Thanks, now I’m betta equipped to care for fish.

Now all we need is a megalodon care guide.

Would like to see more videos like this for other species if possible. Would be usefull for people like me who are trying to get better at fish keeping.

I like how you highlited how they like plants a lot, so many people just dont take it into account for some reason

I really think these types of videos are what will help people learn of fish mis and disinformation the most! Thank you so much avnj

I clicked on this with apprehension and hope, and glad to say that you left me pretty satisfied with the information you're giving here. As an aquarium specialty store professional for a few decades, I actually do hope to educate, to give as much relevant information as possible. The best aquarium stores want long term aquarium hobbyists, not short term sales. I also want to point out that bloodworms although are great as part of a varied diet is really hard to solely meet the nutritional needs of most fish, and for more herbivorous species can actually pose a health risk. I loved that you pointed out that size is not as important as correct conditions. People ask me all the time, "how many fish fit is this size aquarium?" or "how many litres does this fish need?“ and my answer is always the same. Fish need two things, 1- they need to be able to exhibit their natural behaviours, and 2- they need to have water quality that's correct for their species. Tank shape, size, decor, tank mates... None of it matters provided you are meeting those two needs. And also that keeping fish in bowls is not impossible but I consider it advanced fishkeeping, the smaller the volume of water, the harder it is to maintain stability. Edited to remind that a stressed fish can not exhibit their natural behaviours, not only that but a stressed fish will have a less effective immune system than a non stressed fish.

Good live plants to look into are Annubias, Java fern, Java moss, Hygrophila, swords, and vallisnera !!

As an exotic veterinarian, I am so glad you posted this. There is so much bad information on exotic species. I don't see a lot of fish, but it's good to have somewhere to point them with easy to absorb information.

If you decide to include a face cam in the next presentation, you should leave a little space for said cam so it isn't overlapping with the text. Just a personal preference, not sure if the text and cam overlap bothers anyone else. 👍

There is an entire set of factors that you're not taking into consideration, domesticated animals, animals that have been bred in captivity for years have a completely different set of care requirements than their wild caught counterparts, of course the amount of time, and Generations that they've been bred in captivity, and the ways that they've been kept affects this, but just in the same way we don't treat our dogs like wolves, but instead, treat them like individuals that have unique preferences and needs, We should be making sure that we're doing that with our fish. I've had fish go through so much stress in my 10 gallon even though everything was perfect for them because they were so used to living in a cup I had to move them back to my 5 gallon tank I even measured the decibels coming from the filter to make sure that it wasn't the noise that was stressing them out the water parameters were exactly the same and so was the foliage, and the tank mates. Don't get me wrong this is a great guide but it's like learning the addition subtraction, A simplified version, when It's worth considering a vast amount of factors and it's more like physics or geometry not addition and subtraction, it's just more complicated than that, yaknow?

Absolutely love that you made this video, it is much needed! I have 3 bettas, and I have actually found that if you keep them in the recommended minimum of 5 gallons, they get illnesses like finrot much more easily than if you keep them in 7 or 8 gallons. So I hope that the minimum recommendation gets increased :)

This is actually the best video on this subject I’ve ever seen

Heya! Petsmart Petcare Specialist here! (please don’t come for me I love animals and I understand petsmart, petco and such aren’t exactly the golden standard for petcare- but I’m a freelance artist and that can’t pay the bills by itself) I agree that 9/10 stores, if not more than that, are pretty shitty and will only tell you things that will get you to buy an animal. But I will say, at my store at least, (we’re a small location soooo definitely not representative of most locations) our store leaders have pretty much said you can try to sell animals when it’s a good fit, but we reserve every right, and SHOULD ask several questions and ensure the customers have already gotten the bare MINIMUM necessities for their new pet. I flat out refuse to sell animals to a good percent of people, and try to educate them to the best of my ability if they’re set on the commitment (I’m no biologist, so obviously I can only do so much- but I’ve done countless hours of research into many animals, I’ve been a long time fan of AVNJ, as well as other great animal themed educational channels like Clint’s Reptiles and Snake Discovery) I’m almost definitely in the minority, but I like to hope that there are still others like me that try to make a difference for the animals people buy, even if it is in a shitty low paying retail environment 😂 People are really poorly educated, ESPECIALLY about fish in my experience. Someone came in to try to buy ten comet goldfish for either a ten gallon or a twenty gallon- not sure off the top of my head. I was like “uhhhhh I really would not recommend that. If you’re really set on that aquarium size maybe go for a small tropical community of fish instead” and explained all the shit about how certain fish need to be kept in a minimum shoal of 5/6 or more (depending on the species) and all that jazz. The worst might be this one guy who has brought in dead fish SEVERAL times, literally brought back this adorable little baby Corydora that I caught for him maybe four days prior- I was hesitant to even SELL him fish, but because there wasn’t repeated proof I kind of had to. Not going to make that mistake again, I feel so bad. He has a 10 gallon aquarium. From what I can remember, he has put one tiger barb, one rainbow shark, a GOLDFISH, and several other types of fish that should be in groups of at LEAST five or more (such as that sweet little cory😭) all individually in one ten gallon. Like bro- one rainbow shark grows to 6 inches alone, and should have a minimum of 6 gallons of space- and that’s hella abusive on its own if you ask me. It’s appalling. Unsurprisingly, he came back in with the tiny Cory I got him, it’s fins were GONE, it had clearly been abused by its tank mates. And he told me that ‘for some reason my goldfish and the rainbow shark also both died! Can I get a new cory?’ And I was like ‘hahahah…no. But you can have a snail.’ I feel bad for even giving him the snail. I won’t sell him any more fish and when I can get his name I’m gonna try to put him on the no sell list. Ugh. But there are good customers too! A lot of people are receptive to changing their original plans to be much more healthy for the fish or other animal they want to get as long as you explain to them what needs to be changed! So that’s always nice.

