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Voleta
>>50907
That is a pretty nice environment for them. Very pleasing to the eye as well. I really like it when people who have 'decorative' pets actually take care of them. My only suggestion would be to put a screen or somesuch over the top to keep them from jumping out if there is a bug. When I was little, I had one that I kept on the windowsill in the summer, and I could not figue out why he kept jumping out, and it wasn't until I watched him follow a lizard on the windowscreen and then leap out of the water at it that I figured it.
Because beta are air-breathers, they need lots of water surface. A wide, shallow bowl is much better than a deep vase.
It is terrible to keep a beta in a vase with a lilly. There is not enough air, they are carnivorous fish, and do NOT eat the plant roots (the most common plant in with them in this kind of setup is known as a peace lilly- not even native to the same area as them). They should always have their water changed when it begins to become murky (Because they are labrynth fish, they can live longer in dirty water, but its still not good for them).
If you want to keep him 'with his plant', be sure to feed him twice a day, keep the water level at about where it is in the picture (for max water surface), and change it frequently. Ideally, to keep the pair together, you should move them into a real fishtank, and use wire or a mesh plant floater to keep the plant up top. They will both be happier that way.
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