can you keep a male betta in hard alkaline water?
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I am just so curious because people tell me that betta are very hardy fish and can survive in any water but i would just like to know if they can thrive in water hard and Alkaline like that of lake Tanganyika,i am not going to put a betta in hard water i am just so curious.
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No, the alkaline makes their bodies really weak.
not sure ive seen them in normal fish tanks before and they look happy but i used bottled water for mine and it was happy until i forgot to take it out of the sun and it boiled lol
it gets cold here.
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You aren’t considering keeping Lake Tanganyika cichlids with a Betta are you?
If you are stop it right away.
you can keep it, but it may get sick and die. Betta’s do better in slightly acidic waters(full of tannins).