| Betta fishes live for approximately 2 to 5 years. The | | | | betta fish will most likely not be able to eat, will get ill |
| Fishes that are sold in pet stores are generally adults, | | | | or have many other troubles. |
| so they have the fine lengthy fins, but that also | | | | If the outside temperature is hotter than 80 |
| shows that they are by now a year old. That shows | | | | degrees, don't be troubled about trying to keep the |
| that if your betta fish lives for more than 2-3 years | | | | betta cool. They will be contented in the higher |
| after you purchase it, it's a fine, long-lived fish. | | | | temperatures, but you must keep an eye as hotter |
| The foods for bettas have a tendency to be more | | | | temperatures will also make the water stinking faster |
| of a meat diet as compared to other fishes. A | | | | and sicknesses that had been hole up might |
| number of fishes are very particular about what they | | | | unexpectedly have an effect on the fish. |
| will or won't consume. It's totally special with every | | | | Betta fishes are fish that initially came from very hot |
| fish, although, and depends a great deal on what | | | | regions of Asia. They get raised in still water where |
| they were initially lived with. Most bettas will | | | | rice and other plants grew. To become accustomed |
| involuntarily be stuck on and consume all types of live | | | | to this inactive water with low-oxygen content, they |
| food, brine shrimp, tubiflex worms, black worms, | | | | developed a particular organ called a "labyrinth organ" |
| mosquito larvae, daphina, etc. But the majority of the | | | | that performs action something like a mammal's lung. |
| people don't like or aren't capable of keeping the live | | | | In this case the fish goes to the upper surface of |
| food around always, so dry foods are developed for | | | | the water, takes in a lungful of air, and then the |
| the fish. You can get pellets and special flakes for | | | | organ lets them to process the oxygen from the air, |
| bettas from your nearby pet shop. However be | | | | instead of an ordinary fish that obtains the oxygen |
| aware that if your fish hasn't eaten them earlier it | | | | from the water through its gills. And only because of |
| might take some time for him to develop a taste to | | | | this unusual capability of bettas, they can be placed in |
| them or even to begin eating them. One more kind | | | | small jars and enclosures and can live in it. They don't |
| of dried food is the freeze-dried foods like | | | | have the need of the movement of the water and |
| bloodworms, brine shrimp, worms, etc. You can also | | | | the quantity of water like other fish. |
| train your betta fish to eat normal flake food that | | | | Though, that doesn't signify that they're happy fish |
| you feed the rest of your aquarium fishes and | | | | when placed in the small jars. They are usually very |
| exchange that with the live foods. | | | | happy fish in bigger containers, and a small bowl or |
| A betta fish's home must be like their natural habitat | | | | jar must only be a provisional tank for a betta fish. |
| to make your fish a happy fish and live. The rice | | | | Mainly one gallon of water is an excellent size to |
| paddy region is exceptionally hot and humid, with | | | | place a Betta fish with water changes in two weeks. |
| ordinary waters in the 80-85 deg F range, and very | | | | If you don't keep your fish in that much water then |
| moist air. In the U.S., the atmosphere doesn't usually | | | | you might face two types of problems i.e. the water |
| come close to matching that atmosphere, and the | | | | will become polluted very and the fish can't swim in it. |
| fish have been bred for years and years to cope up | | | | If you don't possess an aquarium, you can use a |
| with various weather conditions, so that they can | | | | plastic or glass 1 gal goldfish bowl as the initial |
| also stay alive in room temperature water, but they | | | | container for a betta fish. |
| will be much more contented and healthier in warmer | | | | While changing the water, it is a great idea to acquire |
| water. | | | | some water conditioner to get rid of the chlorine and |
| A most suitable temperature for a betta fish is 78-80 | | | | some "stress coat" formula to help out to keep the |
| degrees Fahrenheit. Not much hotter than that, as | | | | fish healthy. Be alert to match both the |
| the outside temperature doesn't match. And they are | | | | temperatures, as in that way the betta fish doesn't |
| also fine generally down to 72 degrees. But if the | | | | get disturbed. |
| room temperature gets much lower than that, the | | | | |