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Betta Splendens
Me and my brother both bought Betta Splendens. (Better known as-Siamese Fighting Fish) We wanted to know how much to feed them we bought tiny pellets that they have at the pet store. We both have males so they cannot be together. How much do we feed them a day? How much do we change their water and any other basics? Thanks.
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well, you should feed each fish around 2-3 pellets every other day. You should refill the tank every week but clean it entirely every month
I hope i helped
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i hope i can answer this good enough to help. i had a chinese fighting fish for a year, well it seemed like it. anyway, enough about my crap about me! i usually fed mine 3 pellets a day and cleaned his bowl every week! You HAVE to clean it once every week or it wont be able to breathe. that how i accidently killed mine. oops. well hope i helped. im knew at this advice thing.
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they like feeze dried bloodworms if you put it on a toothpick and twirl it in the water its funny you swould feed them 4pellets a week with treats i told you about and change the water every 2 weeks or so or if it starts to stink then change it sooner put a plant in the water it gives them oxyenoh oh yeah and its not really a promblem they just puff their gills out if really cool
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As has already been said, Betta's are not particularly aggressive fish. Other fish attack them because they look like food. Seriously, I have never seen a beta kill another fish, I have seen them sort of bully other fish and follow them around with their fins all puffed out, but I've never actually seen them attack another fish. I have, however, seen beta's get slowly eaten alive by other fish, especially gold fish. The other fish eat their colorful flowing fins like it's fish food.
Anyway, do not over feed them, only feed them 1-3 pellets each a day. Never feed them more than they are able to eat. Over feeding fish is the main reason that the water gets too dirty.
Now...
DO NOT CHANGE THE WATER THAT OFTEN!!!
Often, people change their fish's water too often, and it starts to get cloudy, so they change it more, and then they change it again, and again, and again.
This is very bad. Don't clean off the rocks in the cage, don't wipe down the sides of the cage, leave the algae in it, and get a filter for the cage.
Now, once you get the filter, you should only need to clean the water once a month.
This includes taking out 1/4 to 1/2 of the water, and replacing it with water that is the same temperature.
There are also some vacuum cleaners that you can use to clean the rocks in the bottom.
But, trust me, you do not need them to be shiny clean. You do not, and should not get all of the sliminess off of everything. Fish need that stuff. They need certain nutrients in it to live.
Also... Betta's are tropical fish, therefore need their water temperature to be 72-80 degree's farienheit.
Along with the filter, it might also be a good idea to get a sucker fish or two to keep them company. Plus I think the sucker fish look wicked cool if I may say so myself.
Just make sure that there's plenty of algae in the fish tank before you put the sucker fish in there, or he will just starve to death.
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okay you give them 4 to 5 of those little pelets every day and you should change there water every week..thats what i do with my fish
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Just feed them a pinch of food, I used to have 3 of them. I'm not sure on the exact amount of times you should feed them, but I'm sure you could find out somewhere online. I had trouble changing my fish's water a few times, but por the fush into a smaller container with just enough water for it to breathe, and clean it's bowl with water only, and put more fresh water inside. Then just pour you fish back into it's bowl. THEY SHOULD BE IN TOTALLY SEPERATE CONTAINERS! Never keep those type of fish in the same container, one will end up attacking the other one 'til death. If they're have a seperater, but can see eachother, this should be fine, but they might get angry when they meet face to face. I'm not really sure about that one, check up on it. Hope I helped! <3
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no its okay that they can see eachother, just make sure that you dont put them togehter. change the water every couple of weeks. *(my boyfriends sister has one, and my brother had 3, now he has one, but dont worry, he had the other two like over 2years!) feed them EACH 2-3 pellets every other day i think.
Kels**
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I owned quite a few Bettas when I was little so I can help you out here. You should feed both Bettas twice a day; once in the morning and once at night with a little pinch of food. You should change both of their bowls at least once a week or when the water starts to get cloudy. Don't not put both of the fish bowls close to each other because both of the Bettas will get angry. Hope I helped :)
-Karen
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