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"the big pigs that john likes to keep"... hahahahahahaha.... great perspective! ... **hides my own big pigs**

My betta definitely needs to be in a not-empty tank! Looking at how she explores and interacts with the plants in her tank it seems it would be cruel to keep her in an empty tank; she's a curious little critter, and when she's resting it's always in a sheltered place, either under or behind some foliage. It's not just something she likes; it's something she NEEDS to be a happy fish. And I want a happy fish.

My spoiled betta is in a 20 long, heavily planted tank. I have caught him wedging himself into the rotala, camping out on top of the sword plant, passes out in the java fern, he even took a nap on top of the mag-float. He avoids the drift wood and rocks in the tank but he does like to lounge a lot. On super rare occasions he gets on top of the floating plants for a nap. He's a cutie!

Lisa , your houseplants all look so healthy !! You should make a short where you tour them & show them off ☺️

This channel convinced me into buying a Betta around 7 months ago. He has been thriving thanks to your videos help, and has become my favorite fish. A few betta toys, and some live plants - he is like a puppy, exploring his tank. He has the biggest personality and I spend hours just watching him explore through the plants, even sometimes rip the snails of the walls when he is in a "mood" - hahaha he is honestly a puppy in a a tank and I love him so much.

My Betta loves resting on the Anubias leaves. The natural hammock. 😍

So excited...just planted an anubias on a small piece of driftwood in my 5 gal.

My my betta looooooovvvvvesss to just chill on the plants! So I'd say plants that they can lay on are a MUST! He thinks he is a tough guy so he doesn't hide from anything, he just flares out his gills/fins if there is something of a "threat" nearby. He considers my bird to be his number 1 enemy in the world, so whenever he sees him even simply sitting on my shoulder (and I'm near his tank), he flares out his angry gills like crazy. Bettas are the best and deserve to be kept WELL, so decoration are a must 😅

I have a 75gallon tank with 18 non related females. So far so good, I just bought 10 betta floating logs for all my king bettas and 2 for the sisters tank. I have catappa leaves in all my tanks and also have the fritz dark water. I wish the dark water was in a 16oz bottle. I have learned a lot from you Lisa about keeping females together. Keep up the good work.

A note about those floating logs...I had one of my bettas get pinned between the log and the aquarium glass side, because it got caught under the filter flow. In just a second, my poor Berry was dead. Please try to tie them to something or adhere them to something so they don't 'smack' your fish dead.

I recently put catappa leaves in my Betta tank, he became happier and began building bubble nests under them. This was super informative, thanks!

Awesome video! I recently got a female koi plakat Betta at the local big box pet store; I had NO intention of getting another Betta, but she looked so pale and washed out. She has absolutely blossomed, and has the best feisty little personality! From cup life to a 20 gallon tank with some of my homegrown corydoras and 2 mystery snails. Lots of live plants, her favorite being the floating water wisteria. I am so sold on the often overlooked short-finned female Bettas!

My Bettas love the floating logs plus real plants on top of water plus almond indian leaves.

My betta has attitude! He likes to drape himself over leaves like he is by the pool.

I've recently started to switch all my fake plants with live ones and I've added natural driftwood with moss, and I've noticed my betta is getting more active and his colors are beginning to brighten. I wish I would've known about how sharp fake plants were before I started keeping fish because ripped fins have been a problem in the past

I have 2 male Bettas, each has its own tank. They both have hiding spots. One has a tiny old vase he sits in, another one has a tiny castle, and he likes to sleep there.

Hello. I originally bought a Betta Hammocks and he never touched it. I stopped into the same pet store and the Fish Expert showed me these larger than Nana Anubias on a Suction-Cup. I placed 2 of them in the one corner and before long, he was resting on it. Joy. Who else loves my Anubias Leaves and Amazon Sword Leaves, besides my Betta are the young Brown Bristlenose Plecos. They just love lounging on the leaves. The next time passing bye, they change positions. It is so adorable. I break up the large Catappa Leaves... this just happened... just noticed the Catappa leaf moving. I figured that it must be the Nerite Snails, who also love the Catappa Leaves. The Bronze Cory Cats started to get closer. All of a sudden, the Catappa Leaf popped up into the air... the Bronze Cory Cats jumped up out of its way and there was one of the young Brown Bristlenose Plecos sitting there saying... here I am. I just started laughing. I guess Fish can play, too. :-) I try to place one of the pieces of Catappa Leaves between the glass and the plants because the Betta likes squeezing in next to it. And, yes... Taylor is very inquisitive. When I clean the tank. I do subtle rearranging to give him new places to look into... sorta like tunnels between the Plants, Rocks, and Driftwood. You are so right, it doesn't take much to make them happy and to have fun. Thanks. Great video.

