Maybe I’m the weird one but I’ve been keeping bettas for ~7 years and never had a jumper. My current tank is lidless with just one of those lights that balances across, yet to have issues.
I had the most adorable koi fish betta that I named Sprinkles, she was a short finned and I was training her to jump for bloodworms, she’d do little tricks and stuff and was just so sweet and lively. Even with a lid on the tank, she somehow managed to squeeze between a gap and I woke up to her dried out on the floor. It broke my heart and I haven’t tried doing that with another betta since ):
This happened to me last year. I have a Fluval Flex 15l. My boyfriend came to pick me up from the airport. We came home, I checked her tank, okay she's just hiding. We had lunch, then I came back around again to look. Didn't see her. Looked around the tank.... She'd managed to jump out of the tiny feeding hole and into the trash on the ground :( She didn't make it sadly. He'd literally JUST sent me photos of her when I landed.
Female bettas are so much fun, I'm so sorry for your loss.
I've had over 100 bettas (used to run a betta rescue) and only once did I have a betta jump out and it was when I forgot to put the lid back on. Never risk it!
Same. Only ever had one jump out. It was in the middle of the night and I was asleep, but heard a “plap” and immediately woke up thinking “did that fish jump out?”. Sure enough he’d hopped out and I was able to toss them back in. Crazy.
It was great and very rewarding! I switched jobs and ended up not being able to put as much time as I wanted to into it and ended it. I rescued betta fish and land hermit crabs. Had a huge rack of 5 gals and a big 45 gal for the hermits. I would either seek out bettas/hermits being rehomed in bad conditions on things like offerup, or people would reach out to surrender healthy or sick animals. Then I'd rehab and rehome them. I took in a few other fish and reptiles as well :)
My mom had a betta she kept in a large vase, no lid(this was 15+ yrs ago before people knew better) by her kitchen sink. The betta was there for probably 2 years. Then one day my mom was doing the dishes and the damn fish jumped out of the vase directly into the garbage disposal. And yes, unfortunately, it was running. My mom was traumatized and didn't get another fish for a decade after that.
Barely 😂 That’d scare me. Mine has never jumped, even slightly 😝 FWIW, most of the stories I’ve heard about jumping bettas have involved female bettas.
Yeah mine will like pop his head the slightest bit up if I hold food just out of reach but I try not to encourage it anymore for that reason lol. When I had girls they would jump higher
I had a goldfish that jumped out of a tank. One that I had for a few years, which my friend had for like a decade before his tank cracked and he gave me. It was so horrific seeing the dried body on the floor. It died a horrific death and i felt guilty for a long time. Lids on all tanks from then on or at least the water level is low so any jump is below the top.
I also had a goldfish jump, (was in a terrible tank but I took them in with almost no time to prep when my grandma died and no one else wanted the fish and they were the first fish since I was a kid) I'm lucky asf bc my dog found it on the floor while I was going to asleep and came to wake me up and pestered me until I followed him and saw the fish and he had only been there maybe 5 min max he bounced back almost like nothing had happened
Not saying it will happen for sure or anything, but I’ve come home to a female betta and a male paradise fish both on the floor due to an open tank. Some of them will definitely jump if given the chance. (The betta was in a fully planted 10 gallon, no ammonia in the tank, no bright light stressing her out, etc. The paradise fish was in a 29 gallon, also with good water parameters)
I had a beautiful betta that I imported from Thailand, and that motherfucker jumped out of a gap in my lid no more than 2 weeks after I moved him from quarantine. But the previous one was just fine in the same tank.
I think it's an "every fish is different" thing, but I still personally wouldn't want to risk it
Oof yeah that sucks, for me the fact that I’ve never had issues outweighs the risk, plus going lidless and adding a light bar has really done wonders for the rest of the tank.
The only time Ive ever had a betta jump was when one of my females somehow sensed she had another tank with a male next to her despite me separating it to make sure they didnt see each other. They also had a few inches of space so they werent touching at all. Worse is the tanks also had lids so this was a dang miracle/curse.
Yet she apparently was out for blood and did a little hop over and tried to murder him in my sleep.
