I would like to have a Beta fish as a pet! But I need some tips and tricksCan you help me?

First of all, it's Betta, not beta.

1. You need a 5 gallon tank, a filter, a heater, food, gravel, and decor. You can get a 5 gallon fish tank with all of these things, except the decor and gravel, for about $48 dollars. Here is what it is called: Aqueon Mini Bow Desktop Aquarium Kit. Gravel costs around 3-4 dollars per small bag, you would need two bags. Decor varies, if you want plastic plants you could pick up some for a few bucks each. A betta cost depends on the type. They can cost as little as $2 to as much as $25. You also may want to pick up a thermometer, they can cost only a few dollars if you get a simple one.

2. Okay, well I said most of the supplies you need in #1. But you may want to get a small decoration that has holes for the betta to swim through so it could entertain itself.

Oh, and also! The Nitrogen Cycle! You must know about this! In the sources I included a link that may help you.

3.To clean their tank, I would suggest just changing the water with a bowl or a gravel siphon one a week. If algae grows get a algae cleaning tool--- there are to many to name.

4. Hmm, babysitting, petsitting, chores, mowing lawns, lemonade stand, garage sale, making and selling little trinkets. Be creative, I know it's hard to make money at that age, but if your determined you can do it!

1) Betta fish can't live in a bowl- it is a death trap for fish, so if you were ever thinking about a bowl lets get that off your mind. So, bettas can live in community tanks but I'm guessing you are going to have a smaller tank. Get no less than a 5 gallon tank, filtered and heated, for the betta to live in alone. Sometimes these tanks can be around $50, but if you go to the right place you can get a good deal for a tank, around $20-$30. Bettas can leave to around seven years, so saying that it lives that long you are seeing yourself spending about $30-$40 of food for that long. You will also need money to buy gravel or stones, and maybe some decorations. I reccomend live plants. You will see gravel and decorations come in around a maximum of $20. For a betta I would always have at least $30 in savings in case of an emergency like sickness, broken tank mechanisms, and pretty much anything that may go wrong. You will see yourself coming in around $100 for a betta's life time.

2) Food: I feed my betta a mixed diet of blood worms, flake foods, and pellets all made specifically for betts. Some bettas actually can't eat some types of foods, so I have all 3 of the food listed above on hand. Keeping a varied diet for bettas will almost garuntee with the proper care they will live longer.

Supplies: Like I already said you will ned at least a 5 gallon heated and filtered tank, to ensure the betta can have a happy life. You can get along fine without tank-provided air, bttas have an organ that lets them breathe from the surface of the water. You will also need a subtrate for the bottom of the tank, like gravel, or larger stones. You may also consider decorations. I find live plants, and driftwood very healthy for a tank, but if you want you can use little aquarium-safe decorations.

3) To clean a tank, take out about 10-20% of the water every week, and replace it with new conditioned water. You can buy water conditioner to make tap water safe for fish. Fish cannot live in tap water. If you have algae in the tank you can get a tiny algae scraper to clean it off.

4) Babysit, petsit, do chores if you can, and walk dogs to get extra money for betta.

I hope this info. Helps you.

Also if you don't know male bettas can't live together.

1) The fish itself can cost anywhere from 3 dollars to about 20 dollars (some times more). Depending where you get it from and how good looking it is. A red veiltail from a chain store will cost much less than a plakat halfmoon platinum butterfly from a breeder.

A 5 gallon tank (which is an absolute minimum) with hood, heater and filter will cost about 40-50 dollars (also 10 gallon tanks may cost in the same range), cheaper if you can get one second hand (i saw plenty of 10 gallon tanks for 10 bucks on craigslist).

Gravel and decorations about 10-20 dollars. Do not use plastic plants, they can tear their fins.

A pack of food will cost you like 3-8 dollars and will last you a very long time.

Siphon for water changes - 3-5 dollars

Test kits for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate - 10-15 dollars.

Water conditioner - to make water safe for fish by breaking chlorine, chloramine and neutralizing heavy metals. My favorite is seachem prime about 7 dollars a bottle

Yeah buying fish is a bit of initial investment. However most of this is just one time cost, best if you start with a 100 dollar budget.

2)

Heat the tank to 78-82 degrees.

Feed 2-3 pellets (their stomach is only as big as their eye and they are extremely prone to constipations) 6x a week (seventh day fast them so they can clear up).

All supplies are listed in question 1.

3)

Get a test kit for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate (like AP master kit, like 10-15 dollars). Measure the levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate daily. Do a 50% water change every time ammonia or nitrite start getting to 1.0 ppm. Eventually bacterial colonies will develop which will process ammonia into nitrite and nitrite into nitrate. Eventually you will get a reading of 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and some nitrate. From then on a 25% water change once a week will be more than enough.

How to change water: Suck some out with the siphon. Jab at the gravel to suck out whatever gunk is in there. Replenish with aged water treated with the conditioner (aging helps against gasses dissolved in the water moved via high pressure, otherwise they can form bubbles inside of your fish).

Never remove the fish for doing water changes.

4)

I don't have much advice here. When I look back at the time when I was 12 spending cash was kinda in short supply for me.

1) Bettas usually cost $4-7 and the food costs $3-5 and the water conditioner costs $2-5 and I bet you can supply the 1-5 gallon bowl and the water.

2) They need to have: Water conditioner, Water, Fish bowl and food

3) Once a week change their bowl FULLY, unless it's a five gallon +

4)The max. a betta fish and the other things would cost is $18. A way to earn some cash is by doing jobs for your neibours, and another good one is making your parents give you allowence :)

Dont listen to these people telling you to buy lavish 5 gallon aquariums... Just go buy a nice little fish bowl, some colorful gravel, a nice little plant thing and the betta will be fine. You can even buy plastic fish bowls for like 2 bucks, just remember to change the water frequently. As for food, just buy the tiny container of food labeled for bettas. Your 12, dont worry about buying a tank with a heater and filter, bettas dont really need that. I've had a betta for two years in a small bowl and he loves it, he swims laps every time i get ready to feed him, sometimes he gets an attitude and knocks over the tree though... :)

opposite to commonplace concept, goldfish won't be able to be stored in bowls, nor any small tank. they are messy, messy creatures. i could get a betta if I have been you. Goldfish won't be able to be stored in something under 29 gallons of water. difficulty-loose and Comet goldfish choose a minimum of a 40 gallon tank. Double filtration is often recommended with goldfish because of fact of ways plenty waste they produce. they want a million/4 - a million/2 water variations finished a least two times a month, as quickly as each week may be the less difficult direction to bypass. putting them in tanks too small for them might desire to cause them to grow to be stunted and die. this is form of like putting a man or woman in a room so small they might somewhat take 2 steps forward and 2 steps back. Bettas choose a minimum of a 5 gallon tank, heater, and clear out. they might desire to be stored on my own until eventually you have women. women are actually not as aggressive as adult males and get alongside o.k. with different fish. Weekly a million/5 water variations could be finished to maintain the water sparkling (purely because of fact it would not look grimy does not advise that this is sparkling!) So, Bettas each of ways until eventually you think of you ingredients for the goldfish...

You can only have 1 beta fish because the fight i personally prefer guppies if u need more info on guppies let me no.