this is question that i have come across many times over the years,there are so many mixed view regarding this subject.i am not going to say if people are wrong or right.

A tank, bowls are only good for eating from (any kind) they arnt places for fish, including stinking biorbs

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Tank, dont like bowls lol. there's also a lower surface area in bowls (not that bettas care about that, i suppose)

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myself have kept many bettas in bowls and in tanks,i have to be honest it is more hard work keeping them in bowls.i kept mine in gold fish bowls for many years.i dont know way they call them gold fish bowls cos they are not fit to keep gold fish in.

definately a 5 gallon minimum tank for me!

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a 2-1/2 gallon tank with a tiny filter is what i preferred.

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ok guys people are saying tanks,what if you had a large collection of male bettas say 20 fish or more.there are loads of people that have a large collection out there.

I find that if i go below 5 gallons a filter makes to much current for the betta. I tried those bubble filters but they are useless also cant fit a heater in anything smaller so a 5 gallon min for me but i usually go 10 gallons as they are like 20 quid,

has anyone else noticed bowls are more expensive than tanks? At my LFS a 10 gallon tank 2x1x1 is 20 quid ish and a 1-2 gallon bowl is 27 quid, crazy

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Well, just been talking bout this on the other thread. It is true that bettas can and have been kept in bowls, meaning a sphere of about a gallon. In a climate like the UK they need to be heated, which in a bowl they cant. That size bowl needs at least a 100% water change daily, or the betta will be swimming in its own ammonia. In this day and age there are no reasons what so ever to keep a betta in anything less than 2 1/2 Imp gallons.

A betta will survive in a bowl, but wil thrive in a larger tank

if you had 20 boas would you keep them in smaller tanks where they cant move much and sit in their own s**t. If you couldnt provide tank to them all then dont get so many, is what i say

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