Bettas in bottles?

Question

I have an empty 3 litre Crown Royal bottle (flat sided) that I would like to use as a betta bowl. I will have to cut off the top to make it accessible for cleaning, feeding, etc. Has anyone had bettas in bottles, and what are some concerns?

Answer 1

My concern would be the size. Once you cut off the top, put in a few rocks and maybe a plant, you're left with 2 litres or less, which is less than a 1/2 gallon.
You *can* get away with keeping a betta in a tank that small if you do daily water changes (using a turkey baster to remover 50% of the water, along with any poop and uneaten food) and keep the room very warm (water temperature for a betta should be no less than 77F, and keep in mind that the water temp will always be about 10F less than the air temp). Plus there's a quality of life issue and IMO, no fish should be kept in anything less than a gallon.

I'd suggest you go the vase route. It's not the perfect setup, but there are some really cool cubic vases out there that gold about 2-3 gallons. Advantage of that is you can actually stick a little filter on there, and you can get a small heater for it. Plus, the betta'll look better, more active, bigger, and colourful.

Answer 2

The smaller jar (half gallon or so) may also be a suitable betta home but will require constant cleaning. bettas in this type of set-up will tend to deteriorate and more than likely will end up getting fin and tail rot and other bacterial diseases, especially if overfed. Hence I do not recommend this set-up unless you can perform full water changes every 4th day. The smaller jars mean more pollution so beware to not overfeed!! Uneaten food rots promptly and turns into betta disease pronto. Also, remember that water change remain stressful for the bettas so avoid doing them daily, because you will probably weaken your betta's immune system that way. A good balance between too much handling and not enough water changed must be achieved. And it basically sits at a water change every 3 to 4 days no less, no more. Oh and once again: REMEMBER TO COVER ALL JARS AT ALL TIME. A must.

Third best, but small cups are not included. Would YOU like to live in a closet? I think not. So why should your betta be any different! For heaven sake, spend $5 and get him a decent size jar!! OK. If you have a bunch of bettas, and not a whole lot of space, you might need to make those jars smaller. I do not recommend anything less than 1/2 gallon. 1/4 can be used but only as a temporary housing (say you just jarred a bunch of young juvenile males and are taking them to the pet store in 3 weeks or something) (by the way pet stores are often TERRIBLE with their pets, so I never take my bettas to a store, ever.) Get the idea? With 1/4 jars you need to do a full water change every third day, if you don't want those bettas to get tail rot, and other bacterial diseases. With a 1/2 gal jar, a weekly water change should suffice, although twice a week is still best. I keep all my jars bare, because it is cleaner and easier to make the water changes. Remember I have hundreds of them. If you can add a live plant, do.

Answer 3

no longer for terribly long. you haven't any longer any thank you to regulate the temperature, or shop the water clean (aside from changing it) a appropriate aquarium helps you to slot a heater and clear out that helps you look after the suited circumstances that your betta desires to stay a protracted and healthful existence. Betta do no longer stay in those little plastic storage cups, they are in basic terms for transport, in the event that they are no longer bought in a pair of weeks they generally die. There are distinctive critiques as to how enormous the tank desires to be, 5 gal (20l) is particularly a pragmatic length, yet you may warmth and clear out a tank all the way down to approximately 2 gal (8l) in case you be attentive to what you're doing, so that could be a risk for a betta to stay in that. yet a smaller, chilly, stagnant bowl, vase or bottle, do no longer assume your fish to stay very long. Ian

Answer 4

I wouldn't suggest it, while betta can live in small spaces, in water that would kill most other fish, if you want a betta to live a long healthy life, it should be in a tank that can be filtered.

Betta breeders even set up huge systems of small tanks that constantly filter because they know this increases their fishes health and happiness.

Bettas also are jumpers, and a bottle without a lid offers nothing to stop them from leaping out.

If you only plan to have one or two betta, just go to walmart and purchase a nice 10 gallon tank setup (it comes with everything from food, lighting, hood, filter etc all it doesnt have is a heater), and some gravel. Its only 30.00 and you will have a much happier, and healthier fish.

Plus they are much nicer to look at in a tank =)