| Bettas are easy to take care of. Let's face it, pets | | | | There are a huge variety of Betta fish out there. If |
| are great, but the less responsibility the better. When | | | | you have a blue room, you can get a blue betta fish. |
| it comes right down to it, with a betta you are really | | | | There are green ones, red ones, awesome looking |
| only responsible for two things, food and clean water. | | | | yellow betta, browns, peaches, whites, there are |
| The food is easy, when you feed a Betta you can | | | | bettas of all different color variety. You can get |
| remember that its stomach is only the size of its | | | | them with short fins (called Plakat Tails), long wavy |
| eye, and you only need to give it one stomach full of | | | | fins (like Half Moon or Veil Tails), or crazy spiky fins |
| food a day. Some people even suggest that feeding | | | | (called Crown Tails). Compared to a plain old goldfish, |
| them every other day may help them live longer. | | | | bettas are out of this world. Then you get to pick |
| You have to make sure your betta has clean water, | | | | out a betta's house. When you get a betta bowl, you |
| but even with a pretty big container, it can be done | | | | can pick out a stylish piece of decoration for your |
| two to three minutes. | | | | room that you can move around, and that says |
| Bettas can be trained to do cool tricks (which is | | | | something about you. At least half the reason you |
| awesome). Some bettas will jump for food, some like | | | | want a betta fish is because they look cool, why not |
| to be petted (always wash your hands thoroughly | | | | pick a house for them that looks cool too? |
| first), some bettas will swim through a hoop. You can | | | | Bettas are very inexpensive. With beta fish, there |
| even train some bettas to roll a ball into a little soccer | | | | are not a ton of accessories to buy and worry |
| net. With the right environment, the right tools (food | | | | about. There are a few things you may need, but |
| and patience), and the right info (sites like this and | | | | not much when it comes right down to it. You may |
| forums), you could train your betta to do all kinds of | | | | need water conditioners, unless you have a good |
| things. And if you can train a fish, homework is going | | | | filtration system on your house or you use a Britta |
| to be no problem. | | | | filter. The cleaner the water, the better. You may |
| Bettas can breathe Air. Seriously. Not much of it mind | | | | want a little net to transfer your betta to another |
| you, they can't live outside the water, but they | | | | container when you refill the water, but a net can |
| come up for air. That's how they live in containers | | | | actually harm the bettas fins, so most people use a |
| without aerators or bubblers. Because bettas don't | | | | small cup. You can get everything a betta could |
| need an aerator they can live pretty comfortably in | | | | possibly need for around 20 bucks, and there is a |
| a.75 gallon container. With a little more attention, I've | | | | limit to how much you can spend on them. For about |
| seen bettas do very well in a pretty small container | | | | 200 bucks you could put together the most epic |
| as long as they can move around. When you commit | | | | betta habitat known to man. I'm mean a great tank, |
| to owning a betta it's not like having to commit to a | | | | cool statues or stones, tons of live plants, colored |
| whole aquarium where glass, rocks and electricity | | | | lights, the whole bit. Be prepared to replace your |
| combine inside your house. | | | | betta though, since life expectancy is really only |
| Bettas can be cooler looking than other kinds of fish. | | | | about two to three years. |