True it was about the decor, but truely would you like to live in a cupboard or a house? If people were less ignorant to the conditions these fish like they wouldnt be kept in such small tanks.
Ive just moved my PK male into a 10gall, the stupid fish place said "a betta would rather be in a 1gall" i had to advise the fool that was complete nonsence.
again continuing the debate. a house or a mansion. a mansion or an entire city to your self. it will never end. and comparing 1 gal to 10 gal as being like living in a cupboard to living in a house is rediculous. you got some big cupboards than or a really small house. that was a really poor comparison. it is more like living in your bedroom or something bversus the rest of your house. and to be honest, i live i njsut one room anyways. i occasionally get up to get food or go to the bathroom or shower, but fish get fed by you so they don't need a kitchen, and they go to the bathroom in the tank and don't need to bathe. so really if you kept a room clean you ould live in one room if the conditions were the same. it can be done with humans, so animals can do it better since their tanks are being cleaned by humans and it is less they have ot worry about. like i said i pretty much live in one room anyways, so you're bringing that analogy up to the wrong person.
your opinion is that they need that size, when in fact they don't. but that is your opinion. and tghe later is mine. if you don't like the conditions that they are kept in than don't keep them yourself. it's hypocritical. the breeders keep them in far smaller. besides, i think the condition the fish would rather live in are in their natural habitat, but you own one, so really you are being ignorant by just owning them.
just don't post on threads if you are jsut going to be negative. keep opinions like that to yourself unless the thread is about tank sizes. like i said that is how flamming wars start and give the forums a bad rep.
i'm really starting to see why all the "older" (not age, but been around longer) members are getting fed up. it really is only a select few that must argue over everything and think that they are right about
EVERYTHING!.
get a different hobby if you got to flame on peopel all the time, its nto ignorance, but common sense to keep a fish in what they feel comfortable with. bettas liek to patrol constantly to guard their territory. if they have ot petrol too much than they get stressed and worry to much about that and nothing else.
before you talk about ignorance think about what you are doing, you keep them period. end of story. you are being ignorant yourself of what they rather do, they much rather be free. not stuck in a tank.
like RW said start your own topic if you don't like it and see if you could get a posse there that agrees. noone is stopping you (though those topics usually get closed quite fast). one of her threads got closed a little while back because everyone jumped on her for the same thing, and all she did was show the bettas. heck you can't even find it as the flamming was so bad, wuv had to delete it, there was no saving it.
. noone is dismissing your opinion, personally if i could i would give my bettas each at least 3 gallons (since they reach about 3" or so), but space and money stop me from doing it, so i do the best i can and give them the most my space and budget can afford (which is 1-2 gallons for me).
but enough of that childish argument crap, let's get back on topic...
Liberty802, i think your tanks look amazing and all of your guys look incredibly happy. don't listen to what some of the downers say, most of us think you are doing a stand out job with your fish. good luck to you, and don't let the finnicky ones lead you down. 
no unfortunatly he passed away a couple of days ago, he was acting funny for a couple of days, lethargic, no appetite, but no outward signs of illness, I kept his water sparkling, with a bit of salt, lowered the water level and gave him a big ole' leaf to lay on, but I woke up one morning and he was gone, poor boy 
Hey while I have you here, I have 2 females who seem quite swimbladdery, and skinny (They came this way when I got them on wednesday) and while they're a bit more active they still have no appetite, and are still either just laying on the bottom or floating verticle if they stop swimming forward. Do you have any suggestions?? I was thinking of giving them microworms... but I wasn't sure... Thanks! 
