Noo new tiny tank betta trend has finally come !!

[lozzles]

im realy sad i always thought the half gallon tank trend would never come to england but my local garden centre is now selling them and similar jars fo r fighting fish the poor things can barely swim anyone elses had this happen near them

 

[Ethos]

umm...Yes?

 

[lozzles]

its just that its randomyl started in my area bettas were always tank fish before

 

[Durbkat]

I read on bettatalk.com that a 1/2 g is like the bare minium and they even have smaller at pet shops and I have a betta in one and he seems happier he swims around more he blows bubble nest and he flares more to. But its just temporary though

 

[Synirr]

It is the opinion of almost every single betta keeper on this board that 1 gallon is the bare minimum for a betta and the bigger the better, but sadly, here in the US they sell betta "tanks" that are meant to be permanent homes that are less than 1 quart. It's really a shame that manufacturers of these products won't come to their senses and realise that this is not adequate.

 

[lozzles]

well all my lfs used to sell bettas as a proper tank fish and for some reason my garden centre aquatics department has suddenly introduced the trend im soo annoyed i thought the english shops must be against it or something but apparently not

 

[laurasmithuk]

my lfs sells something called an aqua cube.... they're so small its ridiculous! people see them as trendy though and buy them. even though they are cruel and cost the same as a bigger tank!

 

[John_Nicholson]

I would like to see two polls on betta tank size. One for people that only have a few (1 to 30) and another strictly for people that breed and sale the fish. I am willing to bet that 90% of the breeders keep them in tanks smaller then one gallon.

-john

 

[OohFeeshy]

Yes, because breeders are breeders. Breeders keep the majority of fish temporarily, and have hundreds of fish from several spawns at the same time. Breeders rarely keep bettas for the whole duration of their lives, those that do are kept in surroundings reflective of that. When you're dealing with a 2.5 month old juvie thats going to be sold in a few weeks, theres not a great deal of point in getting it its own ten gallon tank with all the furnishings. The same way I very much doubt goldfish breeders keep to 10g per fancy or 20g for one, 10g for each extra.

 

[John_Nicholson]

We can discuss this in the other thread. No need to make people read two threads to watch us disagree....LOL.

-john

 

[rdd1952]

Someone posted a while back either on this forum or another that I was using at the time that they kept their bettas in the "betta barracks". Those are the little boxes that hang in the tank. Some of the LFS around here use them rather than the cups.

Speaking from first hand experience, I know that they are much more active and "happy" when in a tank. I had to isolate one of mine a while back and put him in a breeder box hanging inside my 29 gallon (he wasn't sick, just had ripped his tail and fins and I had to figure out how to fix the tank, 2.5 gallon, he was in so it wouldn't happen again). The box is about 3" square and about 6" long. He didn't do anything but lay on the bottom (obviously no room to swim). He was swimming around fine before I put him in the box and then again after I put him back in his tank.

 

[wuvmybetta]

Someone posted a while back either on this forum or another that I was using at the time that they kept their bettas in the "betta barracks". Those are the little boxes that hang in the tank. Some of the LFS around here use them rather than the cups.

Speaking from first hand experience, I know that they are much more active and "happy" when in a tank. I had to isolate one of mine a while back and put him in a breeder box hanging inside my 29 gallon (he wasn't sick, just had ripped his tail and fins and I had to figure out how to fix the tank, 2.5 gallon, he was in so it wouldn't happen again). The box is about 3" square and about 6" long. He didn't do anything but lay on the bottom (obviously no room to swim). He was swimming around fine before I put him in the box and then again after I put him back in his tank.

^ In regards to that fish incident- I believe that once they go into a certain size tank, there really is no going back. In order to keep them satisfied you would have to slowly downsize them. I have boys who started off in a cup and now reside in 2.5's, they absolutely flip when I put them in a cup for a water change.


Anyway, what's up with all of the tank size threads today?

Oh, and the lfs bettas in America dream of a half gallon.