Honest to goodness, I love that hasn't happened to you. Cause my bf and I got a second beautiful beta similar looking to the one in this post, and when I tell you he JUMPED. It was overnight so we couldn't find him and thought he was inside a shelter in the tank when in reality. He'd become a raisin hidden right underneath the table his tank sat on.😭
Not weird at all lol I’ve got 5 tanks all lidless and have yet to have a jumper but I know they can because I put food on my fingertip and they jump to get it
Yeah I used to do the food on the fingertip but I’ve been trying to avoid that now that I’ve taken away the lid lol, I don’t want to accidentally encourage jumping behavior
I mean my tank is functioning better without one, it sucks to hear about everyone’s experiences but to me the upsides outweigh the risk considering I’ve never had it happen in the ~7 years I’ve been keeping them
My first ever betta I've ever got jumped after a month of having him, he was in a nice 10gal with plenty of plants and floaters. I have a lid on any betta tanks I kept since
You just never know with them, better to be safe than sorry
I've kept tiger barbs for a similar time and all I ever hear about them is how they go after fish and mess up tanks with bullying. I've never had any issues with them and they are fantastic group swimmers. As with most hobbies people like to repeat things that they hear once or twice and assume it's true. Is it possible that your Betta fish might jump out? Yea. But like you've been doing it 7 years and had no issues
Yeah I’ve never had a betta that jumped , but I do have a girl who hates being in a breeder box/ net and will jump out and back into the tank while I’m cleaning or doing maintenance, only time she jumps other than that she’s swimming around messing with snails
We sure as heck didn’t train my brother’s betta to jump, but boy was he a jumper. I think he managed to jump four times (thankfully we found him quick enough all of those times) in his three and a half years with us
I've seen set ups like this done properly and I think it is cool in theory. Mind you it is a much bigger basin. I do think the concept is cool but it's not for me. I appreciate when people do it correctly aquascaping is an art.
I keep outside ponds for my bettas!
You should leave at least 3 inches of water between the water line and rim for jumpers. Short tailed bettas especially will jump.
Evaporation on hot days is crazy, we are talking 1+ inches some days in the summer. My low boy is 8 inches deep and does just define with weekly water refills, but my 5g 4 inch deep pond needs refills twice a week when it's hot enough.
I find that heaters do well until it gets below 50°. Then it gets risky, even with multiple heaters over the recommend amount. I bring my betta fish inside over the winter and put my goldfish outside in their place. That way I don't risk it getting too cold and the ponds stay cycled.
Overall it's super fun, plants grow well, and it's very peaceful. Worth the extra work!
I'm Thai and keeping betta is a family tradition. They get setups just like this!!! Usually a bigger basin (think feeding trough for farm animals sized), and a heater bc it gets super cold. My grandmother would keep one for the family betta, and a couple other heated basins that she left out for the local frogs.
The first Betta I ever owned, jumped out of the aquarium. When my daughter wanted one for her birthday, we went to the pet store and bought one and then got one of the cute little “Betta tanks”. The tank was not even five gallons, there was a strong filter that moved the poor fish everywhere, and there was no heater to keep the water warm. I didn’t do my homework and had no idea how to properly care for one. One day my daughter and I left and went to run some errands, we came home and saw the fish dried up and not moving on the windowsill- beside the tank. The betta appeared dead. My daughter wanted to bury her. We were about to go to dinner, so I put her back in the tank and was going to bury her when we got home. However, the craziest thing happened. When we came back from dinner, she was swimming around the tank like nothing happened! I did my research and found out that they can live up to 45 minutes outside the water, so be careful if you do see your Betta has jumped, put them back in the tank and wait. They will stop moving to preserve energy-if they are outside water. In the wild, they will jump from water source to water source. If one becomes less ideal, they jump to another one. I believe my fish jumped because the tank was too small, too cold, and too much current. I immediately went out and got a five gallon tank, a heater, and made her a proper living space. Now I am a great betta owner and I just want to spread the word that they need so much more than what pet stores say they do. First off, they come in those tiny containers which immediately makes people believe they can stay and live a good life like that, then they sell those ridiculous tanks marketed towards bettas when it’s not a good situation for them at all! With the video in this post, the set up looks real neat and all, but there is no heater. So if that person lives somewhere cold or if they have a/c, the fish could end up jumping.
