Planning on buying a Betta Fish...?

Question

Besides from a bowl, what other things do I need to buy for it?

Answer 1

I'm going to suggest you do yourself and your fish a BIG favor and get a small aquarium instead of a bowl. Just a little 2-2.5 gallon tank with a filter. This will allow you to decorate it better, keep a few shrimp or a snail with your betta and a few other cool options, but mostly, it will provide a nice healthy stable home for your betta. Instead of changing all of the water every 2-3 days like you need to do in a bowl, you can change about 1/4 of the water once a week and your fish is still far better off than in that bowl. Yes, it costs more, but over time it really costs less. A betta in a tank will average about 5 years, in a bowl, less than 2. That's how much better off your fish will be, you will have given him a full life instead of cutting it short and you will save money on replacing dead fish all the time. A small tank kit with every thing you need except the fish should be between $20-25 in the large chain pet stores.

Give it some thought, you will be very glad you did.

MM

Answer 2

Get rid of the bowl. Go out and buy and 1 1/2 to 2 gallon tank and then buy some gravel. You also need to get a small heater, and a small filter. The type of filter I got was a Red Sea nano filter. It works great and is practically silent. You need to get HBH Betta Bites for food. A small apple snail would also be a good idea because it will help clean the tank. You also need water conditoner, water test kits, and a small decoration. When it is all put together it will look very pretty. Just dont forget to cycle the tank before getting the fish.

Answer 3

Make the bowl a 5 gallon tank. If you really want a healthy betta then change the bowl into a 5 gallon tank. They only worth 5 bucks.

Materials:
Tank
Light
Heater
Filter
Food
Water Conditioner
Freshwater Master Test Kit
Thermometer
and Decorations!

Good Luck.

Answer 4

Betta fish are really easy to take care. I have mine in a regular bowl. I don't use gravel but little glass pebbles. Don't get fake plants. If you don't have a filter you can buy a liquid form of cleaning supply. After adding new water add a few drops off the stuff making the water safe for your fish you can easily find it in any pet store.

Answer 5

Betas are about the easiest fish ever. I have one and I hardly do anything. Just clean the water about once a month and add more in between when it looks a little lower. Other than that you give them a little food a couple times a day, no more than they will eat in a few minutes and they are good. I feed my fish in the morning before I leave and at night when I get home and when I can mid day and I have had him for a long time.

Answer 6

I suggest getting a 5 gallon tank instead of a bowl, with decors of you choice, a heater if you live in a cold area, fish food, nets, siphon hose, water conditioner.

Answer 7

1.a top for the tank because i had one it jumped out of the tank 62 times so far
2.food
3.net
4.REAL plants NOT FAKE
5.gravel
that should be it but leave the water in it for 2 days before you put the fish in

Answer 8

Listen to MM, get at least a 2 or 2.5 gallon tank with filter and heater, your fish is going to be much happier and healthier, and you're going to enjoy it more as well


Hope that helps


EB

Answer 9

well its depends if ur going to buy a boy u cant buy another one with it cuz the boys fight and if u buy a girl u can get another girl to put together u cant put both sexes together.. and u need a bowl and betta food and bowl conditioner. & u need the little rocks for the bowl. u dont need it but it looks cool :]

Answer 10

Gravel for the bowl, a plant, food, a thermometer, water conditioner, maybe water testing kit, you need a lid, maybe a net, that's about it