Ive Got Carried Away

[LittleL]

Ok so after browsing the net allday looking at betta's, i knew i just had to have one...

anyway, i finished work early today and when i got home, my mum sent me to get something from the garage.... what did i see... a small glass tank which i use to have goldfish in..

anyway to cut a long story short, i cleaned the tank throughly, added stones and went to the LFS and purchased a betta!!!

he is happierly swimming around in the tank and i love him top bits already (his name is marbella... Marley for short!)

i know this wasnt a brilliant idea and im sure some of you will criticise me , but i feel in love with him right away and had to get him.. im not sure what tail type he is but he is a dark bluey/purpley colour with red streaks. ill get a picture of him when i charge my digital camera up..

one question though.... my bedroom which the tank is in, stays at a fairly warm temerture, so i havent got a heater for him tank, but i do want to get one just in case temp drops.... what temp do bettas live in the best? Also can you feed bettas 'freeze dried' bloodworm or does it HAVE to be frozen or live? what else can i feed him?

 

[lisie]

I doubt anyone will criticize you, you're on these forums and probably know more about bettas than most people do that own them! Most of my guys are spur-of-the-moment bettas that I didn't know I would be getting until I was in the pet store!

one question though.... my bedroom which the tank is in, stays at a fairly warm temerture, so i havent got a heater for him tank, but i do want to get one just in case temp drops.... what temp do bettas live in the best? Also can you feed bettas 'freeze dried' bloodworm or does it HAVE to be frozen or live? what else can i feed him?

78-80 degrees F is good. You can try freeze-dried bloodworms but I believe (haven't tried them myself) that some bettas won't eat them, and they obviously like frozen better. You can also feed him other frozen foods like brine shrimp, and obviously a staple food like Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets.

Congrats on the new guy! Any photos?

 

[RandomWiktor]

A word of caution: Freeze dried bloodworms should be fed to bettas only rarely, if ever. Freeze dried foods are a leading cause of potentially fatal constipation, and wreak havoc on the GI of most fish. They are also not a nutritionally complete food. I would suggest a high quality betta food like Hikari or BioBlend, supplimented with frozen or live blood worms, brine shrimp, and fruit flies.