This item includes a 1.5 gallon bowl.

Keep this bowl away from sources of hot and cold air such as heaters, heater vents, cold or sunny windows, drafts, air conditioner vents, etc. It’s is important that this bowl be kept cool at about 65 to 75 degrees F. Put it in a place away from extremes of hot and cold.

When you go to a pet store, you’ll find rows of small bowls, each containing one colorful fish. These are male Siamese fighting fish (more properly known as a betta) and the way you find them in the pet store is essentially how they should be kept.

Betta fish´s can be kept in small containers because they are able to breathe air, like humans, as well as water. Keep the water between 70 and 80 degrees, and don’t let the temperature change too quickly. Keep the bowl away from appliances that produce a lot of heat.

IMPORTANT BETTA FISH CARE: Only ONE betta per bowl! They’re called “fighting fish” for a reason. They are highly territorial animals and will react violently if two are placed in the same container. You can see the preliminary phase of their fighting, the threat display, if you put a mirror up against the bowl. Notice the raised gill covers, which makes the betta look bigger.

Change the water in the bowl when it starts to look cloudy, about once a week. Let the water age at least 24 hours, to release some of the chemicals. After transfering the betta to a container (with either the old water or the water you’re going to use) clean the bowl with mild soap, and rinse thoroughly. Also rinse any decorations (rocks, shells, plastic plants, etc.) before filling the bowl with the aged water, and releasing your Siamese fighting fish.

The pet store where you bought your betta will have food as well, probably freeze-dried blood worms. Feed your Siamese fighting fish two or three times a day, only what he will eat in a few minutes. Overfeeding will make the water cloud faster, and your betta will be more likely to get ill.

One last note: pet stores usually don’t carry female bettas, because they tend to be less colorful and showy than the males. Also, people are usually just looking for a nice pet, not a breeding hobby. If this is your intention, then I suggest doing some serious research before you start!

The hardest thing about having a beautiful betta fish tank is the set up. Which isn’t hard to do! You will find yourself with a beautiful betta fish tank that is easy to maintain.

You will now have a beautiful decorative betta fish tank to place as a centerpiece or to use as decoration around the house. You can also use them to decorate at parties and then let them go home with guests who are interested in keeping them. You should feed them according to the directions. Once a week, stir up the rocks on the bottom, being careful of your fish. Gently dump off about half the water. Add fresh water conditioner and then fill it back up. Make sure to leave about 1 – 1.5 inches of room between the water line and the neck of the tank. Once a month, gently scoop up your fish and do a complete water change. It is as simple as that and adds beauty to your home.

Betta Fish Care: Recommended Diet.

BettaMin™ Floating Flake Food and Delecta™ Freeze Dried Blood Worms both made by Tetra™ and available in most pet stores and Wal-Mart Stores. We also feed the fish in our fish bowls a few live Black Worms three days a week and occasionally some live or frozen brine shrimp. A little bit of live food is very good, but too much seems to cause problems.

Pellet food for bettas, like TopFin’s Betta Bits or Hikari’s betta pellet food, is touted as being the most nutritious and well-balanced diet for bettas and even enhances their color, but too much of a good thing might do some harm. It’s okay to feed a betta 3-4 pellets twice a day, or 4-5 pellets once a day (more or less, according to the instructions on the package). Special care abput constipation or swim bladder disorder.

I feed all the inhabitants of my fish bowls a few Black Worms every other day.

It’s important to supplement with other types of food, cecause betta fish tend to eat a lot of one kind of food, including: Freeze-dried foods, Freeze-dried brine shrimp and bloodworms are an easy and quick way to vary the betta’s diet. And a container can last a very long time.

Betta Fish Care: Compatibility.

You can add an African Dwarf Frog, but it will need to eat live food such as live Black Worms at least three times a week.

Betta Fish Care: Why Does This Fish Bowl Kit Work?

Several visitors to this site have sent us Feedback saying that they were worried that one Betta and two Aquatic Snails are too many animals in one bowl. We appreciate their concern for these animals, and it might seem like too many animals. But the crucial test is to actually try it, and we have tried it many many times. It works. Why?

Betta Fish Care: We know that one small goldfish will not do well in a fish bowl, so we don’t recommend putting goldfish in bowls. It took us a long time to find the unique combination of this large bowl with the right amount of cultured gravel, food, and animals that fit together and do very well together.

This isn’t just a “first thing I thought of” combination that might work. It’s the pieces of a puzzle that finally fitted together to produce a combination that does work.

 

Betta Fish Care: Cautionary Comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A couple of good folks have sent comments saying that they took this plan for this kit, then went out and “bought all the parts and put it together, but it doesn’t seem to be working.” We checked and found out they had gravel but not cultured gravel, or they couldn’t find any Aquatic Snails.

The cultured gravel and the Aquatic Snails are essential, and this combination doesn’t work well without them. We’ll be glad to ship you the cultured gravel and the Aquatic Snails, or the entire kit, and anything else you need. But please for sake of the animals do the entire plan, or it may not work.

Betta Fish Care: Size and Life Span. Most of these animals can live for 2 to 3 years in this fish bowl.

Betta Fish Care:

Plant Care. Do not use any plants except the natural water plants that are not toxic to the fish. The plants’ roots grow down into the water and absorbs small amounts of waste produced by the betta fish. The plant also produces oxygen into the air. If the plants’ root grows too large or becomes brown and soggy, you may cut them back. If the plant becomes too massive at the top (leaves) you may separate the plant and plant that part of the plant that is not being used. One of the best water plant to use is the Chinese Evergreen, it tolerates very low lighting and it’s a hydroponic plant. Note: Our plants have been preconditioned, this procedure prepares the plant’s roots for aquatic adaptation.