SAVING A BETTA FISH! - Proper Betta Tank Setup 

AQUAPROS thanks for an awsome vid thank you for all you do keep doing that and you will have a good life.

AQUAPROS wow cool vid

AQUAPROS I've had one for almost two years now without a nice setup like yours. Pretty good beginner fish.

I probably would have kept the rim for a lid to sit on top of. Bettas like to jump so you might want to add something on top to block him. Also, with smaller tanks the water evaporates super fast. I love the way rimless tanks look though, it's a bummer.

AQUAPROS I have five bettas, 3 females and 2 males... I really enjoy my bettas5

@@googlereviewguy7574 Not really. Based off the video, it definitely appears that he has experience with raising fish. From everything I have seen, everything he is doing is the minimum for Betta fish. He obviously cares for this fish and wants it to have a better life.

@@googlereviewguy7574 he just cares about fish and wants the best for them. He should have talked about this with his girlfriend though.

At 3:01 he does mention that he asked his girlfriend if he could get Jeff a 5 gallon but she said she wanted a smaller tank so that leads me to believe they DID talk about it, she's not completely unawares. You don't know what happens behind the scenes

Omg why wouldn’t she want your help so rude

Marissa Bonnell you have way to much time on your hands

Awww that sounds so cute!!!!❤️ do you still have him? One of my betta fish gets exited for breakfast

My bettas are babies and use a silk feather plant and a live plant with large flat leaves as hammocks and it's adorable

My fish sleeps in a rock.

i have the same one lol but my betta prefers the glass vase cup thing i put in his tank.

♥️🐟

I'm agreeing with the bf on this one. I'm an avid aquarium keeper. No way could I watch my man put a beta in a small bowl when I got mad skills?! Nah, his pet would def get an upgrade 🤷🏾‍♀️

Seriously a catch 💗

Ikr. Someone who loves and cares about animals is just perfect for me personally. Not a lot of money, cars or muscles needed.

A fish keeper bah dum pch

Big brain

LoL

Me to me to

Same

😂

T_MontageKing me when i’m a mom

Dr. Weird “she thought I would be overbearing about the fish care, so to prove her wrong I secretly changed everything she did”

Ironically I paused the video right after he said she had said she didn't want his input or to do it "on her own" and I jokingly said "time to change it up" -as a joke and when I hit play you literally did just that... I think as I said above you had good intentions but you really should have involved her and let her pick her own decorations and setup and just given advice. :s this felt wrong start to finish even with good intentions

i mean that poor fish deserves to have a nice little home. You shouldn't keep them in tiny vases with no heaters. That's just cruel

@@indiestripper5374 yeah but if it was my Fiance, she would of been mad I did it without her involvement lol. Good intentions, but women also appreciate consideration, Js

@@reggaemortis4117 umm the fish can get streessed and die in that small vase or get fin rot without a filter bettas need at least 2.5 gallon tank not a vase

He was doing it for the good of the fish. He respects her opinion, but he knows he needs to do whats right to keep the fish from an early death, which would also hurt her when the fish died early. When taken care of right, these fish can live many, many years if cared for right!

I give you props your a good boyfriend. You just upgraded her fishies tank :-)

there's a difference between disrespecting your girlfriend and literally saving her pet from an unhappy life and most likely increasing jeff's lifespan so she can enjoy him for years to come

This is wonderful

She went behind his back so he went behind hers lol

Thëriziino not what he said. He was trying to say some bettas like smaller homes, others like larger.

Saundis Would you like to be kn a room the size of your bed for your whole life?

I agree that bettas have preferences, my old betta loved bloodworms but my new one prefers shrimp and pellets! But despite preferences, keeping any fish in a vase is neglect and is extremely unhealthy for the fish, five gallons should be bare minimum. If they seem to be thriving after a long time, that’s great! But really, no matter what they prefer, this is not preference- this is ignoring the betta’s needs.

Devyn it may not have been completely about aesthetics. She may not be able to cope with a large tank for whatever reason, or may not have space for it. The tank he put it in is ok for one fish. Yeah a larger one would be nice for him but that’s like saying it would be nice to live in a mansion instead of a flat - you have enough room in the flat but a mansion would still be very nice if someone were to just give it to you. Then again you may get the mansion and feel like a marble in a cello. As long as he’s out of that pokey little bedsit (vase) that is what matters.

