How do you care for a betta fish?

Question

I have had 2 betta fish and a couple days after I've got them they've died. I don't know what I did wrong and was wondering if anyone has betta fish and could tell me more about them.

They weren't in the same bowl.

Answer 1

"Recipe for a healthy jarred betta :)


1)- Use at least ½ gal jars, preferably 1 gal. The more the water the less the pollution.

2)- Do not let uneaten food rot in jar.

3)- Do not overfeed!!

4)- FULL water changes once a week. For 1/4 jars, full water changes every 3 days.

5)- Make sure clean water had same PH, TEMPERATURE than the old water.

6)- Use a digital thermometer or your finger to make sure the temperature of the water in the jar and the new water you will be replacing it with are the SAME.

7)- Do not use gravel. Worms hide in it and bettas can’t eat them later. Also uneaten food cannot be easily spotted and removed.

8)- A live plant is good, but only if it is healthy. A plant rotting will POLUTE the jar.

9)- Be gentle when handling bettas during water changes.

10)- Use soft net.

11)- Remember to not use the same net for healthy bettas and sick ones!!

12)- If a betta looks like it “may” be sick, do not use your healthy betta net to net him.

13)- Disinfect nets after each water change (weekly). Use a solution of Formalin3 (by Kordon) or any other fish net disinfectant. Ask your local pet store to recommend a product and to tell you in what proportion you should mix it. Let your nets dip in there for a day. Then RINSE WELL and use again. I make a new solution every time I dip nets.

14)- Disinfect in the same way the jar of any betta suspected sick before using it for another betta.

15)- Wash your hands EVERY TIME you handle a sick fish or its jar.

16)- Last, but not least COVER YOUR JARS!!! Bettas do jump! You can use a transparency sheet (for computers) to cover up to 6 jars at a time. It is easier at feeding time to have access to your jars that way."

Answer 2

I have five betta fish and they've been alive for quite some time.

Firstly, make sure you clean the bowl at least once a week and ALWAYS make sure that your betta fish eats the food you give it. Don't ever put them in the same tank...make sure you condition the water you put them in. I use AquaSafe chlorine drops...

Answer 3

did you have them in the same tank/bowl?

i know that some betta's are hard to look after....How often did you feed them?

I don't really know more about betta's. i have had 4 myself... and only one lived for about 2.5 years. 2 got killed by my cat and i still have the 4th one.

i just feed them, play with them a bit and just leave them be. that's all i've ever done.... oh...and change their water once in a while.

maybe try another betta see if you have better luck?

Answer 4

Read betta talk. Seriously there isn't any point in me explaining the ins and outs of betta care when Faith has already done it far better.

Answer 5

just dont feed them too much and dont clean their bowls too often because they like living in their own.. stuff. i cant really help you very much though because mine died after a couple weeks, i think it might have been vibrations from my stereo though.

oh yeah and they dont get along together.. so you HAVE to keep them seperate.. even the male and females you can only put them together for a little while.