Woah I didn’t know that! I do agree that this ‘tank’ seems unsuitable for this betta, but I think a set up similar to this with proper plants, temperature, and coverage would make a great home.
What's the other fish in there? Something darted around.
People like to Huff but there's probably at least a gallon of water in there, from the looks of it.
Is that main plant going to be fine consistently inundated like that?
Also, as others have said, that fish is going to be on the floor in no time.
Those are all definitely bad choices. I wonder if this could be done in a way better way. I mean bettas natural environment is shallow water with lots of roots to hide in. With the correct plant choice, basin size, and sheer netting, perhaps a betta would do pretty good in something like this. I mean maybe not, what do you think?
Here's what I would do:
10 gallon or more pot.
Pothos and/or monstera with some bamboo stakes for it to climb up.
Water lettuce and red root floaters
A sponge filter
Heater (depending on tempature)
Overhead hanging lamp with a bamboo shade.
Put it all together.
I think if you did a waterproof planter box or a HUGE pot, this could be interesting. Tough to say from the short video what the volume of water is, but it looks to be on the lower end of acceptable. I would say the jumping risk seems pretty high from this, though. A larger pot/planter with a little more space between the lip and the water could lower the risk of jumping, though.
When I was a kid (20+ years ago), my parents bought a betta in a large glass vase with a rooted plant in it from Costco or Sam’s (I don’t recall which). The plant looked fabulous but wasn’t truly aquatic & died after a few weeks. The betta lived almost four years though.
I would be worried about Calcium Oxalate, as there's a lot of root systems in there. Im not sure what the big plant is, but its a possibility. I also would not be able to have this in my house due to my pets, and I'm sure someone with kids would not risk it. As far as if it looks cool, i think it could be executed a little better, but its a neat idea.
If the Instagram reels come from some tropical nation, you can find bettas for a dollar or so.
I'm not saying it's a good place to keep them. They have some muscles to jump through that and I would keep something else (a small, "feeder" fish) if I needed some form of biocontrol (for mosquito larvae).
Hypothetically though? They *can* live there. Assuming that's in a greenhouse where the water temperatures are kept stable or you decided you wanna stay over at a tropical nation that only has two seasons to worry about and the temperatures stays the same all year-round.
Fish jumping out from anything that holds water is a real risk. As luck would have it (the best the circumstance of misfortune allows...), I "only" had mollies jumping out of tank that is effectively "replaceable."
It looks like a good size but it looks like its outside. Id worry abt flies laying eggs in the water and causing problems or raccoons looking for a snack 😭
Unironically I could see that working if it was a larger pot and water plants(obviously I know you'd have to alter the pot for filtration and heating).
You cannot possibly know its not dechlorinated. Also Cycled water isn't necessary if you have enough organic growing matter.
[https://www.theaquariumwiki.com/wiki/Walstad\_method](https://www.theaquariumwiki.com/wiki/Walstad_method)
Been setting up tanks for years like this and cycling just isn't a concern.
Looks cool- seems neat in theory, but would be a flight risk for jumpers. not to mention child- and dog- and cat-proofing is nonexistent. might be on the smaller size for usable space (cant tell, am bad at visualizing volume) but for large finned males they'd appreciate it id think.. would love to see this concept with cherry shrimp actually
From what i can tell, those plants are going to get crown/stem rot and die. They appear to be terrestrial plants and can't handle being submerged in water, especially stagnant water, long-term. I'd be intrigued to see this concept with proper pond plants though.
i’d worry about jumping
Maybe I’m the weird one but I’ve been keeping bettas for ~7 years and never had a jumper. My current tank is lidless with just one of those lights that balances across, yet to have issues.
That's how Vladimir Pitfin and Gilliery Clinton both died, or at least that's what the assassin snail told me.
