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Samantha Fuller - 11 years ago

That's sad there is only rocks in that tank and it may be a ok size PLASTIC CONTAINER but u need a plant and stuff!

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

Did you know that #facepalm is not unique to humans? "This gesture is not unique to humans. A group of mandrills at the Colchester Zoo has adopted a similar gesture to signal the desire to avoid social interaction or to be left alone" per Wiki.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

funny. I think.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

love it. Thanks. Do you mean Mabel right? I do oddly but Mabel with a southern accent.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

I keep trying and it doesn't sound right to me. Accents are a funny thing... no one thinks they have one.

MadeDiscoMorAtraktiv - 11 years ago

yay redneck christmas....... tell your sister shes allowed back in the house and she can bring that baby in with her, Ill call it son...... *facepalm*

rvrblossom - 11 years ago

You sound like label from the mystery shack

Bob Nugget - 11 years ago

at least pronounce betta correctly. not bay-tah, it's betta.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

Wow you should really go back and read how many comments have been made since your first one

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fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

Recently, right before my mom died my late father & her late brother were in the room three of us. She was talking to all of as if we could see the two dead people she was talking to at the same time. It was really amazing. I was the only one not freaked out about it and was really pleased to know my dad was going to be right there with her. He was telling her it was time. She did't want to die. She told him she wanted to take her purse. Funny. She looked at me and said she had to go now.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

Did I write douches??? weird. Must have been my autocorrect. anyway ... thanks again for your first comment. Wasn't calling you a douch. yikes.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

He has a name. All my fish have names. Check him out in other videos. You really should meet PheePhee the giant femail Beta and her jumping tricks. She is my fave right now and gets a lot of video coverage.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

My beta fish all jump high. See my video of one in its travel case jumping for food off a pencil end. She is up to several inches now. The smaller the tank the more often the water changes and the closer you need to test that water. So I agree with you... get a big one for the little guys.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

yep

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

No. Fantails are really dirty fish. I love mine. See my videos on this site. They need a lot of room, a filter, 25% water changes a week, water testing kit liquid is best.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

Ask you local pet store which heater is best for the tank you are getting and what setting to put it at. Make sure you also get a themometer for the side of the tank so you can make sure the heater is working and not over heating the water.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

They are trying to scare you off. Look bigger. There are many birds, lizards and other animals that do this. People do it too ... with their eyes and eyebrows, or fists...

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

finally someone gets it. That the Beta did get a new tank. Man I get weary of people who don't get that after I had to even put it in captions. Thanks!

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

I fan you!!

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fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

any time is good. If you don't know when their birthday is just pick one for them. For our 5 year old goldfish (see other videos on this site) we picked St. Patrick's day. I know I got her in the spring time I just couldn't recall the day. Plus she is friendly like the Irish.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

a friend of fish is one with a good heart.

fanofaestallings - 11 years ago

Thanks... so then I had to look up this Quxxn. Though I do enjoy some Simms I had not seen her site. And yes we do sound a bit alike. I wonder where she is from. ... hum. I study accents. I can usually tell where someone is from in the US and often can narrow it down to the state. On a good ear day I can even pick a town or city especially in NYC or Southern states. International accents are pretty easy for me as well. Though the slovic countries are difficult.

Coolnicknameguy - 11 years ago

same reason I dont work, dam broken system

Coolnicknameguy - 11 years ago

RONG! they arnt japanese, the rice puddles you speak of are BIG! like the size of a walmart parking lot, and bettas do just fine in bigtanks aslong as the filter doesnt blow all crazy, they like calm water and lastly thye are a tropical fish 1gal is too small for a heater, 2gal minimum, you keep yours in a vase cause your cheap, same reason every 1 keeps them in the $20 kits, just plain cheap

newLife - 11 years ago

Is that Quxxn from the sims 3 let's plays I love her lets plays and I recognize her voice any where

tyishere - 12 years ago

Pretty sure it's the employees who say "oh yea.. you can keep it in a quarter gallon of dirty water.. They like.. live in puddles" that perpetuate this.