Lisa, it's your fault that I really want a betta!! And by want I mean NEED!! 🤣

100% agree about the Catalpa leaves! All my tanks have them. I slide them in the background; looks great, IMO. Lisa your house is gorgeous! And I got my shirt today!!!

Please do a video on Tannins and what are the best sources for tannins. Like types of leaves or brands that make/sell them.

My betta rarely uses his hammock but only because I have live plants with big leafs at multiple levels in the tank!

My betta plays with the floating red root plants. He will get the zoomies and dart between the stalks of my anacharis. Bettas do greet you every morning, he swims to the same corner and eats pellets. When cleaning or adjusting stuff in the tank, he will follow my hand and swim between my fingers and is like "wassup?"

This really helped. So much information. Thank you.

Done right, your plants and rocks and wood will really make your fish pop and vice versa. Really just a win in all ends

I just bought a Fluval Flex 15 gallon tank and am in the process of setting it up for a betta. Thank you for this video.

I will for sure buy my next betta from you guys i rescued a betta from a trashcan of a petstore and using your tips its now fully healed except for one small hole in the fin but i have used all your advise to make the big guy happy.

My sorority gets along fantastically. They have places to hide, but they are still always hanging out together

I have my beautiful betta in my 200 litre tank with my family of female sword tails, school of neons and 11 year old sail fin. He loves it and feeds along with the swordtails.

Argh!! I forgot about catapa leaves lowering ph - thanks Lisa, gotta run grab a test strip, 😎💕👍

My 2 bettas really like having lucky bamboo in their tanks

I just ordered some spider wood, rocks, and am looking into planting it with Utricularia Graminifolia! Gonna be exciting!

All of my fish tanks have a betta tunnel. He absolutely loves it! And because it's half a tunnel suctioned to the glass wall, you can see him in there. He loves to sleep on top of the tunnel as well. He has rainbow rock and live plants to hide in as well. ❤

Years ago I had a betta in a large vase with marbles on the bottom (I didn’t know anything about fish). One day when I was at the pet store buying food I bought a plant on a whim and put it in the vase. The fish was much more active after that so I knew it liked the plant. I had no clue about what fish needed and I had no business taking care of the poor fish. Now that I know better I want to get a larger, filtered, heated tank with plenty of hiding spots and plants for a new betta to atone for my sins.

Once again Mrs. Lisa, you killed it!!! The genuine enthusiasm and energy you express when talking about Betta's is just SO FREAKING COOL!!! I have no doubt that your Betta Sorority are just excited and LOVING their life! They look stunningly gorgeous!!! I totally was just fixated on the video, I just receive my new order of live plants, and I didn't budge from the screen. And A HUGE THANK YOU!!!! I completely had forgotten about the Catappa leaves!!! As soon as the vid was over I took to placing a leaf in every one of my Nano tanks!!! Yes, they are SUPER beneficial for the Bettas, my GBR's and Checker Board Cyclids!!! Not to mention the Discuss tank... Thanks again for a great and exciting Lisa Video!!! Yeah, I guess thank John too, I guess!!! LOL

Just a tip I do. I put dental floss on log so it doesn't float around and just tap on outside of tank. Works good! I only have Bettas so I've learned a lot by trial and error.

My betta loves his floating log! He does enjoy swimming under plant leafs also.

I agree that bettas don't need decorations but I prefer a tank with decorations and a pretty betta to boot. And I do think they're happier with at least something in their tank. My betta loves exploring things anyways and I doubt he would be happy if all he had was an empty tank.

I love watching our bettas!

My 5 gal has some silk plants in it, and I'm going to upgrade soon to put MORE decoration in there. All because I saw mine lounging on one of the leaves. Multiple times. He just like to lie on the pretty purple leaves. I just started fishkeeping (3 weeks), and my Betta is ALREADY getting spoiled. 😅

Yes! So true sorority needs lots of hiding places plus it needs to be not too spaced . I love the water lilly it's beautiful! I start with bulbs .

I gave my colleague a moss-ball for her betta-aquarium. The betta, he got SO happy. He immediately went to have a close look, pushed it and started swimming around a lot more. Then he seemed to decided it was a nice, soft and comfy bed. I got happy when I got rid of that moss ball, and my colleague got happy when her betta was happy. Everybody won :D

My bettas love,the floating logs and large rock cave

I remember my cute betta fish boy. I was always joking around that he is the smallest puppy in the world that really likes water a lot. He loved moss balls, would push them from left to right all day and in the rare moments when he wasn't doing that, he was playing in the natural plants he had in his tank, or trying to bully the snails.

The log and the dark water extraction, that’ll be an interesting thought to add in the tank. Thanks for the tip. 😊

I did not know you had a shop, just bought one last in stock of a type betta! Thank you so much!

One of my bettas is a large beast, and he still likes to have hiding spots. Love what y’all do. Thanks!

