I love Betta fish but they die after 3 or 4 months. What gives?

Question

I follow what they tell me at the pet store religiously.

Answer 1

Bettas live up to 5 years when taken care of properly.

They are tropical fish from southeast Asia and need temps in the range of 78-82 degrees and at least 3-5 gallons of water for one fish. Do you heat the tank? Do you even keep them in a tank? Is there filtration? How often do you do partial water changes? Do you ever do partial (partial is the key word here) water changes? They are carnivores in the wild (eating insects and larvae). Do you feed them a high protein betta flake and not pellets?

If you don't do any of the above, then they have lasted about as long as they can and the fish store would like them to last. The fish has endured 3-4 months of constant torture and mistreatment, then finally dies. You go buy another and the cycle repeats.

If you continue to keep and care for them the same way, but expect different results, there is no hope for your fish.

Answer 2

Checkout

http://www.siamsbestbettas.com/care.html

Answer 3

They're already about six months old when you get them. We kept one in just tapwater with a plant in the bowl, and he lived a good while. In fact, one time, the cat knocked the bowl over, and the poor fish ended up going for about four hours without water. I'm pretty sure he was invincible.

Answer 4

in the beginning we lost quite a few
found that keeping them in the storewater helped to begin with
also keeping them in a bigger tank so perhaps temprture changes ,or rather more stable tempriture may help
they also seem to do better sitting on top of a heated tank
avoid over feeding
they are worth learning to keep though
dont get discouraged
but try different things

Answer 5

Every product or animal has the end. If your fish deid, buoght another fish and love that.


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