idk no - 12 years ago

Dear stupid head, Betta fish live in rice paddies yes, but they are at LEAST 100 gallons of water. And bettas cannot live in vases because of the high ammonia levels so basically it been living 3 horrible years with you, a person who thinks they know, but doesnt. read up on betteas. they are supposed to live in at LEAST a 10 gal tank. and ppl stop complaining.! jeez she moved it into a tank! it was just for a SHORT TIME. Unlike this guy ^ who is making them live in it for THREE years T_T

spicy water - 12 years ago

When u put the camera up to the beta he gets pist

Linda Ben - 12 years ago

wow ur retarded you know those flooded rice patties can be up to 10000gals......even if there only 2" deep......Bettas need at least 5gals with a filter....All fish need filters they also neeed a heater they are tropical fish........Your such an idiot do research before posted shit like this...

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Eternal Skyy Costumes - 12 years ago

No wonder he died.

Eternal Skyy Costumes - 12 years ago

You need a heater to keep the water temperature at a constant temperature, it helps the betta fish not get sick so easily.

Eternal Skyy Costumes - 12 years ago

No, their natural habitat is 120 gallons of water..... betta fish dot com shows the real photos of them.

Eternal Skyy Costumes - 12 years ago

The shallow rice paddies are 3 feet deep and 120 gallons of water..... All the fish I see in tanks with heaters and filters live many more years and are more active in large tanks. They don't get as sick as easily and their fins and colors grow out to be more colorful than in anything under the requirements of 2.5-5 gallons of water.

anie6142 - 12 years ago

They are Siamese fighting fish, not Japanese, and check ultimatebettas because some of your facts are wrong...

aquastripe - 12 years ago

i have a fantail in a bowl with my brothers, their really small and i hope they will do ok their until i get a tank, do you think they will be ok?

fanofaestallings - 12 years ago

Funny, you are right.

fanofaestallings - 12 years ago

Thanks!

Sivanified - 12 years ago

Actually, your facts are mostly myths. Rice paddies are not shallow puddles but rather very long, decently deep, pools. Betta fish naturally live in slow-moving streams and rice paddies. They are not from Japan and thus are not Japanese fighting fish. They are from the Thailand region. While these fish have amazing survival abilities that does not mean they are living a good quality life, so a vase or 1 gallon bowl will not do.

tekphnx - 12 years ago

Actually, that's exactly what I do. I adopt my fish from fish shelters (yes, such places DO exist!), and refuse to buy them from stores for exactly this reason. I refuse to support the system because it is so tragically broken.

Sabaton - 12 years ago

Fan these people are making me crack up this vid was so adorable

ReviewCam - 12 years ago

shallow yes, but long patches of water. there's a difference. Poor fish here doesn't even have a name:(

shrek dog - 12 years ago

If I was that betta, I would kill myself for getting a dumb present.

Joeink100 - 12 years ago

even then just becaus other people do it it dosnt mean its right

Joeink100 - 12 years ago

the rice padies may be shalow but they are acres long search thai rice padies in on google images

lebeaubastion - 12 years ago

@OoWhiteChocolateoO That's rice PADDIES, not rice Puddles. Note the difference in size there :)

SurprizdArv'n - 12 years ago

if it continues to do that it's gonna die of deppresion =(

Julian G - 12 years ago

hey, how warm do you keep your water? do you have a heater? and im thinking of getting mine a 1 gal container and doing what was said above which is letting some bambu grow out the top

Aud1OutProductions - 12 years ago

I have a red beta named Jaque. He's my baby. His birthday is March 6th, a week before Spring Break. He'll be 2. Idk what to get him, something to look at without it being in his bowl

Jenell F - 12 years ago

@OoWhiteChocolateoO Dude, rice pattys, not puddles. They're miles long.

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Sena Hansler - 12 years ago

whoa... people...chill the freaking hell out. Would you rather she have had him in a lovely 0.05 gallon wall hanging attraction? or in a necklace pendant? go get mad at THOSE people. Not a temporary home jar/vase. Also the comment about talking to the fish... if you aren't a fish person, you wouldn't do it. We get it. but to some of us they are like your dogs, or cats, that are babied. ;)

RAndomJboy - 12 years ago

@OoWhiteChocolateoO People should just shut up and read your comment............

Asianleful - 12 years ago

@fanofaestallings I hope you know "she" is a he. He is pretty though.

