side of the tank, a night light bulb, then a lamp on the other side and at night I will use the bubble rock that came with tank, since he doesnt like the bubbles, and put it on top of his glass top shining down on just one section of the tank, and he seems to like that.
Its fun for me to watch it anyways He has a in high japanese plastic bonsai tree that he hides under , i bought a live plant and it died in two days and was a real waste of money. First I would like to ask how do we comment back to someone elses question????? Ok I know Jain said his fish died. I am sorry that is sad. Izzy, I had someone pour all the fish food pellets in my tank also. I couldnt believe it. I had just gotten a 30 gallon tank from my son and wanted to create like a stream like where they came from.
So i only added like foot and half high of water, and put colored stones and natural shells all along the bottom, it was beautiful. I put him in, he was in there happy as ever, swimming llike an Olympic, and I was in the other room and my neighbors 11yr old granddaughter poured alllllllll full container of pellets in. He died and I cried and he got 7hrs of bliss in his big tank I put him in a freezer bag and sealed box for months.
Seriously, when your children grow up and you are alone with your pets, they are your kids hahahaha I have a new guy now and after 6mths of him being sick and me trying to figure out the water situation he is finally a HERO. I found that the immersible heaters do not get the water near warm enough for a 3gallon tank at all. I , seriously again, have a heating pad with a blue cover over it and it is wrapped around the rounded part of his half moon tank.
I also like my room cool, so I suppose that doesnt help, but those heaters are not the best. Funny tho, I had another betta and he didnt mind the cooler water.
I suppose they are just like we are, everyone is different. Good luck everyone with their fish. I wish I could load up a pic but I lost my usb for camera and cant get a new one due to it being older.
Oh well, there are worse things in life right??? Well this is an update on my male betta, Sharkey, who was so sick since Aug. After having him in the bedroom for a good month, I cleaned his whole tank one night and the next morn found him within seconds of dying.
Had his face in the corner on top of water. I moved him and he sank and tried to swim but couldnt. I freaked out completely. So I put him in my hand and rubbed his belly and blew air in his mouth, seriously, I did this. Put him in a small bowl of fairly cool water to try and shock him back to life. I had this real experience in life and it worked for me. I cried and went in the other room for a good hour. Went back in and I am serious he was swimming around. I couldnt believe it, there is a God for Fish too!!!!!!
I realized he had been chemically burnt by all the different products I was using as told to by petstore people. I tested in crystal glasses all the different ways I was using tap water, bottled water etc I found that straight bottled spring water was the clearest and full of air which is good not only for humans but the fish also. He is now making bubble nests in the corners. I bought him some dried bloodworms to help make him strong.
I am so happy and cant believe what we have been thru together. He is back out in the living room with me now. He loves me. Happy Ending, Thank God. Oh yeah! He also makes bubbles and has white slimy stuff in tank I read this is normal ,I am glad I came across this website ,I see Bella is very happy and hope he lives as long as possible.. I taped a pic if me and my boyfriend Max on the back of his bowl I think he likes that alot!!!!!!
Well I just read alot if comments on Betas ,I have a beautiful male named Bella.. I thought it was a female. Anyway he wiggles when I call his name his little pec fins go a mile a minute and just loves me,he does a little jump when I feed him ,I think love and attention is what they need ,not just ignored in the corner somewhere,whatever room I go in he comes along or I feel bad that he is alone.
I have 3 beta. I've got three male bettas in three separate containers. One is a small plastic betta tank with an air pump, the other two are glass with no air pumps. The two glass tanks always have a film on the top of the water! I add back clean room temperature water. After a day or two the greasy looking film has returned! My Betta has become accustomed to jumping up and eating pellets off of my finger and he can usually get it in one try. But today after three tries he still didn't get it, and on his fourth jump he actually latched onto my finger and didn't let go for a second.
Anyone else experience this? I'm able to get my betta Black Dragon Pekka to live peacefully most of the time with other fishes in a community tank. The trick is to have ample space and enough coverage for other fishes. The thing is I want them to have baby's and I heard they fight what do I do? To tell you all the truth it depends on the fish some kill some love other fish.
I have a two blue Betta's and one is a girl and one is a boy. I have a male crown tail Betta and i also have a gold fish and a snail and at first the gold fish was hiding a lot but after two days there were perfectly fine with each other in a 10 gallon tank but today i took the betta out of the tank because he kept hiding inside a shell and was not eating or swimming that much so it all depends on the beta.