I’m getting some rescue bettas in a week! SO insanity exited

“I suck at keeping plants” All the amazing, beautiful, thriving house plants be like “Yo what am I… chopped liver :(“ Your plants are amazing gurl

My Bettas have always ignored the Betta hammocks. But I have found that the suction cup plants you guys sell are quite the hit with my Bettas! Also my snails.

Hello Lisa, I'm always up for a beautiful setup for my favorite fish ever 🥰 I frequent your website dreaming of the day I can get some new fish. The most important thing is setting up proper tanks for these wonderful guys and gals!! You are so inspirational and so knowledgeable and I appreciate your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing! I hope you and your family are having a very blessed day 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚

Also I make sure openings on decor are large enough for betta to go in and out safely.

I don't know if my Betta needs decorations but I do, I like show tanks. I like live plants, stones, and woods, mine has a half coconut shell cave also.

Love bettas having a go at breeding them and doing ok 🙂

My betta is a little “special”. She completely ignored the little teapot I put in her tank so she can have a dark spot. She used to at least hover in the floating betta log but now she just ignores it. The anubias barteri I bought for her to lay down on is only appreciated by the snails for the algae that grows on it. When she needs to lie down or sleep, she does it right on the substrate. She seems to find the plants cozy at least, she swims through them often, kind of like a khuli loach 😂

Great vid with wonderful tips! Thanks for sharing 👍💕

This couldn't have come at a better time... I'm looking at decorations since now my Granny wants me to make an early Christmas list! >.

Thanks Lisa and KGtropicals; very informative video, sums up some of your other videos on Bettas, found it very humorous when you talked killing plants, and there’s all plants in the background😂🥳. PS love the beagle ❤️

My betta and my catfish love those little leaf hammock things I got one on each side

Yes I have had the same problem trying to get a photo of my Betta resting on his hammock 🤣

I use Fritz dark water to remineralize my RODI water for my plants and dart frogs hehe.

I ordered the dark water stuff 🙂. Bummer we can't post pics of our tanks for you to critique them. I use live plants and logs for all my fish to hide in. Most plants I plant from bulbs doing awesome 👍

Enjoyed this. Both of my bettas love their leaf hammock!

I recently set up a 6 gallon tank for a betta. A piece of driftwood the length of the tank with some anubias attached to it, two java ferns, a plastic cave, a hard plastic tree root which comes up to just below the surface so it creates a flat circular space at the top of the tank that he loves to rest on, a hammock on the side that he uses occasionally, and a floating betta log directly under the filter to break up the flow of the water coming out of the filter, and the betta loves to go inside it despite its use as a breaker. I also noticed he loves to rest on the heater, which is vertical and given the size of the heater and its location in the tank, it has to be vertical, so I took an old small 10 watt heater that could be put in horizontally about an inch below the surface and he absolutely LOVES to rest on that. I also tossed in a couple of ramshorns which have infested my shrimp tank after being brought in on some plants. Since they are multiplying like crazy in the shrimp tank, I'm none too worried if the water parameters in the betta tank aren't great for them (the lower pH in particular), if they die prematurely then no problem, I have an unlimited supply to replenish them. For as long as they last, they are useful as a cleanup crew, and to give the tank a slight bit of extra activity. I'm hoping when the baby snails are born, they will make for a tasty treat for my betta. But given how ridiculously peaceful this little guy is, I'm not sure he will eat them. I've had him now for 2.5 weeks and I can't get to him to flare at anything no matter what I try. He's so completely chill, he's probably going to leave the baby snails alone. He's certainly leaving the adult snails alone. Sometimes he stares intently at them, but never actually bothers them.

Is it safe to use smooth glass stones or rocks for the bottom of your betta fish tank

My first betta scared me a couple of times, until I figured out he was resting. Once, he was lying halfway thru a small opening in his castle. I actually thought he was stuck!

YOU MOTIVATED ME IN BEYING WHAT I AM NOW THANKS ❤️ FROM INDIA

I like that red white and blue “Merican” fish!

My betta died today :( but his favourite thing was to come through the long grass we had in the tank and "scare" us when we came up to the tank. Then he'd play hide-and-seek with us in one of his little caves. I'm just gutted right now :( But yeah, give your betta places to hide.

Also I make sure holes are big enough for Betta to swim through.

I’m thinking about getting a betta fish, never had one before, never done black water tank before either.

