bettas in plastic cups

"Steve" wrote in message
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Thanks for sharing your betta experiences. I've had 3 male bettas in long
history of keeping aquariums, and two lasted less than a year for me. The
last one lasted perhaps 1.5 year, and it was in a planted, heated,
unfiltered 2 gallon plastic aquarium.

## Exactly my point. Housing them in a 1 to 2 gallon heated (and filtered)
tank is no guarantee they'll live out their full 4+ years. You are not the
first one to have this experience with bettas.

Stores housing/ selling bettas in plastic cups is a trend here in Canada;
its virtually impossible to find bettas in large aquariums in the stores.

## This is true. The better stores have those divided filtered tanks or 1
qt bowls to display them in. Most stores just leave them in the filthy bags
or put them in tiny ivy bowls - which they fail to clean or top-off.

All the betta discussion here lately prompted my
question. I'm really quite curious about the reasons behind plastic cup
bettas, although I think the fish stores expect customers to move their
bettas to something larger than a cup once they get home.

## I don't think they care as long as you have the money to pay for the
fish.........
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