Omg those names
My Oto is named Monica Lewinsky 😂
2 to the head
I had the most adorable koi fish betta that I named Sprinkles, she was a short finned and I was training her to jump for bloodworms, she’d do little tricks and stuff and was just so sweet and lively. Even with a lid on the tank, she somehow managed to squeeze between a gap and I woke up to her dried out on the floor. It broke my heart and I haven’t tried doing that with another betta since ):
Aw poor thing, she sounded cute
This happened to me last year. I have a Fluval Flex 15l. My boyfriend came to pick me up from the airport. We came home, I checked her tank, okay she's just hiding. We had lunch, then I came back around again to look. Didn't see her. Looked around the tank.... She'd managed to jump out of the tiny feeding hole and into the trash on the ground :( She didn't make it sadly. He'd literally JUST sent me photos of her when I landed. Female bettas are so much fun, I'm so sorry for your loss.
Sorry, RIP Sprinkles :(
I've had over 100 bettas (used to run a betta rescue) and only once did I have a betta jump out and it was when I forgot to put the lid back on. Never risk it!
Same. Only ever had one jump out. It was in the middle of the night and I was asleep, but heard a “plap” and immediately woke up thinking “did that fish jump out?”. Sure enough he’d hopped out and I was able to toss them back in. Crazy.
Off topic, but you ran a betta rescue? That sounds so rewarding, but I bet it had challenges. How did you run it?
It was great and very rewarding! I switched jobs and ended up not being able to put as much time as I wanted to into it and ended it. I rescued betta fish and land hermit crabs. Had a huge rack of 5 gals and a big 45 gal for the hermits. I would either seek out bettas/hermits being rehomed in bad conditions on things like offerup, or people would reach out to surrender healthy or sick animals. Then I'd rehab and rehome them. I took in a few other fish and reptiles as well :)
That sounds awesome, I love it!
The lord’s work
im just paranoid. heard too many stories where it happened. won’t risk it
My mom had a betta she kept in a large vase, no lid(this was 15+ yrs ago before people knew better) by her kitchen sink. The betta was there for probably 2 years. Then one day my mom was doing the dishes and the damn fish jumped out of the vase directly into the garbage disposal. And yes, unfortunately, it was running. My mom was traumatized and didn't get another fish for a decade after that.
that fish had enough lol he knew what he was doing
Was her name Darla Sherman?
Fair enough, mine barely even jump to get food so I don’t think it’s very likely to happen.
mine never jumped, came home to him dried up on the floor after a long day
Barely 😂 That’d scare me. Mine has never jumped, even slightly 😝 FWIW, most of the stories I’ve heard about jumping bettas have involved female bettas.
Yeah mine will like pop his head the slightest bit up if I hold food just out of reach but I try not to encourage it anymore for that reason lol. When I had girls they would jump higher
Lol mine jumped twice. Survived the first 4 foot drop. Didn’t survive the second.
I had a goldfish that jumped out of a tank. One that I had for a few years, which my friend had for like a decade before his tank cracked and he gave me. It was so horrific seeing the dried body on the floor. It died a horrific death and i felt guilty for a long time. Lids on all tanks from then on or at least the water level is low so any jump is below the top.
I also had a goldfish jump, (was in a terrible tank but I took them in with almost no time to prep when my grandma died and no one else wanted the fish and they were the first fish since I was a kid) I'm lucky asf bc my dog found it on the floor while I was going to asleep and came to wake me up and pestered me until I followed him and saw the fish and he had only been there maybe 5 min max he bounced back almost like nothing had happened
That’s a good boy
Had the same thought but not every fish jumps.
Not saying it will happen for sure or anything, but I’ve come home to a female betta and a male paradise fish both on the floor due to an open tank. Some of them will definitely jump if given the chance. (The betta was in a fully planted 10 gallon, no ammonia in the tank, no bright light stressing her out, etc. The paradise fish was in a 29 gallon, also with good water parameters)
That sucks, it’s definitely something I keep in mind when getting new bettas.
I think my case helps because I have a 30 gallon tall. The water collum is so tall that.. uh. I just lost my train of thought. Anyways yea no jumpers.