@KGTropicals (had to repost due to some typos & wanted to add more information!) Lisa, you would be so upset with my local fish store; I had to save 3 baby female Betta fish (can't have been more than a few months old) from a slightly larger female Betta fish killing them all as they were all placed in the same tank with not much decoration (a single plant in the centre). All the babies had torn fins and even had one of their front fin completely torn off :'( they were all trying to hide but as soon as the larger one was anywhere near them she just went for them :( so I called over a member of staff and told them. At first they were a bit ... Stand off-ish but after witnessing it themselves they agreed to separate them. Thankfully I stayed and saw that he at least moved the bigger one and I'm hoping the babies are going to be ok. They were stunning blue/purple/white coloured Dumbo rosetail Bettas 😓

I love watching your videos. I am just getting into bettas and whoo it got big fast. All of your videos are so helpful. Your husband's videos help me give my husband some tips to help with his tanks too. Thank you both.

I just adopted a beautiful turquoise butterfly beta, I named him Adonis. However this was a concern of mine, whether real plants were needed without taking too much space, also what to get for a companion other than my moss ball. I’ve been watching so many of your videos to educate myself.

🎉🥰 CONGRATS TO YOU'LL ON YOUR WEDDING! So Awesome!!🎉🎉 Little late! New to hobby. THANK YOU!

My Betta ,Indigo , likes his silicone leave to lay on , an he has a clear cylinder tube he will lay inside. Those are his favorite. I have silicone plants.

lisas betta videos are awesome

Will the catappa leaves effect aquarium snails negatively?

There are many easy plants. I have Cryptocorynes and they always grow, even with low light und without fertilizer. Limnophila Sessiliflora and Hygrophila Polysperma are also very easy and grow quiet fast, but I think unfortunately they are banned in the USA. In Germany we like to keep them in our tanks. The only thing they need is a bit of iron fertilizer.

Can you post a video of all your house plants?

I used to have a very happy Betta. I put him in a 5 gal. and he was pretty active. I think I didn't do enough water changes, though, because one day I found him on the ground, panting. He wasn't able to swim, and a few days later he died. I am resolved to not getting any more bettas, because I don't want any more to die.

I got a female crown tail from petsmart in a small cup and put her in a nice 15 gallon tank with 5 zebra danios she's living in the time of her life

I have seen a lot of controversy and confusion over water temeratures, and whether or not we actually NEED a heater. Can we get a "For Dummies" on water temps from your point of view?

Yes, Lisa, it's a well known open secret that you're not only the beauty on this channel, you're also the brains. Now to business, could you recommend a place that ships terrific, young (not babies), small Veil Tail Bettas???? He'll be in my responsible care, I promise. 💕

Love the videos and I’m now a subscriber! Been watching a lot about bettas so I’m prepared to succeed with my 5 new gallon set up. I want to purchase either a male koi betta or male galaxy betta from you. Neither are in stock yet. I’d also LOVE to purchase a shirt from your merchandise, but one that’s related to your favorite betta fish ☺️ Please design one for us fellow betta lovers! Thanks for all the amazing videos I’ve discovered in the last 24 hours. I’ll be stopping by your website often for my needs.

Can you do gh and kh everything about it and how to increase?

I love that you said you struggling with live plants. My boyfriend and I also struggle.

Excellent, thank you!

I have floating plants in my Betta tanks. They swim at the surface and rest on the plants. That's their decoration.

Hi Lisa! Because you are the Betta expert I would like to ask you for the most appropriate filter for a betta tank who lives now in a 5 gal (but eventually he will be into a 10 gal with some mates) , there are so many opinions out there that is really confusing. At this moment I'm using the TopFin Top Fin Silenstream Power Filter at the lowest flow. Thanks in advance for your help!

I have a sorority 36 gal tank. I decor with fake plants and real and places to hide. Mine are very happy! Their really fun! Fish.

Hi Lisa! I'm currently planning my first betta sorority and was originally going to go with a 40 G breeder. Being based in Canada, it's even harder to source these out, so I have been considering a 55 G, which I know gives less horizontal space. Assuming the 55 G would be heavily planted community as well, with extra effort to disrupt line of sight, my question is if a 55 G is a good or bad tank for a betta sorority/community? Sorry that was a mouthful!!!

I just got a 6g cube tank on sale at Petco and want to try a Betta. So I decided I'm binging all the Betta vids because who better to learn Betta best life schooling from than the lady who keeps a gazillion of them?!? ✨🙏✨

I just started watching on the video on preventing death and I feel in love with u guys videos they are very informative so thank you love you guys ❤❤ I just started breeding last week and I just became a mommy today so I’m very excited to meet my new fry in a few days wish me luck 😅

Love the dog in the background.

Which is the best brand of 10 gallon aquarium i can get for a betta

I really enjoy you n your videos!

Congratulation four your vidéo 😊

Thank you for this video! I plan to pick up my fish on the 14th of this month, not too far away! I have a 5 gallon tank, and I set it up and put the conditioner in it, it's been running for a few days now. Is there anything else I need? I want the tank all prepped and ready for when he arrives :)

can you do a video for guppy's pls P:S i love your content on fishes