Asianleful - 12 years ago

@OoWhiteChocolateoO LOL, just because something lived in the wild in such conditions doesn't mean they should even when there are better conditions available. There are tribal people living in the jungle in the wild with no electricity, living in wooden/mud huts, and get their food off of the land NATURALLY. Bettas can have a large tank, not something like a 50 gallon but a 5 or 10 gallon is a nice and comfortable home for the rest of its life. Your betta is alive but not thriving. Learn.

fanofaestallings - 12 years ago

@OoWhiteChocolateoO. Did I mention that I put my small Betta in a large tank with a cave and she hid inside there until I moved her into a smaller tank with the same cave. She never goes in the cave.

fanofaestallings - 12 years ago

@Jackyhkable. :) LOL

Myka Cherubino - 12 years ago

Dear everyone bitching at her for putting her fish into a jar, In the wild, the betta/Japanese fighting fish live in small, shallow rice puddles and feed on insect larva. Bettas arent supposed to have large tanks like other fish. Big tanks are too spacey and the betta feels unsafe. A simple 1gal vase or tank will do. My 3 year old betta lives in a vase with 1/3rd filled with rocks and bamboo growing out of the top.

Joeink100 - 12 years ago

@fanofaestallings i understand that too but just because they do it it doesn't mean there right and i talked to my mouse and my newts and my goldfish and the giant turtle at the local garden center

Joeink100 - 12 years ago

@fanofaestallings i understand that too but just becaus they do it it dosnt mean there right

fanofaestallings - 12 years ago

@Joeink100 I understand your point. The video should have been shot after he was moved to the bigger tank. But the part I wanted to capture was his happy wee face getting a big present. Betta fish are shipped in tiny bubble wrap. The fish is shrink wrapped in plastic, then air and a little water was added. They may stay like that almost unable to move and medicated with Gish tranquilizers for. Days and weeks to big chain pet stores.

fanofaestallings - 12 years ago

@MsPixelatedPaint yeah! Thank you douches for your comment. People don't read about my fish and his temporary jar. Glad you too talk to your fish!

Joeink100 - 12 years ago

even temporary its bad container licke if i said to you go live in a small cardboard box for a week or too wel feed you a bit and tlk to you but other than that for the next week your living in a box

MsPixelatedPaint - 13 years ago

People need to calm down and read annotations. This was his home. He has a tank now. I honestly think this is cute! My daughter and I talk to ours all the time.

Orangematz - 13 years ago

@fanofaestallings Most Bettas are kept in small spaces, yes, but do not live a full life. They live a life of suffering and pain. Pet Stores sell Betta Bowls to get people to buy the fish. Those fish live for years, huh? Compared to a healthy Betta that lives 10 Years with proper care. So sad that your Betta is suffering. Cheers!

Ultimatefighter180 - 13 years ago

he does not like his present

Kenny Enokian - 13 years ago

you sound like the girl from Bobs Burgers- not a bad thing lol

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

Thank you!

Microcosmical - 13 years ago

@nIcKo1508 Yeah, it's definitely bay-tuh. You're making yourself look pretty foolish right now. xD

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

@nIcKo1508. Are you trying to say I am pronouncing the name incorrectly? I think you se correct. From what I could find most people ( including me) pronounce it like the Greek alphabet letter... a ling a for the e with a short t and then the uh sound. Instead it is really part of an Asian language and is translated in such a way that the a be pronounced as an short e sound like in egg, two TS, and an e like uh. It is too late for me to change! Thanks for the input.

SingleLensReflex - 13 years ago

@akiemunchie you don't need an airpump, just a filter will do for oxygenation. And by the way, I fucking dare you to respond with your shit spelling.

okaminess - 13 years ago

@fanofaestallings ^_^

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

@akiemunchie thanks for the temperature info. No thanks for name calling. Most Betas here are kept in tiny spaces. Pet stores sell Beta bowls that are tiny with a little gravel and one plant. I've seen these fish live for years. As far as this video it wasn't made for YouTube. It was just filmed because it was Christmas morning and we got our fish a tank for Christmas. When I posted it I didnt know about public settings ... got lots of views.. posted more home videos.