While i do not agree with anyone mistreating fish or any animal, if you're going to piss and moan don't fucking buy them, leave them in the oceans ponds rivers seas or where the fuck they came from.

=))))

Lol

I try to have mine exposed to the sun so that algae can grow and then my shrimp and snails can gobble it up.

Honestly, out of everything I’ve dealt with in my aquariums (saltwater, fresh, planted etc) algae pisses me off the most lol

@@alang4033 Get some otocinclus catfish (or just otto's, theyre pretty common), because they DESTROY algae

Abi D they were joking

YOOOOOOO

Honestly if that was true my depression would catch depression

:)))

AquaLars FishNShrimps that's awesome

Yeah I agree. Sweden has some stupid laws but these ones are really good.

AquaLars FishNShrimps awesome

Keeping bettas in bowls is also prohibited in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. They recommend a minimum of 54 liters (or 60x30x30cm) for adult fish. It provides enough space to have a happy fish.

AquaLars FishNShrimps That law should be worldwide! Sweden is on point with their animal laws (been saying this for years when I was researching about dogs) if every country could take notes on the humane treatment of animals by Sweden, that would be great! there wouldn't be kids wanting a pretty little fish no more just bc it's cheap and takes up very little space, adults would think "no screw that, big tanks are out the question" the only reason why so many are used, abused and treated as a commodity, is bc of how tiny and inhumane set up you can purchase for it, one of the biggest myths for bettas!!

+Carrie Adkisson I know right!!!! Ill let everyone know what her response is lol

AQUAPROS She was worried you would be super overbearing and you respond by making a public video about her noob betta tank and changed everything? Hunker down dude.

Kudos to AQUAPROS for caring more about the fish than how pissed she might be. Here's hoping that the public video convinces her he's better off in a 5g than even the upgrade (Jeff, not AQUAPROS, lol). 5g is way less work anyway.

Carrie Adkisson a LIVING creature shouldn't be considered a "kitchen decoration" so fuck if she's "mad" at him this is good content anyway he pimped his home she should be thankful

SoUmYea that was my point

Nailed it.

Yup!!! I planned on getting 1 betta with a small tank about the size of the fishbowl but then I realized no. That's way too small so I went with a 5 gallon one, if I were a fish I'd want to have plenty of room to swim around In

Fr, she straight up said "I don't want a bigger tank right now. Please don't mess with it." I'd be mad if I said that and had my SO start changing what I said to not mess with. Especially when it comes to my animals.

Eclipsar It’s not what the owner wants, it’s what the fish NEEDS. If your SO is treating an animal poorly, you should definitely show them how to better care for it.

@@cg_eclipsar8041 An actual life is more important than your decorations. If you want a tiny tank just make an aquatic plant one! they're beautiful and you dont have to put fish in them. Animals are animals before they are pets

Cranium Rex RIGHT like he's a living creature not a DECORATION😩

Cranium Rex Pretty much the only thing you could keep in that bowl would be plants, a snail or a couple shrimp.

Random User that is to some degree true but many people also appreciate their activity, and interaction with us or other fish. We appreciate every aspect of said fish. I don't think fish should be called decorations. They are indeed living creatures.

yeah why dont they make like floating realistic looking plastic fish with floating fins? that be probably be a hit! Just no difference notable nearly! Come on China you are the plastic masters! There everything is made out of plastic even their rice! And they are the fake copy masters too!

Survival and Living happily is 2 different things - if a fish fully is happy in an aquarium I cant say but it can be done that way that they have some activity going on. In the wild they spend most of their day looking for food or interacting with other fish (chasing girls or fighting for them) checking out new structures so they dont just float round...fortunately for the bowl keepers fish cant scream...but they sometimes jump out of the bowl- I wonder why...

Honestly I have done the same thing. You think since they're in those small cups at the pet store you're giving them a nice upgrade especially when the so called "animal experts" show you the Betta tanks the same size. People seem to prefer judging than offering kind advice.

You shouldn't be in a relationship in the first place...most relationships don't last and people end up with brokenness and even trauma...on top of that a person is sinning against God: fornicating...heaping wrath until the day of God's judgment.

@@iWh15tl3 It's good to know you're doing your part to minimize this happening!

