New Betta

[Bettaboy1989]

Hiya guys.
I'm fairly new to this fish owning thing, at the age of 6 I "owned" my first betta, but really it was dads as he looked after it and bought food for it and did everything for it really.

But today I officially own my first betta.

I took water and filter media from my parets tank, so no filter cycling needed.
He is in a 4 gallon tank with filter but no light, is this an issue?? Also it is not heated, room temp is about 24C so do I need a heater???

At the moment I use the same food as the parents use in the community tank, Tetra Fin or Tetra Flake or something like that. Will this do or can you guys recomend me a better food???

Also I want to get him a couple of tank mates.
I'm thinking a couple of Armano Shrimp, my first choice would be Pygmy Corrys but the tank is a bit small for a shoal of Corrys.

So thanks in advance for any help given.

Heres the obligatory picture
BTW He's no that green in real life that must be the doing of my flash, he is actually a pleasant pale white colour.

 

[Phoenixbaby]

yes u need a heater, probs set it to 26c

light isnt an issue as long as he gets some form of natural light

a few pygmy cory wud be fine in a tank that size with him

you need to feed him a more varied diet, bloodworm, flakes, betta pellets, peas etc

hope this helps

 

[Bettaboy1989]

Yeah, peas are often used in the main tank, I may hijack one from there as dad always does to many, we also have a heathy supply of frozen blood worm will this do?

 

[Phoenixbaby]

yes only feed bloodworm once a week

also its good to have a starve day, all mine have a starve day every sunday where they dont get fed

u might wana buy some betta pellets too

 

[Bettaboy1989]

Okay, thanks for the help

BTW name suggestions would be appreciated.
I want to name him Jessie (the singer from my fav band) but I can't help but feel this is a little feminine.

 

[Phoenixbaby]

how about neptune??

hes lovely btw

 

[afireinside]

I had a betta named Neptune that looked exactly like that.