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Betta Fish Care

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Before buying any animal including fish do your research! I am only giving a specific care guide to freshwater Betta fish. Bare minimum tank size for 1 Betta fish is a 2.5 gallon tank, but it is best to get a 3-10 gallon aquarium. You can only have tank mates in a 10 gallon plus. Tank mate options are small community fish such as corydora catfish, small snails, and livebearers. It is possible to do a sorority (mutable females housed together) in a 10-40 gallon plus. I have succesfully housed up to 10 female bettas in a 10 gallon as a breeding sorority but I only recommend if you have past experience with sororities. 3-5 is recommended. Male and Male bettas can never be housed together but a male betta can be in a sorority. Make sure you have separate back up tanks for each betta just in case there is a bully. The sorority tank must be heavily live planted with LOTS of hiding places. Feed your betta once a day fasting one day a week. Feed a variety of brands of tropical fish flakes and betta food, live bloodworms, baby mealworms, brine shrimp, mosquito larva, microworms, brine shrimp, daphnia, and earthworms. A betta fish needs 12 hours of light a day and 12 hours or darkness. Preform a 25% water change once a week. Betta fish are tropical so they are going to need an aquarium heater.  There water temp should be 79 degrees Fahrenheit. Test your Bettas aquarium water every 7-14 days for Ammonia, pH, Alkalinity, Nitrite, Nitrate, Phosphate, and an original test for water Hardness. Only buy your fish from a trusted breeder as pet shops have sick and inbred fish. For even more betta care information or if ou want to buy a betta or aquatic plants click here.

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:26-28 

 

I am not a vet and am only giving information from my personal experience and research.This is not intended to replace professional veterinary and/or medical advice. I disclaim all liability in connection with the use of these products and/or information

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