| Is it mean to keep a fish in a Betta bowl? Well | | | | are reasonably hearty, but are not built to deal |
| that depends. In a bowl, Betta fish are in a much | | | | with radical changes in their environment. It |
| smaller environment than they are in the wild. | | | | doesn't take much to keep your fish safe, and |
| When you keep a dog in a house, you are also | | | | most danger can be averted by following one |
| keeping an animal in a smaller environment than it | | | | simple strategy: wait a day. Before you refill your |
| would have in the wild. If you think it is cruel to | | | | Betta's water, you want to remove toxins, and |
| keep a dog in a house, then yes, Betta bowls are | | | | condition its water. You can seriously decrease |
| cruel. If you think it's okay to keep an animal in a | | | | the amount of shock your Betta will experience |
| small environment as long as it is safe, healthy | | | | by putting water conditioner in, and then waiting a |
| and comfortable, then a Betta bowl is a perfectly | | | | day. The label on the conditioner will say it works |
| suitable environment for a fish. | | | | immediately, but wait a day, all breeders do this. |
| How do you keep a Betta healthy? Don't feed it | | | | In the same way that you wouldn't jump into a |
| too much, and condition its water. Betta are | | | | pool right after it is shocked with chemicals, your |
| interactive fish, and if you're like me you want to | | | | Betta doesn't want to be shocked with chemicals. |
| feed the little guy every time you see it. Your | | | | If you leave your water out a day, its |
| Betta may even encourage this behavior by | | | | temperature will be the same as the water in |
| following you around the room with its eyes, | | | | your Betta's bowl. If you leave the water |
| seeming to ask you for a tasty bloodworm. Don't | | | | uncovered, the chlorine from tap water will have |
| give in. Betta fish should not be fed more often | | | | dissipated and the conditioner won't be as toxic. |
| than once a day, and shouldn't go more than | | | | How do you keep a Betta comfortable? A decent |
| every other day without getting fed. Your Betta's | | | | sized bowl. Just like you should live in a house at |
| stomach isn't any bigger than its eye, and it only | | | | least large enough for you to move your arms |
| needs one stomach full a day. You also want to | | | | around in, your Betta should live in a Betta bowl, |
| condition your Betta's water. Commercial water | | | | not a Betta cup. If your Betta is in a tiny bowl |
| conditioners prevent bacterial growth from Betta | | | | where it can't freely swim without touching its fins |
| poo, and prevent your fish from getting diseases | | | | or tail on something, don't expect it to live long. |
| and parasites. | | | | As long as your Betta has around.75 gallon to |
| How do you keep a Betta safe? Don't shock its | | | | swim in, your Betta can thrive, and can live for |
| system. When you radically change your Betta's | | | | 2-3 years. |
| environment you put your fish at risk. Betta fish | | | | |