@@iWh15tl3 😳 But I thought this vid was about fish? Let me rewind it so I can see when he actually "fornicated" with his gf whose in London...Obviously I missed something 🤔

@@iWh15tl3 we got it bro, you're broken hearted. She left you. Let others live their life while you stay mad

TRUEE

Would be a deal-breaker for me really. My gf was totally fine to get a bigger tank after I explained that her bowl is unacceptable.

elizabethxxpaige or when people buy a rabbit and pet them in a petstore cage 🙄 Yeah I agree. Like it's not that hard to fit atleast a 10 gallon (minimum according to animal rights groups) somewhere, if you can't get that then just don't get a fish

The size of the tank... Now that is a matter of opinion. I know people who kept healthy bettas in a gallon fish tank. Betta spendens, the colorful Bettas from the stores, which are fish that are farmed and domestically developed, they do not exist in the wild in this form. They have been raised and fully acclimated to this type of habitat. The wild species of Bettas need bigger tanks than a 10 gallon. That's like comparing wolves to dogs. Similar but quite different.

*uses tap water* *Doesn't acclimate*

*Doesn't cycle *Puts by window *No water change plans

me sup yeah it’s not the best setup but it’s much better than before and the “average” betta tank

Ive always given hiding places to my bettas if i cant see them i look in their hidy hole and there they are. One of my bettas dug the rocks out of his hole to make a bed

lid is important. Mine will be in my room. Any kind of parfume I spray for example would effect the tank. Dust, etc

Smumpism Wonderful! I bet they're so much happier! :)

I love hearing stuff like this. I'm glad you did that!

Smumpism bet they are happy

Chaotic good

Oh my gosh that's horrible!! W3ll done on the new setup, I've recently bought a betta who came with the tank setup, I'm swapping him into my 10G and keeping the other for snails!

Adychan right

Adychan mhm

Yesss!!! I was 8 months pregnant cutting a box towards me and accidentally stabbed my stomach. I learned my lesson!

And gloves are mandatory as well especially when working we glass.

Shane Goes it’s plastic bro

@@Slocusfocus oh okay. But still even plastic can be dangerous right?

monica viorato oh my god! Are you alright?

right and when you see them in a 10 gallon, you think they could easily be happier in a 20 gallon lol

musicalmarion ik right the fish is not supposed to live in a small space it's a mith. Chech out tailor Nicole dean's vider

KoiBoi 1113 The fuck u dumb

And after his wife came from her holidays AQUAPROS was never seen again

KoiBoi 1113 my Bette hates my tank

KoiBoi 1113 it's big

That's why the water level is low

Sierra Merchant great, take even more space from the fish in an already too small enclosure

A crispy fish 😭😭😭

@@sierramerchant4326 Bettas can jump up to a foot high, so they'd need a huge tank to not have a lid, but rather have a low water level.

StealingSunsets no hunny

I saved my Timbo from a 2.5 tank with no heater 😟. He just sat there everytime I'd go to the doctors. Hes now in a 20 gallon at proper temp. He does a thing called swimming now. Who knew fish did that.

Happy you upgraded, but the reason Bettas jump is because they're trying to "find a bigger puddle" as they would in the wild. If you have a large enough tank the betta will rarely if never jump. Still 10 gallons is much better than most!

My first betta was named Neptune!

Clean your doorknobs, no kidding! My boyfriend knows very little about fish, but trusts me to know what's best for them within our budget. And he knows bettas should not be on tiny bowls or vases. If you're not willing to do your best to do the best care for your animals, don't own them! Ugh.

Savanna The Aqua Llama she let him upgrade the tank, just not to a large one. He has enough room in that tank as long as she doesn’t add anymore fish. Perhaps she couldn’t cope with the upkeep of a larger tank or didn’t have the space for it. As long as he’s out of the vase isn’t that what’s important?

Littlewings - as long as there is a heater and filter hopefully it should be fine

Agreed, this goes with any animal. I get disgusted whenever I see people keeping their bettas in tiny .25gal bowls or shoving turtles in a 10 gal or their hamsters in crittertrails. If you purchase an animal, it is your responsibility to take care of them to the best of your ability. If you can't afford a tank large enough for your fish to live happily and healthily in, DON'T BUY THE DAMN FISH, PERIOD.

research can teach you that a bigger tank is much easier to take care of because you don't have to change water as much. People just don't research when they buy a pet which leads to both being upset

Alex Black im going to do what she did just so i have the satisfaction of watching IT die and knowing that you know i dis

Booshy Poosy that is so mean. How dare it, and by it I mean you. The fish is worth more than you. 🖕

Allison I care about fish too 😉. And I can be your boyfriend 😘

+Chicken Nugget really

unicornkitty 12 Yes of course. Are you asking because you are looking for a boyfriend too? 😜

+Chicken Nugget no bro

unicornkitty 12 why not? 😢

Honestly, she literally just thew a plant and some rocks in an oversized wine glass and called it a day

Y’all ever seen the “Betta tanks” they sell in stores and most people buy? Most vases you have around the house have more room and water volume for the fish.