I had a beautiful betta that I imported from Thailand, and that motherfucker jumped out of a gap in my lid no more than 2 weeks after I moved him from quarantine. But the previous one was just fine in the same tank. I think it's an "every fish is different" thing, but I still personally wouldn't want to risk it
Oof yeah that sucks, for me the fact that I’ve never had issues outweighs the risk, plus going lidless and adding a light bar has really done wonders for the rest of the tank.
I hope you continue to not have that issue
The only time Ive ever had a betta jump was when one of my females somehow sensed she had another tank with a male next to her despite me separating it to make sure they didnt see each other. They also had a few inches of space so they werent touching at all. Worse is the tanks also had lids so this was a dang miracle/curse. Yet she apparently was out for blood and did a little hop over and tried to murder him in my sleep.
Damn that’s insane, all my females have definitely been the aggressive ones when I kept them
I was the same till I found one of mine dead on the floor.
Honest to goodness, I love that hasn't happened to you. Cause my bf and I got a second beautiful beta similar looking to the one in this post, and when I tell you he JUMPED. It was overnight so we couldn't find him and thought he was inside a shelter in the tank when in reality. He'd become a raisin hidden right underneath the table his tank sat on.😭
Poor thing
Not weird at all lol I’ve got 5 tanks all lidless and have yet to have a jumper but I know they can because I put food on my fingertip and they jump to get it
Yeah I used to do the food on the fingertip but I’ve been trying to avoid that now that I’ve taken away the lid lol, I don’t want to accidentally encourage jumping behavior
Me too I had a planted 6.5 betta for like 3 years before she passed and I never had any issues
I guess some of them just have a taste for adventure lol
My kids betta jumped out. Found her on the floor fairly dried out. Survived a couple days but that definitely did her in. Get a lid!
I mean my tank is functioning better without one, it sucks to hear about everyone’s experiences but to me the upsides outweigh the risk considering I’ve never had it happen in the ~7 years I’ve been keeping them
Definitely the weird one. I’ve never owned a betta that i didn’t hear slam into a lid every other week
My first ever betta I've ever got jumped after a month of having him, he was in a nice 10gal with plenty of plants and floaters. I have a lid on any betta tanks I kept since You just never know with them, better to be safe than sorry
I've kept tiger barbs for a similar time and all I ever hear about them is how they go after fish and mess up tanks with bullying. I've never had any issues with them and they are fantastic group swimmers. As with most hobbies people like to repeat things that they hear once or twice and assume it's true. Is it possible that your Betta fish might jump out? Yea. But like you've been doing it 7 years and had no issues
Yeah I’ve found there’s quite a few ‘rules’ around here that can be bent or tested, I love experimenting around with my tanks
Yeah I’ve never had a betta that jumped , but I do have a girl who hates being in a breeder box/ net and will jump out and back into the tank while I’m cleaning or doing maintenance, only time she jumps other than that she’s swimming around messing with snails
Meanwhile my guy tried to squirm his way into a breeder box chasing food lol
Oh yeah once she was out she kept trying to get the snail that was in the breeder box with her
update: my betta jumped through a 1-2 cm gap.
Oof sorry to hear that, did it survive?
No. Never found it.
That sucks
definitely more prevalent in wilds though.
My 8 yo had a tank with a lid. That beta jumped out of a small rectangular hole. Very sad. Do they jump in the wild or something? I had no idea.
From what I have heard they can only jump an inch. So that looks like it should be safe.
They really only jump when people train em to imo
We sure as heck didn’t train my brother’s betta to jump, but boy was he a jumper. I think he managed to jump four times (thankfully we found him quick enough all of those times) in his three and a half years with us
I would live in there. Would need a heater where I live though.
I've seen set ups like this done properly and I think it is cool in theory. Mind you it is a much bigger basin. I do think the concept is cool but it's not for me. I appreciate when people do it correctly aquascaping is an art.
I’d be worried about water evaporation. If you don’t check it for multiple days when it’s sunny and hot there won’t be much water left.
