Publisher's Synopsis
The betta was first found in Southeast Asia. Making its home in rice paddies, seepage ditches and the warm flood fields of the locale, the betta became familiar with regular tempest flooding and destroying dry seasons. The cyclic, intense changes in its current circumstance assisted the fish with adjusting - turning into a genuine maze fish. A maze fish has the interesting capacity to inhale oxygen straightforwardly from the air and furthermore take in oxygen from its gills. Thus, bettas and other maze fish can make due for brief timeframes out of water and if necessary, can breathe noticeable all around them (if they stay clammy.) This likewise clarifies why a betta can support itself in stale, oxygen-insufficient water. Despite the fact that bettas can endure little spaces and helpless water quality, they do best in little aquariums (no less than two gallons) with ordinary water changes. The favored water temperature for a betta is 76-82 degrees F.
