Betta Fish Care - Free Guide

By Eric Paton

     

    I put together this short guide in order to help Betta fish owners care for their Bettas. If you head this advice, you should have a happy, healthy Betta fish living in your home.

Betta Fish Care-Free Guide-Steps

1. The fist thing you want to do once you have selected your fish is to get them a new home. 
2. Next you want to stock the home with a few items to give it that homey feel for your Betta. Think in terms of tank accessories that are going to be fin friendly.  Soft plant or two depending on tank size. Maybe one small item that sits on the floor of the tank that won't catch the Betta's fins.
3. Filling and replacing the water is essential to good Betta Fish care. If you are using the recommended minimum size of 1 gal you can replace about one third to one half of the water once a week without any severe issues. 
4. Important: If your tank is smaller than 1 gallon, then you will be cleaning out more frequently...keep that in mind!
5. Feeding is essential to good Betta fish care as well. There are two schools of thought here. One is to just feed your new family member regular fish food from a container. This is perfectly fine. The other is to feed your fish live food such as brine shrimp and bloodworms. 
6. Very Important: Do not purchase two Bettas and place them in the same tank. This is the ultimate no-no. They WILL fight and it won't be pretty. 
7. Cleanliness is important to Betta fish care so be sure to stay on top of this. When you notice left over food in your tank after about 30 to 45 mins of feeding. Go ahead and pull it out with a net. This helps to eliminate bacteria/fungal growth.
8. It is better to feed your Betta several times throughout the day in small amounts. They aren't big on the one big meal a day concept.

Betta fish care is a pretty simple task when you know the ins and outs. This free guide is very basic but should get you started.

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