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Originally Posted by MattTVI
eeeewwwwww, i've always seen them kept in a bowl, not sure how long they'll last in a bowel... given that it's not their natural habitat... 
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Matt (TVI) |
Well, considering their natural habitat is practically a puddle of mud, I think a bowl is a slight improvement.
My sister had the same experience; she wanted me to "dispose" of her dried-up betta she found shriveled under her desk, but I put it back in the bowl just in case (bettas do have an organ similar to a lung called a labyrinth). Needless to say, within an hour it was swimming around like normal again (plus some residual fuzz). It lived another two years, probably because she put a cover over the bowl to prevent further carpet surfing.
