The average life expectancy of a betta is supposed to be 2 years. What is the longest you have kept your betta, and what did you do ?
2007-07-11 07:00:32 · 6 answers · asked by FunkyC 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Just for the record, I have been keeping bettas for about 10 years now. Not as long as a lot of people, but I purchase them ill and restore their lives. I have had one alive for 6 years (not counting how old he was when I picked him up in the store, which is known for ill fish). He was the most traumatized, un-healthy fish I've purchased. When I picked him up he had been in a fight with another betta (which I also bought, but died about 2 years ago) and was white due to stress. He managed to get Ick, swimbladder, had depression & wouldn't eat. It took almost 2 years of nursing to get him to the healthy fish he is today! He is housed in a 1 gallon vase with no special equipment. I feed him 3-4 pellets daily, except sundays. I do partial water changes every week, and full every month.
2007-07-11 09:14:22 · update #1
I had Rover (Red Butterfly Vail-Tail from Walmart) for 2 1/2 yrs (he just passed)...on average, "Petstore betta" are very close to 1yr when you get them...any younger and they don't have the "full" tail...who'd buy them? I kept Rover in a 2.5g Brandy sniffer (unfiltered), I changed his water every 2 days (about 1g) or 1x a week with a 100% water change. I treated tap water with de-chlorinator /chloramine and added 1/2 tsp salt per gallon of water (made up gallon jugs and let them sit overnight for room temp). I fed him 3-4 Betta Gold pellets a day (1x a day).
Last but not least, I Loved him!
2007-07-11 07:13:15 · answer #1 · answered by Suzie Q 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In this case, I don't think you even need to care about what anyone else does or thinks. You are a credit to fishkeeping and are an amazing person in that you have been able to keep a betta alive for such a long time, six years is very long for a betta!, and two, because you rescue them, and have nursed them through what it sounds like, every imaginable disease there is. God bless you! I wish there were more people like you in this world!
2007-07-11 10:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've had mine for a year and it is showing no signs of slowing down. I think the average Betta lives longer than 2 years, I heard 4 was closer to average with proper care.
Nosoop4u
2007-07-11 07:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think I had mine for like 4 years. I really didnt do any thing special. I had a molly last like 7 years, I had him for like 2 years and I went away to college and my mom stopped cleaning the tank and he just recently died at 7. We were beginning to wonder if that thing was ever gonna die.
2007-07-11 08:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by wenchgirl04 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have kept literally thousands of bettas over the years ans with proper care they can be expected to live about 5 years, the majority of mine live about that long.
MM
2007-07-11 07:19:20 · answer #5 · answered by magicman116 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
4 years......I fed him the pellet food, I gave him 3 pellets a day and I changed his water once a month with a filtered brita pitcher. it worked wonders for my fish.
2007-07-11 08:13:52 · answer #6 · answered by mom of 3 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