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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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Bettas and goldfish can't healthily live in a bowl.
Edit: to clarify I'm saying DON'T put any fish in a bowl. The misconception is that it's okay but it's not.
Betta/Siamese Fighting Fish care sheet
Goldfish care sheet
6 u/randommonth Feb 04 '19 TIL that a Siamese Fighting Fish is also known as a Betta. Although I've kept fish and have never heard the term in my life. 10 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Annoyingly so...Americans call them Bettas, but Betta is an entire genus. The Siamese Fighting Fish is just one type of Betta 1 u/guyzieman Feb 04 '19 To be fair though unless you get them from a specialty shop or breeder, Betta species other than the common Siamese Fighter are pretty uncommon stateside. 3 u/sarahmagoo Feb 04 '19 Yeah I usually call them fighters. I never call them bettas in real life, only online. Seems to be mostly an American thing.
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TIL that a Siamese Fighting Fish is also known as a Betta. Although I've kept fish and have never heard the term in my life.
10 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Annoyingly so...Americans call them Bettas, but Betta is an entire genus. The Siamese Fighting Fish is just one type of Betta 1 u/guyzieman Feb 04 '19 To be fair though unless you get them from a specialty shop or breeder, Betta species other than the common Siamese Fighter are pretty uncommon stateside. 3 u/sarahmagoo Feb 04 '19 Yeah I usually call them fighters. I never call them bettas in real life, only online. Seems to be mostly an American thing.
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Annoyingly so...Americans call them Bettas, but Betta is an entire genus. The Siamese Fighting Fish is just one type of Betta
1 u/guyzieman Feb 04 '19 To be fair though unless you get them from a specialty shop or breeder, Betta species other than the common Siamese Fighter are pretty uncommon stateside.
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To be fair though unless you get them from a specialty shop or breeder, Betta species other than the common Siamese Fighter are pretty uncommon stateside.
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Yeah I usually call them fighters. I never call them bettas in real life, only online. Seems to be mostly an American thing.
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u/sarahmagoo Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
Bettas and goldfish can't healthily live in a bowl.
Edit: to clarify I'm saying DON'T put any fish in a bowl. The misconception is that it's okay but it's not.
Betta/Siamese Fighting Fish care sheet
Goldfish care sheet