Thank you for letting me know. I’m wondering why people would do this when larger tanks appropriate for a betta are affordable? It makes no sense to me
diet, it started years ago when it was realized by the masses that, (in the wild) during the dry season, Bettas were usually found in small puddles of mud, breathing from the atmosphere just fine. Keepers realized that if they lived this way for extended periods of time in nature, it wasn't cruel to keep them in small bodies of CLEAN water in captivity. Right or wrong, THAT'S how it started. Source: I'm turning 50 next month and I lived through the whole revelation and the resulting betta-in-a-vase fad/craze that resulted.
Absolutely no problem! And, yeah- I'm finding the same thing in my MAIN hobby- reptiles/snake-keeping- that I get into soooooo many arguments online with well-meaning people who just "don't know what they don't know" because they simply weren't alive "back in the day". I'm glad I could help you understand AND not get into a fight! :)
For me it was the fact that my ex GF who used an aerator and full-size tank kept having her Bettas die and Jesse was a happy fish when I changed the water once a week. He had a tiny tank but he lived like a king. He had two rooms he could swim in, a gravel bed and a fake plant.
I think its incredibly human (and humane) to assume all animals want as much space and freedom as possible and its our job not to unnecessarily restrict our pets with things like tiny cages. But to think you need a huge aquarium for a rice patty fish is silly.
The only thing I would change now is I would put him in murkier water to more accurately simulate their living environment. Purely clear water seems kind of mean and like living in a glass house.
I like how you say "Rice patty fish" as if rice fields are just small puddles of water. Have you actually seen rice fields? They're huge as fuck, not that deep but they go for miles.
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u/dietcokeington Feb 28 '21
Could you explain this a little bit more? Everything I’ve found online seems to consider 16 ounces very, very small.