I have had this male betta since august and since october he has been sick. He had those white spots so I thought ICK And here it is Jan and still looking sick.
Theres all this white stuff floating around like tiny skinny ghosts. Ok now petstore says thats fungal due to water. I put him in my bedroom where i have the heat cranked to 8o. He did not like the cooler temp and thats when he got sick. He still doesnt look very pretty, but he seems happy and has been growing.
Its driving me crazy. I use to have a filter even and that didnt keep him from getting sick. Maybe hes got the real warrior colors going on. I feel bad leaving him in the other room, so the tv is on, and my cat sleeps by him. Does the snail help???? I put a real plant in and it crapped the water up. Cindi, distilled water though may seem best is not.
Fish can't get natural minerals out of distilled water. Also think about getting a heater with a thermostat. Just because your room is 70 does not mean the water is. Bettas like about I gave it beta medicine I got at the pet store what can i do to help him with this bacteria it looks like on his scales. I keep his bowl clean and use distilled water only with water beta conditioner in it what am i doing wrong?
Hello, I've had my Betta for four days now. The first two he was in a little fish bowl, and then I upgraded him into a beautiful, and expensive, 5 gallon all glass tank.
There would be no problem except for the fact he can see his reflection everywhere and for the last two days he hasn't stopped flaring his gills and fanning out his fins. I know this is a healthy thing for them to do, but if he doesn't figure out thats just his reflection soon if he going to give himself a heart attack or something?
It can't be good for him to be constantly aggressive. Also, if there any other kinds of fish they CAN live with? The tank is in my daughters room, I got her it for Christmas! It's a small tank 5gal jus the beta some fake plants and a pineapple house and bubbles lol! I also read that real plants are good for them too! I thought maybe a algae eater would be great for the tank!!! Because she seems to "over feed" him! She only feeds him once but she may be giving him too much Thanks for the information!!
Lanna, there are actually a fair amount of fish that can be added to a betta tank. When you go to a pet store tell them you have a betta tank and want community fish to go with. Schooling fish seem best as they are more interested in each other then your betta most of the time. Because bettas can be very taritorial I suggest safely removing your betta into a bowl of tank water. After going through the process of intro dintroducing the new fish to your tank let theme in there for a bit to get used to there home.
Than add your betta back to the tank. You must watch them very carefully and be ready to remove the betta. Some people don't know bettas can still be hurt by little fish in the way of hurting tails and fins. Also watch to make sure your betta don't attack. Try small and light colored fish bright fish can be mistaken as another betta.
Thx Izzy I wish I could post pics on here This beta is super friendly, I can put my finger on the tank and he comes right up and let's me touch him!!! My question was in my first post, and was wondering if there are any other fish that would get along with the beta, I have a 5 gallon tank as well!!
After reading a few comments I just wanted to share I have a 5. He lives with currently 4 schooling fish. This means those 4 stay together and are the same kind of fish. I also have a snale to help keep my tank clean. I have a bubbler and my betta had claimed it as his. And by saying that he will go towards the other fish if they go inside it and he is in it. But has never hurt them. From my experience two or three females can be in a 7 gallon tank and be ok.
The problem arises with multiple males. With the correct fish you can have a 70 gallon tank 1 male betta and 50 schooling fish that are organized as community fish. Do not put other fighting fish in there such as angel fish.
That does not mean you can't but you rUn a high risk of death and injury. Izzy, the difference between male and female is their fins Sounds like to me u have a male bc of the fun is beautiful am I correct. I thought this website was to help people and give suggestions! No one has helped me so I thought I would help you Izzy!! Good luck with this one!! They are pretty simple to keep alive!!!
We recently just bought a few extra things to go in the tank for him and he loves the plant we put in the tank!!! They also need something to hide in, but ours does seem to like to hide, as soon as you walk up to the tank he comes right to the window!! He loves it!! My next thing is to get him a friend and get him the mirror and then start training him to eat from that spoon!!!
And doing research does help Good luck!!!! Cathrine, stop telling everyone to "do research" and belittling them. Why do you think they're on this website in the first place? Go bettas! My roommate brought home a beautiful blue and red betta a few months ago, I have been its main care taker since. Feeling bad I went out purchased a much bigger crib for him complete with filter, heater, LED lighting, silk plants and colorful gravel.
He now has gone from lethargic and just sitting there to actively swimming all over, building a bubble nest and living on my nightstand rather than the kitchen counter. He even has tank mates, 4 Assassin Snails and a corydora I call Cory.
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