Betta

By John H. Tullock

Book Overview

The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs--now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly

Known as the ""Siamese Fighting Fish,"" the beautiful Betta, with vivid colors and long fins (in males), has enchanting elegance and grace. Yet Bettas can fight and bite, so it's best to keep just one in a tank. This guide helps you with everything from preparing for your Betta to maintaining an environment where it will thrive. It covers:
* Setting up an interesting aquarium
* Plants for the Betta tank
* Choosing non-aggressive tankmates
* Maintaining a healthy tank and healthy fish
* Feeding your Betta
* Breeding your Betta

Keeping a Betta is the perfect introduction to keeping tropical fish, a relaxing, rewarding hobby everyone can enjoy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471793809
• ISBN13: 9780471793809
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Howell Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

How to Guide for my Daughter

I bought this book for my daugther as she received a betta for Christmas. She is 12 and enjoys reading it. It is easy to follow, has a lot of pictures and in sum, it has helped her become more involved in the care of her pet. She references to it often and is building her ability to observe and gauge her pet behavior!

Perfect for any beginner

very informative with all aspects of how to take care of a betta. this book covers info on tanks, daily/weekly maintenance responsibilities, plant selection, substrate, filter types, illnesses, breeding, lighting, etc. if you are a beginner of taking care of a betta, i think this book is the ideal book.

Short and Thorough

I bought this book at a PetCo that was going out of business, this was after having owned my own fish. I had a Betta before, and had done a lot of research online, so I thought I knew what I was doing. When I started reading this book in the store I realized that this was a lot more complete and thorough than the hundreds of articles I read online. This books gives consistent advice, and covers such a large range of information. The advice Tullock gives is logical and great. I definitely recommend this book for all, especially for such a decent price!

Betta: Your Happy Healthy Pet

We "adopted" our very first Betta fish, Ray, last July. We just love him but weren't sure if we were taking care of him properly. This book was wonderful and so very helpful. It is easy to understand and separated so that your questions can be answered quickly. A must for all parents of Bettas!