She wasnt exactly in the wrong... Just misinformed, guaranteed the pet store told her a giant wine glass would work, because of how they are kept at the store. Most of those pet store employees dont know proper care, or they dont care.

Same here

You sound like a beta male.

@@GF-gc2kq Let's have someone keep you in a vase for a few years, then find out how you feel about it.

Then don’t

Bettas don't need a 10 gallon aquarium, wild bettas live in puddles so its not much different.

Bettas can stay out of water for 1-2 hours. Suggest not putting a lid since bettas also gotta have oxygen from the air. Also try to train your betta to not jump out.

Oinkey Mc. Loinkey Oinkey Mc. Loinkey I’ve read that bettas can survive longer than that... like, as long as they don’t completely dry out. After that whole ordeal, I’d rather keep a lid on than risk him jumping without a lid. My water level is a few centimetres from the lid and it’s not entirely enclosed (there’s like a centimetre margin between the edges of the lid and the tank walls) so there’s plenty of oxygen.. he’s fine

Cate bettas also jump out due to ammonia (basically means the fish will do anything for clean water including jumping out of the tank.)

Oinkey Mc. Loinkey I swear my levels were fine, I just think he saw an opening and went for it (my lid had a pretty sizeable gap just calling out for him to jump)

Cate well i guess your betta jumps for fun lol

yea, or the bottom...? It's just for looks? I don't really get that part. I'm afraid to ruin my tank

He's just making it rimless It looks better but there are also tanks that are specially made to be rimless I'm not sure the safeness of doing it on a rim tank

honestly you CAN in a tank this small but adding some kind of corner brace would be very advisable

or acclimate the Betta to the water temp change

Sadly he only got it half right..

Didn't even float the fish, he might have got white spot from the shock of temp change

@@rickymurray floating the fish is acclimating.

He used the water straight from Jeff's bowl. Why would he need to cycle the tank?

Rennen S gj

Rennen S i have a double tail betta that is translucent so you can see its spine and the red blood line. The tail is white in lowlight and metallic blue in light and the body is yellow while the gills are black. When the betta flares occasionally it is literally a black face staring at you. I bought it for 3 dollars as it had the unique colours and it was way more active than the rest. Named it Argos for brilliant.

Rennen S I have two halfmoon Dumbos, a halfmoon. three crowntails, a veiltail, two dragons, four red kois, an orange koi, three Galaxy kois, and an mix from a breeder. she was a whoops. Nobody can figure out quite what she is because she has qualities of like three fish

Kristin Peterson I think it is way cuter not to lie

I think she’d be at least annoyed because he didn’t tell her he was doing it and went completely behind her back.

He asked her about upgrading and she agreed to the 2.5 gallon tank.

that betta is gonna die.. no water conditioning or aclimation was done. rip jeff.

In some places around the USA, the tap water isn't chlorinated, so hopefully Jeff is lucky enough to be in one of those areas.

Question do you need to wait for algee/bacteria to biuld up a bit in the water before putting the fish in

Just a Hero for fun look up a process called cycling! should be done before adding a fish to a tank

No because he used the water from his previous bowl. That probably gave the new tank good bacteria as well. If he uses Seachem Prime the fish will stay alive

Jayden Cool my bettas in a ten gal

my betta was in a 20 gal

but he died so now i have some baby koi fish in there

DarkDodo Plays oof too small for kio they grow 3 feet just saying

DarkDodo Plays 20 gal seems a bit overkill for me. You can’t see the betta but most importantly it’s harder to find food.

The difference is the filter and the heater x

McNugget&Co and less reflection on the glass

The surface area might appear to be similar, but the small aquarium has around 2 to 3x the interior area. It is notably better.

