I recommend getting a 10g tank if you're thinking of housing a betta fish. The bare minimum for those guys is around a 5g, but I recommend you go above and beyond just the bare minimum.
*Betta's aren't strong swimmers, so they don't do well with strong currents as it can easily push them around and injure them. I recommend getting a sponge filter, or just a normal filter for your tank and buying a filter sponge along with that, and placing it over the sucking intake. This will assure that he will not be injured from the harsh filter.
*Betta's are hardy fish, although they are susceptible to conditions such as swim bladder disease, dropsy, and other parasitical diseases. Make absolute sure that you cycle the tank prior to adding your fish. Here's a couple of links that you may be interested in visiting:
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Cycling
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Fishless_cycling
*Betta's are carnivores. I recommend you offer him a varied diet. Keep him on a staple diet of commercial betta pellets/flakes, and supplement it with protein such as blood worms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, meal worms, etc. I recommend live food, but the second best is frozen. You can try feeding your betta cooked veggies such as cucumber, carrots and celery, but depending on the betta, he may or may not be interested.
*Betta's are special because they have labyrinth shaped lungs that can actually allow them to breathe air. In order to promote optimum health in your betta, I highly recommend keeping a few live plants in the aquarium to provide the oxygen. Seeing as you won't have a strong current, I recommend also getting an air pump to aerate the tank. Also make sure to leave enough space (1-2") at the top of the tank for your betta to breathe the air from!
*Make sure you're keeping his tank clean. After the tank has cycled, make sure you're performing partial water changes and replacing 25% of the tank water weekly. Betta's are tropical fish and they will thrive at a temperature of 78-80F, I recommend getting an adjustable heater and a thermometer for your tank.
*Your betta has fragile and sensitive fins. I don't recommend keeping plastic plants in the tank, or decorations with sharp/jagged edges. If you are planning on keeping fake plants in the tank, get silk ones.
*Betta's aren't strong swimmers, so they don't do well with strong currents as it can easily push them around and injure them. I recommend getting a sponge filter, or just a normal filter for your tank and buying a filter sponge along with that, and placing it over the sucking intake. This will assure that he will not be injured from the harsh filter.
*Betta's are hardy fish, although they are susceptible to conditions such as swim bladder disease, dropsy, and other parasitical diseases. Make absolute sure that you cycle the tank prior to adding your fish. Here's a couple of links that you may be interested in visiting:
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Cycling
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Fishless_cycling
*Betta's are carnivores. I recommend you offer him a varied diet. Keep him on a staple diet of commercial betta pellets/flakes, and supplement it with protein such as blood worms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, meal worms, etc. I recommend live food, but the second best is frozen. You can try feeding your betta cooked veggies such as cucumber, carrots and celery, but depending on the betta, he may or may not be interested.
*Betta's are special because they have labyrinth shaped lungs that can actually allow them to breathe air. In order to promote optimum health in your betta, I highly recommend keeping a few live plants in the aquarium to provide the oxygen. Seeing as you won't have a strong current, I recommend also getting an air pump to aerate the tank. Also make sure to leave enough space (1-2") at the top of the tank for your betta to breathe the air from!
*Make sure you're keeping his tank clean. After the tank has cycled, make sure you're performing partial water changes and replacing 25% of the tank water weekly. Betta's are tropical fish and they will thrive at a temperature of 78-80F, I recommend getting an adjustable heater and a thermometer for your tank.
*Your betta has fragile and sensitive fins. I don't recommend keeping plastic plants in the tank, or decorations with sharp/jagged edges. If you are planning on keeping fake plants in the tank, get silk ones.
I'm only planning on putting ONE betta in the tank, and maybe a live plant and decorations. Price really isn't an issue. Thanks!