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Thanks for the advice. He just looks at me with those little eyes and all I can think is him saying FEED ME!! I already have a portly dog.

I feed our Betta 4 pellets of Hikari Betta Bio-Gold twice a day for a total of 8 pellets. I have read a lot of the postings on this website and other pages which describes this as the proper amount to feed. However, my fish is food frantic. As soon as we come up the bowl he darts right over and...

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful information.

I am worried about cleaning my betta bowl and stressing him out by removing him from his home every week. Is there an easy way for me to remove him without stressing him out too much?

I just purchased a betta and have him in a bowl a bit larger than 1 gallon. The people I have spoken with at the aquarium let me know it was fine to keep your betta in room temp water approx 70. However, after much reading it seems the betta like the water much warmer than that. Also there is...

I have just purchased a beautiful betta fish. I have approx a 1 gallon bowl. Is there a way to heat the fish bowl? Perhaps a light? At the aquarium that purchased the fish they say room temp is fine but all that I am reading seems to say the fish needs to be kept a bit warmer than that. I am new...