Hello!

As I already introduced my self in the Dogs forum, I'm from Croatia, a small Balkan country. One thing I didn't say over there is that my biggest hobby (besides art) is breeding bettas! Combined with my other (okay, third) hobby - photography, here are some pics of my best fishes (past and present)...












A curious macro of a 10 days old little doubletail eating his brother (yeah, they're carnivorous...)











Well, there's much more but that's enough, I don't want to spam your site

Cheers!

Thanks Caroline

Your fish are gorgeous! I love bettas

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I agree what beautiful fish

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Thank you guys

I would love to have a Betta But I have no idea how to Care For them.


Are they easy to look after?

Hi karlhague!

The answer to your question really depends on what you consider easy to look after! Bettas are just like any other tropic fish - they require some things like: warm water (26°C), clean water, proper food... Their biggest advantage is that they can be held in pretty small spaces. Problem with that is that you can hardly filtrate small tanks which brings us to the clean water question.

You need a tank that has a heater, filter, some plants (not completely necessary but is advisable)... Also, important thing is that that filter does not make too many turbulances in the water cause bettas are not good swimmers.

You could keep them in small boxes (3-5 l) without filtration, but then you must change the water very frequently (something like every 3 days), and it still needs to be heated.

Cheers!

Thanks for the quick reply, Just a few more Questions really (If you dont mind)

Whats the Recomended Tank Size for a Single Betta?

And can anything be kept with it?

WOW, there lovely, i had 3 bettas but 2 died, they were a pink female, a blue male and a brown female, it was the blue and pink ones that died,

good luck,
Robert