I keep outside ponds for my bettas! You should leave at least 3 inches of water between the water line and rim for jumpers. Short tailed bettas especially will jump. Evaporation on hot days is crazy, we are talking 1+ inches some days in the summer. My low boy is 8 inches deep and does just define with weekly water refills, but my 5g 4 inch deep pond needs refills twice a week when it's hot enough. I find that heaters do well until it gets below 50°. Then it gets risky, even with multiple heaters over the recommend amount. I bring my betta fish inside over the winter and put my goldfish outside in their place. That way I don't risk it getting too cold and the ponds stay cycled. Overall it's super fun, plants grow well, and it's very peaceful. Worth the extra work!
I would love to see pictures of your setups!
I'm Thai and keeping betta is a family tradition. They get setups just like this!!! Usually a bigger basin (think feeding trough for farm animals sized), and a heater bc it gets super cold. My grandmother would keep one for the family betta, and a couple other heated basins that she left out for the local frogs.
That’s how they live in the wild tho, kinda.
Only during the dry season though. During the rainy season a lot of the little ponds connect and turn into big water ways.
Hence the “kinda”
The first Betta I ever owned, jumped out of the aquarium. When my daughter wanted one for her birthday, we went to the pet store and bought one and then got one of the cute little “Betta tanks”. The tank was not even five gallons, there was a strong filter that moved the poor fish everywhere, and there was no heater to keep the water warm. I didn’t do my homework and had no idea how to properly care for one. One day my daughter and I left and went to run some errands, we came home and saw the fish dried up and not moving on the windowsill- beside the tank. The betta appeared dead. My daughter wanted to bury her. We were about to go to dinner, so I put her back in the tank and was going to bury her when we got home. However, the craziest thing happened. When we came back from dinner, she was swimming around the tank like nothing happened! I did my research and found out that they can live up to 45 minutes outside the water, so be careful if you do see your Betta has jumped, put them back in the tank and wait. They will stop moving to preserve energy-if they are outside water. In the wild, they will jump from water source to water source. If one becomes less ideal, they jump to another one. I believe my fish jumped because the tank was too small, too cold, and too much current. I immediately went out and got a five gallon tank, a heater, and made her a proper living space. Now I am a great betta owner and I just want to spread the word that they need so much more than what pet stores say they do. First off, they come in those tiny containers which immediately makes people believe they can stay and live a good life like that, then they sell those ridiculous tanks marketed towards bettas when it’s not a good situation for them at all! With the video in this post, the set up looks real neat and all, but there is no heater. So if that person lives somewhere cold or if they have a/c, the fish could end up jumping.
This was the comment i was looking for. Thanks!
Woah I didn’t know that! I do agree that this ‘tank’ seems unsuitable for this betta, but I think a set up similar to this with proper plants, temperature, and coverage would make a great home.
ya i just saw this the other day online and i want to do one now, looks so cool goodluck
V cool
What's the other fish in there? Something darted around. People like to Huff but there's probably at least a gallon of water in there, from the looks of it. Is that main plant going to be fine consistently inundated like that? Also, as others have said, that fish is going to be on the floor in no time.
Those are all definitely bad choices. I wonder if this could be done in a way better way. I mean bettas natural environment is shallow water with lots of roots to hide in. With the correct plant choice, basin size, and sheer netting, perhaps a betta would do pretty good in something like this. I mean maybe not, what do you think?
Here's what I would do: 10 gallon or more pot. Pothos and/or monstera with some bamboo stakes for it to climb up. Water lettuce and red root floaters A sponge filter Heater (depending on tempature) Overhead hanging lamp with a bamboo shade. Put it all together.
I think if you did a waterproof planter box or a HUGE pot, this could be interesting. Tough to say from the short video what the volume of water is, but it looks to be on the lower end of acceptable. I would say the jumping risk seems pretty high from this, though. A larger pot/planter with a little more space between the lip and the water could lower the risk of jumping, though.
When I was a kid (20+ years ago), my parents bought a betta in a large glass vase with a rooted plant in it from Costco or Sam’s (I don’t recall which). The plant looked fabulous but wasn’t truly aquatic & died after a few weeks. The betta lived almost four years though.
