the plakat oh and my petsmart has the plakat bettas

King bettas are large bettas.They can be halfmoon,plakat,crown or even veiltail.Most are plakats though.Topic: Giants betta vs regular ones - Welcome To Bettas Friends.

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so you said petsmart has plakat bettas? and they are kept the same way my crowntail would be?

at mine yea but bettas are different at every store but on petcos website the also have some.

Go through a breeder.You have more choices and are not supporting the big chain stores.

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well boys i was in walmart today and they got a fresh shipment of bettas and then all the betta stuff was onsale too so i went ahead and rescued a very healthy red male betta who has such long fins and got him a betta tank for 4.50 and the betta water (whats the difference in that and purified???) and set him up at my house he is super happy

what size tank?

it was like a 1 gallon betta tank (i know not sufficient) but it was on sale and it was better than what it was in so i rescueeeed

I know which one you are talking about.Its about a half a gallon.Saw them myself today.The betta water is a waste of money.Dechlor your tap for him and he will be fine.What about a heater?

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actually it is in my brothers room temp stays between 70 and 80 in there and yeah its a half gallon it was so cheap i just had to and he fits in there with plenty of room cuz atm he is still small and i rigged it up with led lights so its pretty cool and the temp is pretty stable its def better than what he was in im thinking of getting another one of the tanks (cuz they so cheap atm) and rescuing another betta

would you think of upgrading to a 10 gallon with a divider in the future? i really hate when ppl keep them in less then 5 gallons.

as soon as i get a job im going to buy them all seperate 5 gallon tanks lol i start my new job in a few weeks. i know they need room to swim and a heater to be constantly warm lol

awesome! wish i could do that. cant have over 3 tanks.

why not? and anyway i have a 10 gallon tank empty in my closet but i mean no sense in setting it back up the lights are all broken and stuff and they were incandescent so i hated the look in the water all yellow like so i am gonna buy 5 gallon tanks with led lights lol

y not buy a new light for the 10 gallon? cant have anymore bc im in a rental house and upstairs.

i was going to buy 2 compact fluorescent bulbs for it but they are 6 dollars each and plus i'd have to make a divider and the filter system on it broke too so i'd have to buy a new one (wouldn't have too but its a thought) and i'd definately have to buy a new heater for it cuz that one broke too (power surge is why it all broke)

oh

I treated my bettas, as well as tiger barbs with all kind of unusual things. Most usual were Enchitraeus albidus, bloodworms, dafnia and cyclops. I always prefer live food. However, I treated them with earth worms, collecting the smallest of them after heavy rains. Other unusual treats were small pieces of chicken liver cut with a razor blade, pieces of raw salmon, lean chicken and lean beef. When cutting meat for fish, take care so pieces would be small enough for betta to swallow without difficulty.