Hello from Socal
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Hi! I live in Socal too. I love king bettas, and have always wanted one, but I'm greedy, because I want more than one fish in a 10 gallon (I won't put a betta in anything less than a 10 gallon). I have Turquoise Rainbowfish, Boesemani Rainbow, a giant danio, mountain cloud minnows, a cherry barb, kuhli loaches, endlers, killie fish, furcata rainbows, an Angel fish, balloon mollies, German Rams, Honey Gouramis, and just recently got three Bristlenose Plecos! So I have quite a variety. Oh, two fiddler crabs too! I love bettas, and have 2 females in my 55 gallon along with some of the others, and had a fantastic blue male for 4 years, until he died. He was so special that I never got another male, although this also goes back to me wanting more than one fish in a 10 gallon, lol!
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Bbonta, he's a cutie! Does he have a filter and heater?
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Hi there, Rackin Rocky. :-D
He has a heater, but I don't have a filter yet. He's in a 3 gallon tank and I'm going to do water changes (100%) every other day till I get a bigger tank and put a filter on it. In the 3 gallon, the in-tank filters would blow him around too much.
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Bettas like it warm--try it keep it around 80F. It's good that you change the water every other day, not having a filter can allow ammonia to build up.Use a water conditioner, like Prime too. (I'm sure you already know this) If you're getting the 10 gallon soon, he'll be fine. Otherwise I'd be more comfortable getting him a small filter. Although bettas can do without them, I prefer to use them. The smallest Whisper filter works great in my fiddler crab 10 gallon tank that I have 3 gallons of water in (rest of it is land).
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Thank you for the advice. I do use a water conditioner, NovAqua Plus. The heater works really well. He's at 82 F. He seems pretty comfortable. He's also getting a Moss ball (massimo?) Thursday via UPS.
Do you know of a filter that would work with 3 gallons and not blow him around? I was thinking a sponge filter would help.
Oh, you mean a Whisper filter... is that the kind that hangs on the back/edge? There's a lip on his container, and it's round unfortunately.
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Sounds like he's got a great home with you. Marimo moss ball is what you are referring to. I've had a few over the years. After a while they fall apart, but they seem to last at least a year. The Whisper filter has suction cups, and that's how it hangs. I don't know if it would "stick" though on a rounded tank. That's the only small filter I've used. Most would be too big for three gallons. I've researched it online, and that's how I ended up with the Whisper. They are only about 6" high, including the intake, so pretty small.
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This is the one I picked out last night. It has good reviews.
Darn, can't get the link to work. But you get the idea.
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Now that I think of it, I HAVE heard of that one. It seems that I read a LOT of reviews, and that the Whisper, in the end, won me over. I hope this one works for you--good job! When you get better pics of your new guy, post them!
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I sure will, rackin rocky.
Thanks for the chat. You made me feel very welcome.-):yourock:
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Well, hello there, Calle! It's a pleasure to meet you. What kind of Betta do you have? :-DHi Bev
I don't know what a giant or king betta is but I'm new too and was scared to post anything in the wrong place. Lol
Anyway, hi.
Giant and King Bettas are larger Bettas. They've been bred to be 4-5 inches or so, but there have been reports of even larger ones (I read this on the net somewhere.) You can breed two Giants and get a regular, btw. So, if you want to buy a giant (I plan to) then you might want to get an adult.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM1Tr5ShTpM
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