| If you have decided you want to have a betta or | | | | Keep the water temperature at around 70 to 80 |
| two to watch swim around in a tank to give you | | | | degrees Fahrenheit. |
| a few precious moments of peace, then you | | | | Skip a day of food every once in while to help |
| should learn all you can on betta care to keep | | | | with your betas digestive system. |
| your fish healthy and happy. | | | | Allow your betta to get a bit excited every now |
| The Dos of Betta Care | | | | and then by placing a mirror up to the bowl or |
| Feed your betta every day, but only once and | | | | tank so they can see another betta. They will use |
| only, the amount he or she can consume in five | | | | their gill cover to make them appear larger. This is |
| minutes. | | | | actually good for them if not done for more than |
| Feed your betta only betta food or blood worms. | | | | 15 minutes per day. |
| Clean the betta bowl once per week if the bowl | | | | The Don'ts of Betta Care |
| does not have a filtration system. | | | | Do not leave food in the betta bowl once your |
| Keep extra water in a plastic jug treated with | | | | betta is finished eating. This food will rot and can |
| Amquel, Novaqua, and aquarium salt for the | | | | make your betta sick. |
| weekly cleaning. This way you will always have | | | | Do not feed your betta, live food without rinsing |
| clean water ready to go for your betta. | | | | well. |
| Keep the PH level at 7.0 or at least from 6.5 to | | | | Do not feed your betta, that nasty looking worm |
| 7.5. | | | | with dirt all over it. |
| Have a lid on the tank or cover the betta bowl as | | | | Do not forget to clean the gravel when you clean |
| your betta just like other betas love to jump and | | | | the betta bowl or tank. |
| they have been known to jump out of their bowl. | | | | Do not place the betta bowl or betta tank in |
| A live plant in the bowl or tank with your betta is | | | | direct sunlight. |
| a great idea. | | | | Do not place the betta bowl or tank in a draft. |
| If you change the water such as changing from | | | | Do not place the bowl or tank in a cold room. |
| tap water to distilled water, do so gradually. | | | | Do not stick with one kind of food, betas need to |
| When you clean the tank or bowl, be sure to | | | | eat a variety of foods in order to stay healthy. |
| rinse all the soap off completely. Soap left on any | | | | Do not put betta males in with other betas unless |
| of the items in the bowl or tank will cause the | | | | it is spawning. |
| betta to die. | | | | |