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Aquarium fish care Betta Fish Care: Why Does This Fish Bowl Kit Work?

Few visitors to this site have sent us message saying that they're worried about fish care that one Betta and two Aquatic Snails are too many animals in one bowl. We appreciate their concern for these animals, and it may seem like too lot of animals. However the crucial test is to actually try it, and we have tried it many many times. It works. Why?
1) These animals are adults and have low metabolic rates. Why is thatimportant? Because they'll metabolize less food, so they'll eat lessfood, so they'll produce less waste, the water will stay clean, andthey'll remain healthy.
2) We strongly recommend you check your fish bowl 10 minutes after eachfeeding. If there is any uneaten food, remove it with a small net.
3) We recommend that you feed Tetra BettaMin and Tetra Delecta FreezeDried Blood Worms, because these foods float and leave less residuethan most foods.
4) We recommend that you change 20% of the water at least twice a week and replace it with bottled drinking water.
5) The cultured gravel provides a lot of surface area that is covered withthe essential nitrifying bacteria that turn fish waste into harmlessresidue.
6) Notice we recommend putting the bowl in a cool part of your home wherethe water is 65 to 75 degrees F. not 78 to 80. The lower temperatureallows more oxygen in the water and less fish waste because theanimals' metabolism is slower.
7) 1.5 gallons is 6 quarts and that's a pretty big fish bowl. We might putone Betta in a half gallon bowl but 1.5 gallons is much better.

Betta Fish Care: We know that one small goldfish willn't do well in a fish bowl, so we don't recommend putting goldfish in bowls. It took us a long time to find the unique combination of this large bowl with the right amount of cultured gravel, food, and animals that fit together and do very well together.

Betta Fish Care:

Plant Care. Don't use any plants except the natural water plants that are not toxic to the fish. The plant's roots grow down into the water and absorbs small amounts of waste produced by the betta fish. The plant produces oxygen into the air too. If the plant's root grows too big or becomes brown and soggy, you might cut them back. If the plant becomes too massive at the top you might separate the plant and plant that part of the plant that isn't being used. One of the best water plant to use is the Chinese Evergreen, it tolerates very low lighting and it is a hydroponic plant.

Betta Fish Care: Cautionary Comments.

A couple of good folks have sent comments saying that they took this plan for this kit, then went out and "bought all the parts and put it together, but it doesn't seem to be working." We checked and found out they had gravel but not cultured gravel, or they couldn't find any Aquatic Snails.

The cultured gravel and the Aquatic Snails are essential, and this combination doesn't work well without them. We'll be glad to ship you the cultured gravel and the Aquatic Snails, or the entire kit, and anything else you need. But please for sake of the animals do the entire plan, or it may not work.