Places Where You Can Get A Gallon Jar.

[winddancer70]

I've save the containers my parakeets seed comes in.Since they also get veggies and whole grain it takes awhile to use the seed..I just pour it all into a ziploc.the container is ready to use. I've stored like 5 in my cupboard for "just in case"...They hold a little over a gallon of water....

 

[Dany]

look at this...picked 2 of them up for £1 or $1.42. think it must be about 15-20 gallons

 

[ravekiss]

look at this...picked 2 of them up for £1 or $1.42.View attachment 33237think it must be about 15-20 gallons

How do you get the fish in and out of this jar?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

look at this...picked 2 of them up for £1 or $1.42.View attachment 33237think it must be about 15-20 gallons

How do you get the fish in and out of this jar?

i suspect the answer is "you don't"

 

[wuvmybetta]

I would imagine you could just awkwardly pour him out...
I dunno, bettas seem pretty bendy. I know of several breeders that use a large funnel to bag fish. They pour the betta and the water through the funnel I've never tried it, personally, as I can just picture one getting clogged in the hole, but I'm told they don't. *shrug*

 

[Amerce]

How about a 1.5 gallon for FREE

Yep you heard me they were FREE ... what are they you ask

Well you know when you go to buy some loose sweets, the jars that they come in ... and the shop was quite happy to give them to me and will save me all future jars....

Just wash them and take the labels off (that is the hard part) and they all come with lids, so I can use them for other things apart from keeping betta's during emergency's.

 

[Dany]

the top of that big jar is alot wider than it looks in the photo.but you woudnt need to get him out,water changes are easy enough.

 

[BWBettas]

How about a 1.5 gallon for FREE

Yep you heard me they were FREE ... what are they you ask

Well you know when you go to buy some loose sweets, the jars that they come in ... and the shop was quite happy to give them to me and will save me all future jars....

Just wash them and take the labels off (that is the hard part) and they all come with lids, so I can use them for other things apart from keeping betta's during emergency's.

Wow That's My Idea Don't Take Credit Lol.
Nah Ur Ok Glad Other Bettas Will Benefit

 

[soritan]

Hn, I'm thinking of putting this in the "pin me pin me!" thread...

 

[Naughtygirlrlw]

^^^^
Good idea!

 

[Taridan]

I've found pretzels and other such snacks that come in giant clear plastic containers, I'm working on emptying one right now and will use it for yet another betta. You could always buy the container, which is only like $5-$7, empty the contents into ziplocs and have the container for use immediately. You basically get a free fish tank.

I agree...I did that once and the betta was very happy:

An absolutely wonderful idea... Also, for those in the states, Anyone who goes to Sams Club or Big Lots to buy things in Bulk can find containers of right size and clarity. (Been about a month since I've been shopping there, but I KNOW they have things that could work.)

 

[therlinger]

I bought a giant pyrex cookie jar at wal-mart for my betta. It holds about two and a half gallons and comes with a lid! It was about 12 dollars and worked wonderful. It was big enough for an undergravel filter and made a beautiful addition to my kitchen bar!

 

[nakomis90]

doesnt anybody answer people on this thread!
ive read 2 times somebody ask about putting a heater in half these jars!
i personally maybe im too loving.... couldnt put my fish anything other than a fish tank....
but thats just me....

 

[pica_nuttalli]

doesnt anybody answer people on this thread!
ive read 2 times somebody ask about putting a heater in half these jars!
i personally maybe im too loving.... couldnt put my fish anything other than a fish tank....
but thats just me....

1) Bettas is varied in the number of answers but consistent in the amount of advice.

2) It depends. I wouldn't put a heater in a 1/2 gallon peanut butter jar, but I might in the 2 gallon glass jug. Thus a generic answer is useless anyways. Sort of.

3.1) Mm, passive-aggressive much? ANY container is better than the 6 oz cups that bettas are sold in. People wander in here all the time insisting that they can't afford a 1 gallon tank or that their parents won't buy them a tank or in a panic because their glass tank broke... Whereas it's obvious in this list that there are tons of options besides expensive glass boxes for betta-keeping

3.2) Bettas don't care what the thing holding their water is; they just care how much water it holds. People regularly get hung up on the idea that fish only live in lakes and little glass boxes, but fish just live in water. It's all about volume, temperature and swimming room* when it comes to bettas.


*In my opinion, for whatever it's worth, once the minimum volume is accounted for, the "tank" should roughly comply with CFC's tankbuster guidlines: (http/www.fishforums.net/content/Oddballs-institute/116410/Tank-Sizes-For-Tankbusters)

Since bettas are only about 2" long (discounting the tail, which is wholly finnage), a jar with a 6-8 inch diameter should meet the minimum requirement for swimming space. Ideally, the container should have *no* dimension under 8", since bettas are fish that use every dimension for swimming.

 

[Amunet]

well. for me t buy a tupperware box for my betta , filter it and heater it , how much would it cost??

There's no need to filter a tank under 5 gallons in my opinion, just do 100% water changes weekly. You can't really cycle anything under about 5 gallons very well anyway. I dunno about using a heater in one of the 1 gallon tupperware containers, but they make 4-5 gallon ones that would do well with a small heater. Here in the states the 1 gallon tupperware containers are less than $2 at Walmart, and I think the 5 gallons are about $6

I must respectively disagree with the bolded statement.
I have a 3 gallon hex tank that uses one of those whisper bubble filters in it, used a little bit of mature media w/ the filter that comes with it and everything is just peachy in the tank. I've never had any problem with water paremeters in the tank. The filter costs 10 dollars, comes with the filter media and comes with it's own air pump.
Personally.. I just couldn't put another fish into an uncycled environment again. I've seen what it will do to fish so yeah... everything must have a filter and must be cycled before I will put a fish into it. Of course that prevents me from having a bunch of "tanks" But oh well! lol

Anywho! If someone wants a cheap "tank" I'd definitely go for tupperware containers. I don't use it as a tank, but I recently recieved a container that would work great as a tank if I wanted to use it that way. It probably holds between 4-5 gallons. Thick plastic and clear. Also has a lid w/ a handle. I got it for Xmas so I could put my art supplies in it, and the person who got it for me isn't exactly swimming in money so I know it probably didn't cost them more than 5 dollars.