a Betta Fish Bowl that's ACTUALLY GOOD | Fish Tank Review 228 

exactly!

Yeah I had a betta who developed tumors early on (still survived over a year tho! Didn’t even get bad symptoms from them besides raggedy fins until the last few weeks) He was in a 5 gallon and when he went blind, about 1.5 months before he passed, it became a whole ass thing getting him to eat even though he WAS hungry and searching for it (he knew my presence means food half the time) After under a week of him barely eating because of his sight, I switched him to a smaller tank (literally one of those plastic critter keepers) and because of that he was finally eating as much as he was supposed to, therefore not suffering more than he needed to

Absolutely

Agree. And about the filter…the plants and deep substrate are the filter. bettas don’t like to be pushed around, especially if they’re disabled. I know my betta tanks are set at the lowest flow setting and my boys are quite healthy. Bravo to anyone caring for a blind betta❤

I've been going deep into father fish videos he is all about smaller tanks and bowls for bettas

I mean part of that is the rubber band effect. People treated betta fish like decorations rather than pets for a really long time, so I’m quite happy to see the pendulum swing the other way for once.

Definitely not. The US is super behind on animal husbandry requirements already, so what we consider even in the animal keeping hobbyist community of US as the bare minimum is small and not that great. also in general the idea that the 'bare minimum size enclosure' in a country = 'the size you should aim for and keep them in and they'll thrive in' is not really based in animal science. so tbh, people going 'overboard' are just people for once thinking more about the fish's happiness than "what's the smallest square inches of desk space i can use to make another living creature's entire world?"

I’m glad your boy is doing well!! If you ever post any pics of him definitely tag me ❤

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@@HoBoWRATH904gaming thanks

lmao xD

That's awesome

woohoo! yes I love their tight balling school

ty for the kind comments every week!

Or you could get a sponge filter that won't hurt them

@@kawaiipurplesaphire6163 oh, well I've never really heard of those, and I don't keep fish myself, but thanks for telling me-

thanks penny!

lmao! true

yay :)

Fellow newt keeper (Neurergus crocatus, Triturus macedonicus, Alpines) here ! That tank horrified me.

it’s really beautiful! Congrats 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

that's awesome!

Good luck with the tank!! ✌️

have fun!

awesome! grats on the new bloom

vampire shrimp are so friggin cool!

Thanks bro! Love the pancit canton

woohoo!

LMAO

I’ve never heard of this and I’ve done a lotttt of casual research on keeping aquariums, but I checked it out after reading your comment. Honestly my only concern is putting something harmful in one of my tanks that would kill my fish, like parasites for example. Was wondering what you have to say about that, or if it’s not a good idea to add to a tank that already has fish?

@@eliotb.1219yeah, that was my concern too. There are very few parasites and pests that you need to be concerned about. One being the dragonfly larvae because it feeds on your fish (especially fry) and planarian worms, if you have shrimp. There are a few more but the good news is that you can see any one of those with the unaided eye, so that’s good. If your concerns are about bringing in some kind of illness that could harm your fish… well. It’s a hard to swallow pill but there’s more sickness in any given single aquarium shop than there is in all of nature and there’s a real simple reason for it. It’s biodiversity. Granted, you’re gonna find the same pathogens in nature that you will find in aquarium shops or home aquaria, but in nature they won’t break out because they are being kept in check by the vastness of the biodiversity that is constituted of hundreds, if not thousands of beneficial microorganisms. Only when you have a monoculture or even trio-culture (I just made that term up) of any nitrifying bacteria do pathogens have the chance to propagate in a manner that’s harmful for your fish because there is nothing to keep 'em in check. Speaking from years of experience in scuba diving, I’ve never ever seen a sick fish (or a sick reef) out in the wild. It’s either teaming with life, or it’s dead but there’s pretty much nothing in between. The way pathogens spread, I should have seen at least one sick fish or one sick school of fish but I haven’t. This is because biodiversity keeps pathogens in check. I’ll promise you a few things now. When establishing a food web with all the trophic levels of micro-life in it you will: -NEVER need any kind of medication -you will have to feed less than before -you will have to use less fertilizer, if any -the breakdown of organics like leaves will raise co2 levels in your tank naturally -you won’t have ANY visible algae, in case you have adequate light and nutrient amounts for the tank, while there will be dozens of different species of algae. Not one being able to break out, and any one of those is keeping another in check -decrease maintenance and water changes -and much more depending on your setup. There’s nothing to worry about, as long as the water body that you get your samples from is healthy itself and biodiverse. It will improve your experience tremendously, bring great joy to your hobby, and ensures healthy, long living fish! I wish you great success and always have fun (:

ayyy ty

oh no :( sry to hear that

ayyy ty

fr, that thing looks crazy!

Sweet lol, my son's platy just had babies also

they are also soooo cute

ayyyy

yeah fr

bettas need at least 5 gallons to hold a stable cycle(for beginners especially), and the floor space for a betta that isnt blind is important. a bowl or square tank doesn't have the best floor space

@@jacksonbutler1828 And here we go. It took a little longer than I thought it would though. BETAS WILL BE FINE IN 3 GALLONS of water. Whether a tank or a large bowl. Floor space??? This is the first time I've heard of this one. LMBO. Betas might go down to the height of a plant to sleep on a leaf, but I've never seen one swimming around on the floor. They swim mid-tank to top-tank. And I've had a few betas at a time for the last 13 yrs. And yes, they were in seperate tanks and bowls. And while this does not make me an expert,...it does make me an experienced beta keeper. I've had some that were happy in a 5 gallon tank and then some that freaked out in a 5 gallon tank.. So I put the unhappy ones in a 3 gallon bowl and they calmed down and were happy.. Most even lived longer than the ones in the 5 gallon tank. Most. But not all. Everyone's experiences are different, but that doesn't mean that they are wrong. Remember that please.

wow ty!!!

We all learn someday.

o boy xD

dang it's a copepod?! I had no idea... they come in all sorts of sizes and forms eh

yeah fr. No blind betta should be put into anything big with high water flow haha

@@FishForThought Right, and that makes this an even more suitable home for him. Hope the Betta does well!

them shermps be awesome

i know the feels xD

such a cool plant

ooo cool!

noice

that's so cool

aw man sry bout the loss! I hate losing my big and old nerites :(

Thanks! I’m glad I got to have him for as long as I did since who knows how old he was when I got him at the pet store 🥺

snails are indeed awesome

Also play around with the style! Change how it parted and stuff, for fun ya know

yessss female bettas all the way!

So underrated! And if I ever get to setting up a betta tank, I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for short-finned varieties

hahaha that's what I wanna be hearing xD

hehe :)

they are so cool too and they got those lil rabbit teeth lookin' nibblers