You've been to the pet store or looking at fish pet online stores and noticed a beautiful betta fish, so you’ve decided to buy it and when you get back home, you just throw away that fish into an aquarium. Nope, that’s a bad idea. To prevent shock or stress or event death, you have properly introduced a new betta fish into a fish tank or fish bowl.
When you bring your betta home, place the entire bag into the tank or bowl and allow it to float there just about 10-20 minutes. This allows time for the water temperature to become similar with the temperature and pH of the aquarium water. This will help reduce the amount of stress imposed on the fish. Stressed betta fish often leads to dead fish! Don’t feed beta fish on the first day. They probably wouldn’t eat any food on the first day anyway. Let them get acquainted with their new home.
Be prepared to spend some time once every week or two to clean your tank. Performing regular water changes will keep your betta fish happy and healthy. Remember that the key to successful fish keeping is happy, stress-free fish.
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