Are Betta Fish Easy To Take Care of?
Betta fish are probably the easiest fish that I know to take care of. The reason is because they don’t need filtration, per se. They don’t need extra aeration, a heater; in fact they don’t really need anything. You could put them in a really small bowl. Betta fish are really neat, because they’re one of the few fish in the Anabantid family. They’re cousins. They can literally gulp air out of water, and they can stick their head out of water and breathe. It’s a real neat function to have when you don’t have filtration, to oxygenate the water, so they’re really simple to take care of from that standpoint. Their food requirements are very easy as well. They typically live from nine months to two years. I have one at home almost all the time, and I have real good success with them. There’s not a lot you have to do with them.