BumbulBEE - 13 years ago

u moron get a tank then show off if i kept my fish in a larg jar last thing id do is uploead a vid to youtube and be like yayy id be like (u see how poor i am can't afford a tank) he looks a bit dawn u need to keep it at 75f/25c and i dont see a thermometer and a flaring betta is a sign of aggression ur woo's and yay's piss him off more then me and it's just cruel to keep him in a emty picle jar even if it is big inuff he needs plant an ornament to swim around and hide in & a Filter & airpump

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

@okaminess glad to hear from another fish friend

eharesdxd - 13 years ago

@tittles123456 they're just poor people

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

Cool... your Beta is 3 and lives in a bowl. That is pretty old in Beta years right? You must change the water often. How much do you feed him? Or her?

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

what makes you think are dead?

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

his present was a nice new tank with filter and lots of room and a lid with holes

SammySam1261 - 13 years ago

they should have a 5 GAL. tank at LEAST !!!

BudaPond101 - 13 years ago

yayayaya betta we got you a new fish aquarium......... hope you like pickles.

okaminess - 13 years ago

I didn't find the video too comedic. Maybe because I talk to my betta all the time. I'm probably used that used to it because I have no life. I heart fish! My betta is kind of energetic like yours. I pass by the tank and he flares and lashes his tail. It's cute.

Boby Bobby - 13 years ago

i perfer 10 gallons

XoxEstrellitaxoX - 13 years ago

Dory from Nemo is speaking to the Betta!!! :o Awesomee!!!

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

Thank you!

thePapermaster1234 - 13 years ago

merry christmas Beta! :)

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

@jaxtrax2. Had to look that show up. I do sound a bit like Mel. But don't look like her or ask like her. Cheers.

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

@8miz8ani8 thank you. Just went over 10,000 views. Who would have thought ... laughter is good for the soul.

zsigzsag - 13 years ago

5 gallons is a great gift for the guy. That's what I have mine in right now and he lives like a king!

zsigzsag - 13 years ago

@fanofaestallings Betta fish breathe air to allow them to stay in still ponds, and in small jars They are also carnivores and will only bite at roots or plants out of despair. Chances are the water had been changed routinely or that plant would have been dead within two weeks, followed by that fish. The average male Splendens' territory covers an average of 3 gallons and does best in 1.5- 5gal more is a waste; less is a risk. Yours is very pretty and I'm sure he's quite the spoiled rascal! (:

rainbowpixx - 13 years ago

Betta fish feel more secure in a smaller tank like 1 gall..2 gallon tank, they can do with a plant becuase it help with thier oxygen levels (no filter needed) and i got this information from a dude at a fish store that know this.

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

It is not a bra. It is a Beta fish tree ornament. We got him a tank for Christmas... Too funny.

fanofaestallings - 13 years ago

Dear X person below... If you read my text you would see that my Beta got a new tank for Christmas. all my fish now have larger home tanks. 5 & 10 gallons. My goldfish lives in a 10 gallon because he will grow a lot bigger.

Eugene Olsen - 13 years ago

How can you talk to a fish as a fellow being and yet keep it in a crappy pickle jar? You need at least 10 gals per betta and give him some rocks and plants... my betta loves attention and NEVER flairs if he flairs its cause he hates you, and just because some people are cruel and keep then in cups doenst mean a jar make you a good person its still crap.

AznStarzflyz - 13 years ago

hahahhhhahahha! it's a bra!

Richard Wenborn - 13 years ago

@fanofaestallings Im a fish lover do you love me :)

lazybum - 13 years ago

your fish would be much more happy if you would gave her a bigger and planted tank and not a bra ^^

surfnsunshinekat - 13 years ago

oh, sorry didn't read the description - never mind :)

surfnsunshinekat - 13 years ago

cute but you really need to get a bigger tank for your betta...one where he can swim about fourish lengths in each direction, for his own health and well being.

Joey R - 14 years ago

lol.. i had a SWEET vase for my betta.. it was shaped awesomely... it like,,, curved in the middle.. my fish looked badass in it.. well... i used the water filter thingy to fill it.. and that water came out like arctic cold... I was going to leave the vase on the counter overnight. and the betta was sitting next to it.. in the lil thingy he came in... annnnnnd at like 7.. my little sister poured him into the still freezing water.. he went into finshock and was dead the next day.. :(

fanofaestallings - 14 years ago

@Sammy78girl So sorry to hear that...