I miss my bettas from my childhood home, my new place doesnt have the space for a planted 20gal like I had before. Amazing job on the research and presentation of this dude! 🎉

As a PetSmart employee, I can say that even if most pet store employees were properly trained and knowledgeable on fish care, very few people would actually listen to them. The majority of people I sell fish to don't care enough to listen about the nitrogen cycle, fish activity, social requirements, etc... they wanna fill a box with water and call it a day. I didn't even know anything about fish care when I started working there, yet they quickly put me in the aquatics section, so it's not all the employees fault. These big corporation pet stores knows that most of their customers don't care. That's why they don't need employees who care, they just want someone who can bag fish and make a sale.

Walk into the pet store employee comes to you and you pull the Ron Swanson: "I know more than you"

I’m so glad u made this bc i just got a veiltail betta in November. I’ve been looking for useful things for when i upgrade his tank to 5-6 gallon so this was really helpful.

I've been keeping bettas for awhile. They are very enjoyable and nice fish. This is a good baseline for what I've learned too.

If this becomes a series can you call it school of fish? :)

I like this. Would love to see care guides for other species.

I just rescued a female Betta from pet supplies plus the other day! And feed her a high quality of shrimp pellets! And other things that she loves! I love her so much I named her Splash!

I'm a huge betta nerd/keeper so here are some of my points: I would highly advise against keeping "betta sororities" of female bettas as they do better alone, and getting a sorority to work (especially for beginners) is risky. When it comes to keeping other fish with bettas, you usually can't go wrong with small tetras/rasboras as they can get away from the betta if it shows aggression. Different bettas have different temperments so you really have to pair them with other fish based on that. I also wouldn't say they don't care about tank size, as bettas do much better in 5+ gallons for aquarium size as based on my experience, and you can add more environmental enrichment in a 5+ gallon tank. Anything smaller than 5 gallons just doesn't give enough room for the fish to actually thrive. The bare minimum smallest I would ever go is 2.5 gallons, but at that point you might as well do 5 gallons. Although I see you agree in your video, some people might hear that first part and think small tanks are ok.

i've had bettas/fish for years but i'm gonna watch this anyway cause i want to hear what you say :)

Thank you for giving us this important information, AVGN

Zach this is very cool and all... but I wish you put your facecam somewhere that didn't block some words. Would be better if you add caption too.

Finally some insight from an actual Scientist ❤ I'd love to see the same type of video for other common aquarium fish.

Thank you!

We need more videos like this, care guides from someone not trying to sell fish to you! 😅

Nice care guide!

All roads lead back to fish care videos lol

My goldfish love crickets

rare avnj guide

Now we can take - betta - care of our fish

I have seen Betta pugnax in a sandy/rocky drain that isn't super vegetated but the water in it comes from/leads to a swamp forest so I think the bettas just swam out of there. So vegetated is still the best.

I just got my fish thx for the help

My favorite pet fish🔥🙏

There are about 2 employees of fishstores that I trust. One owns a general pet store with a big aquarium section and his own (great looking tanks) on display and the other one is from a different store that owns fish herself and we love talking about our setups with

What would you say the quality of life for a betta fish is in a smaller tank, such as a 5 gallon? People on reddit forums and the like swear that small tanks are abusive and tantamount to keeping them in the little plastic cups you get at the pet store.

All my bettas have done well with ghost shrimp 🍀

Nice vid

Wish this did better I would love to see more of these

What about water changes. Type of water. Conditioning and how much to change at a time.

I have spiders so sometimes when I get crickets I drop one in the tank and my betta destroys it

He actually did it

My Betta is very lethargic. I have a heater in the tank. It's about 76 degrees. He/ she isn't swimming around like before. The ammonia is ok, but the nitrite is about 1.0 ppm. I keep adding Prime and Stability, but that nitrite number won't go down. What should I do?

In general how do you cure dropsy?

Can I put one with my 2 goldfish and 2 pelecos i here there aggressive?

Please play Bin Weevils Rewritten.

Currently cycling my second betta tank. My java fern is dying. I tried fertilizer but i didnt like how i got high nitrates knowing it wasnt from my high ammonia. Anyone got any advice?

Wish I had this video when I was a kid....

Any Amazon adventures planned for the distant future?

-hi twitch! FIIIIIIIIIIIISHHHH

Thanks! I cant wait to put my betta in a tiny jar with 20 other fish /j

If in the wild Betta live in the same water systems together, would that not mean that under the right conditions you could host multiple male Betta in the same tank?

Funny thing is I was thinking about setting up my hundred gallon tank for sorority tank

proper betta care guide: you don't need to change water often (less than 2 months) only use one gallon or less in the wild they live in puddles don't add plants, they kill betta fish they like colours so use colourful gravel Keep at least 2 in a bowl they die of loneliness easily always make sure they have food available in their bowl use chlorinated water to keep it clean for longer

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Instructions unclear put the heater in 75° C now the betta is cooked

I like beta fishes 🐟 😊

Philadelphia

Change the title to Wild Caught Betta Fish Guide

Betta care

So my betta is not happy in my smal coke 🤯

I just hold it in my mouth

Please don't freeze your betta fish

Thank you for this ❤