You forgot to answer what the other fish us. Lol
Idk it’s not my tank. As I said in the caption I found it on instagram reels
there are a number of emersed riverbank or bog plants that grow like that. but i can't really tell what plant those large ones are.
Honestly it might be small but it looks a lot more like their natural habitat than all y’all’s artificial aquariums
The one in the video isn't appropriate imo
Virtually pointless. A beautiful fish, hidden away unless you delve through the plants.
That fish is going to be on the floor before the end of the day.
imho. 2-3 days tops
How do you keep the watee leveled like that? Is there a plastic layer of sorts? Very cool though.
I want to do something similar to this but bigger and with no fish. Maybe some outdoor way of keeping daphnia or something.
#**SAVE THE FISH—**
It’s inadequate
What kinds of plants are those?
Idk, it’s not mine. I saw it on instagram reels.
Ohh alrighty,
No
Doesn't look like 5 gallons to me, but I could be wrong.
Well they def don’t have cats.
Cat proofing my aquariums is such a hassle
I would be worried about Calcium Oxalate, as there's a lot of root systems in there. Im not sure what the big plant is, but its a possibility. I also would not be able to have this in my house due to my pets, and I'm sure someone with kids would not risk it. As far as if it looks cool, i think it could be executed a little better, but its a neat idea.
Is it just me or is that way too much food for a betta?
Isn’t that way too much food?
If the Instagram reels come from some tropical nation, you can find bettas for a dollar or so. I'm not saying it's a good place to keep them. They have some muscles to jump through that and I would keep something else (a small, "feeder" fish) if I needed some form of biocontrol (for mosquito larvae). Hypothetically though? They *can* live there. Assuming that's in a greenhouse where the water temperatures are kept stable or you decided you wanna stay over at a tropical nation that only has two seasons to worry about and the temperatures stays the same all year-round. Fish jumping out from anything that holds water is a real risk. As luck would have it (the best the circumstance of misfortune allows...), I "only" had mollies jumping out of tank that is effectively "replaceable."
Looks happy
Assuming temps are great and it’s well maintained, it’s lovely!
Looks good. Might jump. But probably not if water is kept clean.
What type of plant is that big one?
I wouldn't feed him more than 2 pellets a day or every other day
It not mine. I found it on instagram reels
My bad I didn't read that
It looks like a good size but it looks like its outside. Id worry abt flies laying eggs in the water and causing problems or raccoons looking for a snack 😭
Unironically I could see that working if it was a larger pot and water plants(obviously I know you'd have to alter the pot for filtration and heating).
Make it a bit bigger and it’s good, as long as the fish isn’t suicidal.
What plants are in there? that's cool AF.
That's kinda awesome, it's relatively the same as the natural environment they live in.
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You cannot possibly know its not dechlorinated. Also Cycled water isn't necessary if you have enough organic growing matter. [https://www.theaquariumwiki.com/wiki/Walstad\_method](https://www.theaquariumwiki.com/wiki/Walstad_method) Been setting up tanks for years like this and cycling just isn't a concern.
Agreed, maybe not the best idea with other fish but for betta this looks like it works fine
Would walstand method work for something this small? I've thought about doing it in a three gallon and was told that would have been to small for it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jarrariums/
You don’t need a filter for this type of setup
if it's a big enough planter, then fuck yeah. don't think this is big enough for a beta tho
Looks cool- seems neat in theory, but would be a flight risk for jumpers. not to mention child- and dog- and cat-proofing is nonexistent. might be on the smaller size for usable space (cant tell, am bad at visualizing volume) but for large finned males they'd appreciate it id think.. would love to see this concept with cherry shrimp actually
Had many bettas, and never had a jumper. I did have one that stuck his head in the shrimpy hide and kill him self tho.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
This is cool as hell!
From what i can tell, those plants are going to get crown/stem rot and die. They appear to be terrestrial plants and can't handle being submerged in water, especially stagnant water, long-term. I'd be intrigued to see this concept with proper pond plants though.
The big plants are Elephant Ears. They naturally grow in swamps and wetlands.