Yes, that is good, but only the minimum. I would also recommend buying a pH test kit, which can be found at any pet store and are very inexpensive and inexperienced/amateur-friendly. I would also make sure to buy pH control pills. Plus, do your water treatment products take care of ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite? If not, buy separate products to treat those elements. It's important that your water quality is nearly flawless in order for your betta to thrive.
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You should only have 1 fish per gallon of water in a fish tank. I wouldn't put more than 2 or 3 Neon Tetras in a 4 gallon aquarium with 1 Betta.
Betta fish, guppies, tetras.
Some people do not believe it but the best water to use in your betta fish tank is tap water. Bottled and distilled water has been "purified" and does not have the minerals that your Betta fish needs. If your tap water is so bad that you do not even drink it, than use spring water.
The simple answer is No. Distilled water has had all the life giving impurities removed. Before using distilled water you would need to add specific quantities of minerals etc depending upon the species of fish you want to keep.
You can buy spring or distilled water at Wal-mart for less than $1 a gallon.
When a female Betta is introduced to a male Betta one of two things will happen. The male will build a bubble nest and try to spawn the female and during the courting time he will drive off any other occupants of the tank and kill them if they can not escape (hide successfully). He does this in order to protect his prospective young. If she fails to spawn he will drive her off and kill her if she is not removed. In other words you can not keep a male Betta with another Betta (male or female) without trouble. The Tetras will be perfectly OK with a Betta female OR a Betta male. Not the two (pair) that you are proposing. The general rule that all experienced and successfull aquarists live by is a fish needs 1 gallon of water per inch of body length. Work it out.
Yes provided the tank is large enough and properly maintained with a good filter and weekly water changes of 50%. To avoid problems from overstocking, you will need at least 1 gallon of water for each 1 inch of fish length.
All I do is get water from my kitchen sink for my betta fish, goldfish, and tetras. I do the same for my cleaner fish. They like it a lot. I also sometimes add tap water, but they are fine without it.
i have 1 female betta 1 platy 4 neon tetras and 2 catfish in my tank and they all get along fine
No, distilled water is distilled water.
Distilled water. It has less bacteria and chemicals in it than tap water.