How Long Would A Betta Fish Survive In A Power Cut?
26 February 2010
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If it couldn't have a filter,light or heater. How much do bettas cost in the uk?
If it couldn't have a filter,light or heater. How much do bettas cost in the uk?
Depending on how the tank is set up, you don’t need a filter to cycle the tank if it has a soil substrate and lots of live plants. The plants would need the light but a betta can do fine without but as for the heater, a betta definitely needs that. They are tropical fish so they like their water to be from the 78-80F range.
As for the price of bettas in the UK, I don’t know.
it can live…
uk?.. wow.. they’re about $3 here.. so…
Considering how most people mistreat their bettas by putting them in a tiny bowl without any of those things to begin with, they usually last a year like that. If it was in the winter in a harsh climate, it probably wouldn’t last very long though. If its in the summer, just change the water partially every three days.
I don’t know how much they cost in the UK but in the US they cost about $4 to $10 dollars for a male and less for a female.
Bettas breath surface air. No need for a filter or light. Temp., try not to let it go below 65 F.
they’d live for quite a long time as they are quite a hardy fish, the main problem after a prolonged time would be the filter the heater wouldnt be a big problem!
their around £4 from most pet or fish shops
Depends how cold it gets. Try not to let the water drop below 20c and place some blankets over the tank to keep it warm.
Not sure how much they cost in the uk but in nz they are usually around $20+NZD
They can live for months like that – even years.
They have the labirynth organ which allows them to breath from the air, so they can tolerate worse conditions than the average fish (even though it still isn’t good for them and this is a lousy excuse to put them in a bowl, there remains the fact that they have evolved to exist in oxygen starved situations)
Lighting doesn’t matter anyway, that’s more for you. Ambient room lighting is fine for the fish.
Although bettas thrive best in properly heated water, having it at room temperature will not kill or harm them – as long as you don’t do something silly like turn the house heat off in the winter or put the tank next to a cold, drafty window.
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To answer your question – A normal legth power cut isn’t really going to have too big an effect on the betta. A blanket wrapped around the tank will be fine.
The filter on the other hand will start to die off after about 4/6 hours, and if kept off for a prolonged period will kill the bacteria, meaning the cycle will start again once turned back on.
The advice given about not needing a heater is basically rubbish. They are tropical fish that actually prefer higher temperatures than most other tropicals, and therefore should not be kept any lower than 27 degrees C.
Their natural habitat maybe oxygen deficient, but it is also a massive eco-environment with perfect water parameters. They are still stressed by poor water conditions like other fish.
Bettas in the UK range from around £5 to upwards of £40 depending on the Tailtype.
Hope this helps you:) Sources below
depends on your climate. They’re from a tropical environment, so as long as they’re relatively warm they should do fine
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