What size tank you should get for your betta
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The Betta Fish should be placed in a jar no smaller than 1/2 gallon. Preferably 1 gallon. Anything smaller than 1/2 gallon does not give them sufficient living space. And their waste and uneaten food will deteriorate the water conditions rapidly in a small container.
Don’t let your Local Pet Store (LPS) tell you that a Betta can live in 3 ounces of water like they keep them in the LPS. The LPS often mentions a Bettas natural habitat the Rice Paddies are small. Which is totally incorrect. Rice Paddies are “huge”, with gallons and gallons of water. Bettas do not live in 3 ounces of water in the wild. See Pic of Rice Paddy. Learn more about how Rice Paddies are built (click here).
Note: Don’t be afraid to put your Betta in a 5 gallon tank. They’ll love it.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
i put my fish in a 5 gallon tank and it died as soon as i put in there
April 29th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
meme: Betta fish are really tough fish, your’s should have been able to survive a simple tank change. One thing I can think of is that maybe there was somekind of chemical that accidently found it way into the tank. Did you happen to spray air freshener in the room over the tank?
July 15th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Thanks for all your tips! I just got my betta yesterday & he’s so gorgeous & I love him so much! ^_^