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9 Responses to “Can Siamese Fighting Fish live in cold water tanks?”
Never put a Betta ( AKA: Siamese Fighting fish) in a tank with other fish!!! You have a 50/50 chance that the fish will beat up and kill other fish!! Please put it in its own bowl!
No they are basically warm water fishes and you need a heater for that. It is better if you can keep them in small bowls. They are hardy and need minimal care if they are alone otherwise they fight till thier death in community tanks. So you can use small bowls with a few pebbles and a live plant but ofcourse in a room with temperature preferably abouve 20 degree celsious.
Bettas can live almost anywhere. Their natural habitat are puddles in Asia. they really don’t like being too cold, but if you’re comfortable, probably so are they in a room temp tank. They actually prefer bowls. They’re very territorial. All they want in life is their own space. You might just want to get a mini tank or bowl and use your fighting fish as a desk ornament or centerpiece.
Contrary to popular belief, you CAN put these fish with other fish, but you can’t have more than one of them in the same tank, or even near eachother. Petstores run into this all the time- they try to get at eachother by jumping into eachother’s bowls. You can’t keep them in with anything with a flowy tail, though. They’ll interpret that as another fighting fish and attack. You can, however, make a nice tank community made up of female fighting fish and male guppies.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Adrienne Haddad
Temperature: 75-86 F (24-30 C)
May 15th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Isabel Urias
you should call the petstore that you bought the fish from and if they recommend a heated tank, by a heater. 10 bucks should get you one.
May 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Norma Maddox
THEY NEED CETIN BOWLS
May 20th, 2009 at 1:05 am
Lorraine Hagan
call a couple pet stores and the answer most of them give go with that!!!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:31 am
Stanley Holifield
Never put a Betta ( AKA: Siamese Fighting fish) in a tank with other fish!!! You have a 50/50 chance that the fish will beat up and kill other fish!! Please put it in its own bowl!
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Scott Mader
No they are basically warm water fishes and you need a heater for that. It is better if you can keep them in small bowls. They are hardy and need minimal care if they are alone otherwise they fight till thier death in community tanks. So you can use small bowls with a few pebbles and a live plant but ofcourse in a room with temperature preferably abouve 20 degree celsious.
May 24th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Regina Boddie
Of course it can but you will have to buy another one cos it will die in cold water after a few hours
May 25th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Marcia Geter
Bettas can live almost anywhere. Their natural habitat are puddles in Asia. they really don’t like being too cold, but if you’re comfortable, probably so are they in a room temp tank. They actually prefer bowls. They’re very territorial. All they want in life is their own space. You might just want to get a mini tank or bowl and use your fighting fish as a desk ornament or centerpiece.
Contrary to popular belief, you CAN put these fish with other fish, but you can’t have more than one of them in the same tank, or even near eachother. Petstores run into this all the time- they try to get at eachother by jumping into eachother’s bowls. You can’t keep them in with anything with a flowy tail, though. They’ll interpret that as another fighting fish and attack. You can, however, make a nice tank community made up of female fighting fish and male guppies.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Paul Whittle
NO, they are a tropical fish. Buy a heater to ensure they stay at a safe temperature. They will live much much longer that way.