No need for an air pump as they breath air like we do :)

Maeghen Daly lid, water conditioner, cycling, and Jeff should have been acclimated to the new tank rather than just plopped in there.

Last time I had a ,,mummy,, fish was a swordtail / Xipho female Since then.. I keep my tank covered even for fish that usually dont jump haha Sad indeed (to find them like that)

Maeghen Daly I got so scared because he put STRAIGHT TAP WATER IN THERE OH MY GOD I NEARLY CRIED

Olivia Ryals how do you know he had straight tap water? He poured from a pitcher. Hey may have conditioned off camera... and he used enough of his water not to have to acclimate him. It was basically just a 70% water change.

agreed. when i was about 10 (i’m 13 now) i went to a doctors appointment and when i came back i went to feed my fish but my mom and i couldn’t find it (male betta in a 3 gallon tank with a filter heater, but not any plants) we were looking and then we found my poor trition behind the tank. he was a sweet fish, i still feel guilty to this day

I am not an aquarium fish specialist, but indeed, even I know you shouldn't do that. I was searching for this response, it took a long time. Apparently no one here knows anything about fish except us, lol

@@whiteeagle8140 you can use tap water if you use a conditioner with it.

Seems he did several things wrong. Used tap water (seriously?), did he at least let it sit for a couple days to get the chlorine out? Did not test the pH, did not cycle the water, just threw little Jeff into a new tank without letting him acclimate in a plastic bag - and the gf is going to put the tank in a window?! 🤦🏽‍♀️OMG!

@@Cinnamongirl4life That's true. He prolly shove showed that 3 new peeps etc..

maybe he put the conditioner in off camera

Agree that tank is less than a bowl in size.

Brandon Paquet I never cycle my tanks and they are just fine

Lily Reef haha good luck with that

Lily Reef you need to!

The vase at least didn't have toxic water for the fish (if they at least put conditioner, and that plant helped too). The only thing than an uncycled filter do is elevate the ammonia and nitrite level, which is highly toxic and often result in the dead of many types of fish that are delicate to lack of beneficial bacteria, and proper water condition, like bettas, despite everything that is said about them. Not even that natural plants could eliminate neither neutralize all that shit at once, here is idiotic to do that.

That same thing happened to me with two fish and my crab. The weird thing is that all times the lid was closed

One time we had to move our eel out of the big tank while we cleaned it, just a 2.5 gallon. He jumped out.

I know this is a year old but I just wanted to say goldfish don't naturally jump unless there is something seriously wrong with their water. It was probably poisoned from being in a tank to small

Allison Rush I have mine in a 20 gal that I upgraded 6 months ago, and she LOVES it. It’s a planted tank so she has lots of places to hide, but she explores every inch of that tank. I can’t stand when people say their bettas “love” small tanks.. their personalities totally change when they’re in larger spaces with more things to explore.

When I moved mine from 5 gallons to a 40 gallon community tank it was amazing, he did the same thing, explores every inch. Spends time all over it, even down on the bottom.

Well I think keeping a betta in anything under 800 gallons constitutes animal abuse, which means that I’m a better person than all of you.

I´ll probably be putting one in a 33G community tank. It still feels like too little, I can´t imagine putting it in a vase.

Ya'll are legit fucken crazy XD I'm ganna get one possibly in a biOrb CLASSIC 15 Aquarium possibly. Idk. Seems chill.

I don't understand why he removed it anyway. If you want frameless get a small acrylic

why don't you buy them all huh? "animal lover"

Gary Jokr I don’t live in america but I think the policy would be “we don’t sell fish to anyone under the age of 18” or that they don’t have enough money to buy a tank and equipments necessary to do so

@@garylim2040 cuz if she buys the fish walmart will know people want to buy fish and they will keep selling them its counter productive