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fanofaestallings - 14 years ago

Not sure if it is a myth. Mine like larger spaces... the one in the video no longer holds fish. I have known Betta fish that live in a vace with plant roots and no cleaning to live for years on an office desk. Go figure.

fanofaestallings - 14 years ago

I have no idea why this video has gotten so many more hits than others... or so many interesting comments. Though I am not sure why someone thought I gave my Betta an undergarment for his present. And I don't know how much water equals a puddle vs say a small pond? Fish are fun and so are fish lovers.

Jihh - 14 years ago

That's stupid

jack wolanin - 14 years ago

really? a pickle jar?

Yolo Swaggins - 14 years ago

lol a bra???!! im sure he\she loved it

FireboltStone - 14 years ago

oops! sorry i gave you one star i thought the jar was his new home but it wasnt. you should have shown your betta in its new aquarium instead so people wont get confused =)

grettagrids - 14 years ago

I have a female betta that has been living in a large glass vase for over two yrs now(I clean her weekly). I tried an aquarium and she killed the other fish in it, so now she is back in in the vase. Those giving thumbs down, SHUT THE HELL UP!! I raise fish so I know what I am doing. I also treat sick fish and heal them.

ScarletLetter86 - 14 years ago

@carlaxxchaoticc I don't know that they all like it, but my betta Miko lives in a 1.8 liter bowl and he loves it. He flares when I let him play with "Toby" (his reflection) and he's been making a wonderful bubble nest all week, its really coming along. I almost hate to clean his bowl cause I know he'll just have to start over. This bowl allows Miko room for all his rocks, a few plants, and all the swimming room he wants. He even comes to me when its time to eat. (little pig boy!!)

thomas adams - 14 years ago

wen i was little i had a betta named blue (take a wild gess what color he was) and i keep him in a pickle jar i brought it everwhare suprisingly i never droped it and he died at the age of 3 i was sad on that day and to make up for it we got a tank with a new betta in it i couldent carrie that with me though in fact i still have the pickle jar he was in i have a red betta named dragon now and i want to put him in the pickle jar but it would be very weaid holding a fish in a jar...

fanofaestallings - 14 years ago

Thank you to the last comment person... yours got lost. I forget that some comments out there are by 7 year olds... Beta thanks you too...

fanofaestallings - 14 years ago

Beta fish tend to eat small bits of food shaped in a tiny spheres. Mine does not eat flake food. A good pet store should be able to help you. Seems like worms are for other kinds of fish or nutes/water lizards. Some brands of Beta food actually make the color of the fish brighter. Hope this helped.

fanofaestallings - 14 years ago

He likes his tank better. But the pet store owner told me they can live in a small area you just have to clean it more often without a filter. Why the thumbs down???

fanofaestallings - 15 years ago

Thank you. There is a post on here of him in his new tank. I think I shot it from the top. Not sure if you can see the whole tank and filter in the video. He loves that tank. I am going to post some today on our new addition ... a gold fish named spot.

fanofaestallings - 15 years ago

I don't think the people that comment are reading the text. Beta did not get a pickle jar for a present. He got a giant new tank which is not in the video.

fanofaestallings - 15 years ago

Yes... his present was large new aqurium.

fanofaestallings - 15 years ago

It was a jar. The present he is getting in the video is a large aquarium.

fanofaestallings - 15 years ago

That isn't his home. The present he got was a new large aqurium... that was just temporary.

fanofaestallings - 15 years ago

Thanks... it is my happy voice.

andreythedon - 15 years ago

looks kind of like a jar!!

TacosOfInjustice - 15 years ago

Is that a pickle jar?!?!? THAT'S NOT A HOME!!!!

Murdercon - 15 years ago

dear god your special!

fanofaestallings - 15 years ago

Please not that the tank in the video is not his new tank. He has a nice new aquarium with a filter... what you can't see in the video is that my child just opened the new tank and was holding it up to the fish. He is very healthy and a happy fish.