Taking care of Tinfoil Barbs is actually very easy. Take action and buy a higher quality food then what the big chain stores sell. I love Northfin Foods.
Additional Comments on Fish Tank:
Why is it people keep there bettas in such small tanks? I know right! I hate seeing people split tanks to cram as many bettas they can into it with just 2 gallons or so each. Id rather have my one betta living the high life in his own 20 gallon tank.
I had cashiers and floor people at Pet$mart ask me if I had a community tank because I bought water conditioner, a heater, a filter and other assorted basics for a 6 gallon tank for a single betta. One literally told me, "Honey, you don't need all that for a betta?" Excuse me?
omg really? At my petsmart, those people are crazy for fish and literally tell you every single thing you need. The manager got mad at someone and said to someone “honey, you’re getting a crowntail betta. A fish bowl won’t cut it.” He grabbed a cart from the front and walked it over to her before getting her a 10 gallon fish tank set.
I had one who shredded his tail I moved him into a smaller tank and he stopped it. I wouldn't go any smaller then a 10ltr though but some people think they're right and won't listen to anyone else (not saying anyone on this post). I have one in a 2.5. He will eventually be upgraded to a 10. But I got him at petco and I figured my heated/filtered/live planted clean cycled tank was better then what most people would give him even if it’s a little small. He’s a very happy little guy.
Aquarium tinfoil barb care. Fish tank guide. Most of the time they don’t know better. I didn’t know anything until I joined these groups. I kept my beta in an unheated one gallon. Now he’s being upgraded to a 10 gallon with a heater filter and live plants.It’s honestly the fault of stores not informing customers of the fishes needs. That depends on your opinion of a small tank. I prefer 5g for single bettas. They are easy to maintain but some would say that’s small, I think it’s prefect.
Because people believe that Wild bettas live in shallow rice paddies and dirty puddles in Thailand, the only reason they believe that is because in summer the big, long streams evaporate leaving shallow puddles and that’s when people have found bettas. they really have enormous homes with enough space for them to have their own territories and everything but people haven’t seen them in there because they are in such a large amount of water.
Basically people took a look at the crappy living conditions they have in summer in Thailand and went then we must be able to keep them in tiny prisons and let them suffocate on their own waste because that’s how they live in the wild. People will keep a animal in a size small enough that it can live and grow but fit as many tanks as possible.
I dont know exactly what the right answer is. Has anyone ever done a scientific study to show that a larger tank leads to a longer life? When I had my first betta I had him in an unfiltered non-heated 1.5 gallon tank. I just had zero knowledge about bettas and of course Walmart isn’t going to tell you anything. Once he died I did a lot of research on bettas myself online and that’s when I learned how wrong I was.
So TRUE! During my childhood when I was new to the hobby, thinking that betta are good or they really live on small spaces like plastic cup or a bowl with less than five inches diameter. Then I bought one and create a similar container as petshops sell them. But I put it to larger water bottle(absolutely the worst situation that I gave to my pets). I kept on replacing the water because it gets cloudy over the time- its killing the fish and so had happened. So I agree that it is most of the time due to imitation of which we think what is right because we assume that they know better than an empty but enthusiastic mind- without consultation. Maybe selling fish in some shops are strategically modified, they give wrong information to make their costumers go back and try to buy again and blaming us for not taking good care of betta.
Tinfoil barb care is easy. One of the key misinformative points many are spoonfed is that bettas live in puddles or shallow marshes. The marshlands they live in normally are quite shallow in some parts but they are expensive, and have deep pockets. Also they come from Thailand and Indonesia a lot as well so they're used to warmer temperatures. Another thing is that most people see bettas in cups at pet stores and the employees are taught to say they can live in a bowl, so they figure they'll get one. It's also probably because so many people see bettas as a starter fish. Some like to wedge themselves in to tight spaces have you thought about getting him a log or cocanut that he can hide in near the surface of the water.