luckily, these fish often sell really fast. So they won´t be staying there long

@@garylim2040 where do I start with this one, 1: It would be hard to house that many Bettas because they are aggressive they need their own tank even females can be very aggressive towards each other and "sorority tanks" rarely work and if they are put together they can and will and fight each other often to death. 2:Also that many tanks will take A LOT of room so you'd probably need a whole bedroom or even bigger space to hold that many tanks 3: It can be really expensive to buy that many fish and supplies at once especially is you don't have a job or any source of income and you would need to buy the tanks and food too. A 2.5 gallon tank can go for around $10 and food can be around $5 depending on the size of the container 4: The store would see it as people wanting more fish so they will supply said fish which will cause more to unnecessarily suffer 5: I don't have any animals but I still consider myself an animal lover I hate seeing animals suffer and I'd love to adopt a pet but I know I won't be able to care for it so by not getting a pet I'm doing the animal a favor and not making it suffer because it's not properly taken care of. Instead I volunteer at animal shelters, donate to causes I support, and overall I do whatever is in my power to help animals I feel horrible that I can't help these fish more directly but hey I can still spread awareness of the cruel way they are treated. 6: Aother example would be if your nan needed help but you couldn't help her that day dose that mean you love her any less? No, so just because this person wants to help but can't doesn't mean they're not an animal lover I'm sure if they could they'd help in any way possible. Whew that was a long one (that's what she said) I hope you learned something from my comment I'm not trying to put you down or bully I just want to offer advice and perspective I want to lift you up so you can be better today than you were yesterday I hope you take this into account next time you try and post a comment like this. Best wishes friend.

The Unicorn I was thinking the same thing.

I assume he conditioned it before he tipped it in

Water conditioner is not good thing. Water in aquarium is safe for the fish after two or three weeks since it was set up and you really don't need to put this chemicals to the aquarium.

I think you're thinking about cycling a tank. What they mean is water conditioner to remove chemicals in the tap water that are dangerous to fish (ie. chlorine and chloramines) You *can* let water sit out for 24-48 hours and the chlorine would evaporate, but the chloramines and other toxic elements would not. Adding the conditioner would remove both of these, and even some conditioners help detoxify ammonia (another element that is very harmful.)

he used the same water the fish had been in

Steven Wang lol

Dragonslayer2016 ahahahahahahah

“Vladmir, if you destroy capitalism your food will start disappearing from the stores, chill dude ahahah”

Dragonslayer2016 I love that name.

Omg that's the best name for a Betta i swear 😂

i had a beta without a roof for a year then he just died i dont know why tho

well half a year because while i was cleaning his tank one time it cracked so we got a new one but no roof

@@darkdodoplays4794 Roof is pretty important to keep buildup out of the tank and maintaining temperature. Probably good for other things, too. But people spray perfume and hairspray, cooking stuff, and dust and all that gunk in the air can build up in tank and make fish sick.

My betta never jumped! She was very humble.

My beta jumped out of the tank 4 times before the cat got him. Once I was sure he was dead because he was dry , but when I picked him up he tried to jump away. Lol

my betta lived well in a slightly smaller vase for almost a year :/ but it's obviously not the best, they should have a 5 gallon tank, but they will survive if you keep the water very clean.

@Rose Lee thats wrong though, please inform yourself online

Soft baby cows Congrats, your betta didn’t even live to half of the average lifespan of a healthy betta in proper conditions.

Rose Lee Petstore workers tell you what their managers require for them to know- which is 90% of the time completely false information. I bet they also told you that bettas live in small puddles in the wild, too, huh? Wild bettas live in vast, heavily planted rice farms that go on for miles. They swim to their heart’s content and defend territories over 3 square feet in length. This is what they like. Not 1 gallon “tanks” that aren’t even large enough to be considered a tank. Please do your research and help your sister’s kid get a better home for her fish, instead of listening to some BS storeworker.

@Rose Lee Wrong! bettas love big tanks. a 10g is recommended, a 5g is minimum.

*Mah nama jeff**

Y35 (yes)

Furious knockout/shadowbolt exactly what I thought

Bigg jef

Quit making fun of the fish

So you are saying let the fish dying?

So your letting the Walmart higher ups know that if they keep putting them out that people will keep buying them to "save them"

Where should I get them from then? Are there any breeders or stuff like that?

Yes, most of the breeders are online so you can look it up with a quick google search of “bettas for sale”.

So we should leave them to die? How about no?

im pretty sure bettas prefer long tanks over tall tanks

Let me reword your comment for you: “It’s interesting.. you said she put the fish in completely inadequate and cruel conditions so you don’t mess up her aesthetic by give it the right conditions it needs to survive.”

