aar4545

ok ive got a betta in a ..............ok its less than a gallon ican tell u that it has blue gravel and a lttle plastic plant iwanted to know if i should use natuaral gravel fake gravel or sand. freeze dried blood worms, freeze dried brine shrimp ,hicari betta bio gold or betta bites. live plants or fake plants if live what kindoh yeah should i get my lil king a female to keep him company or will it stress him out.

drfong

definately don't get him a female to keep him company. One (probably her) will end up dead. Unless they are mating they can't stay in the same aquarium. You can get him a female to keep next to his bowl so he will strut around for her. As for the plants, I have used both, but in a betta bowl the live plants don't do well and dirty up the water quicker. The leaves fall off and you need to replace them alot. As for the gravel, I have some in regular gravel, one with glass beads. I don't think it really matters. Remenber that eventhough a betta can live in a bowl, it needs frequent water changes.

neonlife102

The gravel doesn't really matter. And I wouldn't bother putting any live plants in that size of a container. As for food, I would recomend betta bites, and for a treat every now and then maybe pick up some freeze dried shrimp (make sure they aren't too big for him though). And whenever you get a chance, I'd recommend replacing your betta bowl for an actual aquarium (doesn't have to be big, a 5 gal. would do just fine if you really wanna treat him like a king).

Jay

Hi DrFong..

Thought you might get a smile out of the extent we planted tank guys will go.

This is one of my 1.5 gallon rice paddy tropes

Jay

drfong

That's cool. I tried wysteria plants in my Betta bowl. It looked great for a while, but by the 3 water change it would be nothing but a few leaves on a stick. I really never put much thought into what the plant needed to thrive though, only the fish. We also had a traditional peace lilly in a vase with betta. I know alot of fish people hate that, but we always took the plant out each day to feed mr. betta. We did not try to make him eat the roots as some suggest. Also we did even more frequent water changes and removed any decaying roots to keep water clear. He seemed to like it fine. He lasted longer than the plant. He died because of some issue with a water change. I never really figured out what happened but I changed the water in all my betta bowls and all of them about died. I was able to save 1, who is still doing great, but lost the others. It had to be something in the water for it to hit all 3 the same right after a water change. Since then I only use bottled water and have not had any issues since.

Jay

You might find this helpful...

Even in these little tanks you need.

Light about the same intensity you would use on a 10 gallon

A Consistent Carbon Source. I use 1 ml of Seachem "Excel" daily. I think this is where you ran into problems.

The fish and food supply nutrients.

I also use a very small "palm filter" power filter for water clarity and a fixed temp under gravel heater.

Jay

aar4545

wow!!!out loud. ok maybe it was wow! outloud butstill wow. anyway
could u show me how toc make a nice rice paddy aquarium i only have a javafern i got 3 days ago with someotheer plant i cant remember the name to can a betta go with a bambo plant?

aar4545

the nearest petstore is 1 mile away so i wont be going there for about a month

aar4545

can i put a bamboo plant in my betta bowl

ahill3780

Again, please try to keep all questions within a single post. Use the "Edit" button to add a question to a post that you have already submitted.

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