So, I was helping someone select some plants for her new office today, and she decided she wants to buy a betta. In fact, she decided she wants two, one for her office and one for her home.
We were at a plant store, and they told me that pothos will kill bettas, because they are poisonus to everything and bettas will eat them and die. I quark an eyebrow to that, but leave it alone because I figure -- at least she's anti betta vase.
We go across the street, and find a few nice blue veiltails, they're "fresh", and definately young, and we're chatting about bettas while looking at them. Finally, we talk to a cashier and she starts telling us about them.
First of all, she tells me that bettas eat plants, in fact, they eat so many plants that they eat plants *away*, and you have to replace them.
Uh, say what? I blink, and finally I say, "Bettas are carnivores, they don't eat plants." and she violently disagrees, saying that bettas will eat a plant down if you let them. She says the store bettas do that all the time (which confuses me, since they're never removed from their cups), and that her home betta does the same.
After months of careful research, am I horribly mislead?
My bettas don't eat plants at all, although at times I can coax them into eating a bit of cookied pea.
We were at a plant store, and they told me that pothos will kill bettas, because they are poisonus to everything and bettas will eat them and die. I quark an eyebrow to that, but leave it alone because I figure -- at least she's anti betta vase.
We go across the street, and find a few nice blue veiltails, they're "fresh", and definately young, and we're chatting about bettas while looking at them. Finally, we talk to a cashier and she starts telling us about them.
First of all, she tells me that bettas eat plants, in fact, they eat so many plants that they eat plants *away*, and you have to replace them.
Uh, say what? I blink, and finally I say, "Bettas are carnivores, they don't eat plants." and she violently disagrees, saying that bettas will eat a plant down if you let them. She says the store bettas do that all the time (which confuses me, since they're never removed from their cups), and that her home betta does the same.
After months of careful research, am I horribly mislead?
My bettas don't eat plants at all, although at times I can coax them into eating a bit of cookied pea.
The best part is, I've found myself doing it too! 