Courtney Oml stretch much? His girlfriend obviously didn’t know how the fish was supposed to be kept. Pet stores that sell beta fish tell you that “all you’ll need” is the fish, food, ‘decoration’, the tank, and to change the water! Beta fish are frequently bought fish that are frequently kept poorly due to being uninformed. It’s not THAT big of a deal.. I myself had a beta fish when I was younger and kept it in a tiny tank because I was an uninformed child who was told by a pet shop how to keep the fish wrongly. The beta sadly passed away, but I learned from my mistakes and know now that you should always research before purchasing any type of pet. I currently own a Ball Python that I am VERY informed on and is in amazing condition! Anyway, he obviously most likely told his girlfriend what she was doing wrong and she had now probably learned from her mistakes! It’s really not that big of a deal to call it cruel.. I understand it is somewhat ‘cruel’ but the fish was only in that condition for a couple of weeks as stated. That’s all. Have a nice day :)

Room is one thing, but the heater and filter are required, as well as water volume. Water volume is important as betta fins are fragile and prone to deterioration. Also without warm water they can get fin clamp and melt. This is a better overall tank.

I'm not saying that it isn't a better tank..I know the fish needs a heater... I am saying that if it were larger it could be so much better...

MELODY MUNRO bigger is better

@@nickdan1313 it will survive not thrive

@@rayyanibrahim451 Yeah. So fine.

@@nickdan1313 that means it will live a short life of suffering as you treating like an ornament

Or at least a 3 gallon.

Still better than a giant wine glass... 2.5 is ok just would need more care and since it has a pump and a heater not really a problem.

Isometric Aquariums lmaoo

In some places around the USA, the tap water is chemical free, so hopefully Jeff was lucky enough to be in one of those areas

Pretty sure he must have used tap water conditioner.

Synthia Synsation what area would that be?

Perhaps he has well water? I have well water, which has no chemicals. So I only add water conditioner to my tanks

Big Paydrow if she is then imo she isn't worth it

I am Ellie she shouldn't have a fish if she can't care for it, if she is hurt over this and feels that way sucks to be her

i have a red halfmoon male betta :3 his name is tord

Glitching_ Taco get a male blue betta and name it tom. PLEASE. Also please tell me the betta is red

yep hes red!

Adam Ramirez no, acually. Betas really like small tanks. Like a gallon tank. No current and lots of places to hid. vases arent good, nor a tank over 3 gallons. So, that poor fish.

I rescued my betta too Every fish in dat fucking pet shop was sick and one died my fish is beautiful :)

Tbh very true look it up

It's really not that deep...

It's not that deep. I'm sure she was a little displeased he did that but look at how Jeff's environment improved. He kept is small to stay closer to her wishes, he used her plant and added more space and more things for Jeff to explore. I'm sure when she sees he is happier she won't be so upset. He also was clear that many people make these less than ideal setups for these fish.

@@MrMikey1273 and then he went and did so many mistakes in the setting up process. Ironic. Lol

my thoughts exactly - I really don't rate the gf for treating a living being like a bit of decoration, just does not sit right with me. if my so did that and refused to change setup for the "aesthetics" I'd leave and take the fish with me 🐠

Dude hes trying to do something nice for her. Ok? Also she wanted a simple set up. That's what he did for her. Stop being so judgmental.

She obviously did not care for her fish’s wellbeing, seeing that she did not tell him (an expert of fish to an extend, nonetheless way more experienced than her) about getting Jeff. She put the fish in far from adequate conditions (again obviously knowing it was wrong, since she hid that from him) and denied when he wanted to upgrade the fish’s tank. She is in the wrong here. He did the right thing by putting the animal’s health above his girlfriend’s feelings.

What medication do you guys use for fin rot? I was thinking about buying Bettafix on Amazon, but I didn’t realize it could be harmful to them

I keep Bettafix on hand for any susceptible issue that may come up. It's specially formulated for bettas unlike Melafix, which is made by same company. DO NOT use Melafix on a betta! However, I have not had to treat any of my bettas for any ailment since I started adding colloidal silver 500 ppm to their water. 13 drops per gal as a preventative is a miracle, plus 1/2 tsp aquarium salt.

He obviously tried to and when she said no, he went and saved the fish behind her back.

Spacemicheladatchet how

*Rice patties that stretch many miles.

They live in shallows yes, but vast areas of shallow water, their territory on average in the wild is a six foot space.

JJ Aquariums mines in a 45 as well

In fact for Bettas the bigger the better

Ik this comment was 2 years ago but if you still have your beta I would be careful the UV from the monitor could hurt your betas eyes