My beautiful boy Fin would lie on his leaf when it was dusk an I'd say love you, lights out. He passed in May of this year. Miss him . Even on a not good day looking at him made me happy. He was a ray of sunshine. Excuse me being mushy.
It's amazing how your fish trust you so much and aren't scared of your hand. Everytime I go near my fishtank my tetras act like Godzilla's coming to town.
I've never had one that would use it, my bettas love the floating betta logs though. I've heard it takes a little training to get betta to use these plastic leaves, but my fish have always preferred their logs and sleeping moss balls. I don't see any need to teach them how to use the leaf hammock if they have other options they prefer
I NEED to let everyone know that zoo med’s leaf killed my betta, there is a metal bar for shaping the leaf that rusted and contaminated the water. Please don’t take that risk, it was horrible because I couldn’t tell what was wrong with my fish.
This is definitely a BIG concern, I was reading reviews and it happened to a few people as well. Its not super common..but still worrysome as I dont like introducing things to my tanks that can potentially be fatal or harmful to my fish.
Mine doesn't have any metal, it's just a suction cup with a little plastic bit you push inside.. I'm going to double check and will update but this might of be an early model sadly.. Still sad
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We just got our first fish a few days ago. Our Betta quickly took to its hammock sitting near the top of the tank. He’s chilling on it at the moment, which for some reason I find to be so cute. Love seeing him enjoying it so much. The way the hammock is resting in its first position is sloping up slightly, which looks like it gives Fluffy a bit of an option to sit a little closer or farther from the surface. His body is right near the surface right now as he rests on the higher side and after the water level has gone down slightly. I see others state their fish didn’t care for it, but I’d say it’s well worth a try. Fluffy is s so comfy! 👍😊
When I had my betta tank, my boy loved his leaf, but he also slept inside a ceramic skull at the bottom of his tank alot too. I think he liked that the skull had plants nearby too.
My african dwarf frogs totally ignore those. They did use live plants as rests to hang out near the surface but if they want to hang out near the surface they just kinda zen pose up there with their nose sticking out.
5:45 ! That's awesome! I was struggling to find a way to repurpose that fake betta leaf since I'm using real plants now and so have these very large Catappa leaves. I want them to float slightly rather than sink and this is perfect. My baby male betta, Kaida loves to explore on his large leaf and rest and prefers it to float as it creates a shade away from long periods of intense light when he needs it.
I bought 2glass cups that suction to the tank wall ..they are suppose to be for plants I put a little gravel in them and before I could get a plant in them my Betta claimed one of them he sits/sleeps in the cup..I also have a pathos plant and one of the leaves from the plant just happens to float right above the cup he loves it and it is so adorable..thanks for the videos..I really enjoy them
Mine love to lay on top of all kinds of real plants they’ll even lay on top of the plant they grow out of the water. It freaks me out cuz I think they’re dead but they’re just napping. I’ve used these in the past and they seem to enjoy them. BUT one of them the wire poked though and started leaking rust. So it’s important not to play with them too much. Unless you heavily inspect them. 💕
lol the first morning after I brought home my first-ever fishy I found it motionless right at the top of the water on a plant and I FREAKED out and thought it was dead (and accidentally spooked him awake LOL)
Lol. When I put 2 of my bettas in a breeding tank. I waited quite awhile .and found them both resting on top of the floating (real plants) after they did it. Lol, looked so funny, like after glo. Lol!
I've used this before. My fish, Artemis, wasn't crazy about it. He used it occasionally but he preferred the other plants I had in there, which is fine. I only got it so he'd have options anyways so it fulfilled its purpose. Great video!
I only have one betta in a live-planted 5.5 gallon tank. My old tank had an integrated filter and the pump broke, so I had to get a completely new tank recently. Blue fish loves his new tank. He had quit using the betta bed I had in his old tank, so I didn’t put it into the new tank immediately. (He had lots of real plants to lie on floating at the surface.) When I got around to rooting the plants, he had nothing to lie on for a day or so, and I noticed he was just sort of moping around, so I got out his betta bed and put it in there. He suddenly became much more active and seems so much happier! It’s my belief that bettas need frequent enrichment in their environments and they seem so much more active and happy when there are frequent changes in their tank!
Make sure to look up how to remove the metal wire that they put in this leaf before you leave it in the tank! It is prone to rusting, and the leaf is stable enough to still support your betta despite not having the wire in it.
I personally don't like the leaf because of the wire, the wire popped out on me within a couple of weeks of using it, I took it out. How safe is that wire for the fish?
Thank you for your video! We just got a Betta yesterday and we're doing it right in a nice big tank and I just ordered the wire leaf you showed. I think he'll love his new bed! :)
I've never tried anything like that... but I do know my betta enjoys resting on plant leaves, the plastic that holds his feeding ring and against the wall of the tank near the filter intake (I think he likes it because it holds him in place and he can be lazy lol). Anywhere is fair game but those are his favorite places, he even has a particular leaf he prefers to rest on that belongs to an amazon sword plant lol.
My old betta would use it sometimes, then I wouldn't see him use it for weeks or months. Very variable! I did float a couple of decent sized crypts in his tank for a while, before re-scaping another tank, and he LOVED sleeping in among the structures of those. Indian almond leaves often float for a couple of days, and he would also use those while they were at the surface. 🙂
@@MadCheshireHat That could really make a pretty scenery in the tank then :) I guess you have a good light in the tank? I dont have bettas, but really want to try submerging pothos :D
@@mytinyfishtank4696 it can definitely fill out a tank easily, for sure. In my experience, pothos can survive without a lot of lighting. I had one pot growing in my room nowhere near a light source except for the overhead ceiling light, but I later put it in a tank. I have one clipping in my 3 gallon tub with platy fry that is in one of those cubical shelving systems. It doesn't get much light at all due to the shelf above it. The plant hasn't grown really, but it hasn't died, either. So it definitely does better with lighting and especially good lighting, but can survive without much light.
Cool comparison of the different leaves and fish reaction Kasia . Thanks. I had a betta that would 'sunbake' on lily pads, etc, he'd look to be on the dry, and could last for some time. Was always frightening, then he'd just dive off lily pad into water and swim around happy like he was laughing.......seriously. He was A hilarious guy. That I thought was dead 100 times, but no, just sunbaking. HaHa. Cheers
I wish I could have watched your review vid before buying the leaf hammock for my bettas. They won't even touch it or come near it. One of my bettas love his bridge a lot, though. He sleeps on it every night, and swims below it every day and night. He's sick now so he's not as active, though. I wish he would give the hammock a try, but no...
Hello Kasia. I love this video. Your bettas are lovely! I have purchased, experimented and tried different leaves from Amazon and other sites to see what they prefer and like! Each of my bettas rest, swim around and eat on top of the different leaves like your bettas! I also use the larger ones from Amazon that come in different colors. It is made of a rubbery material.
Kasia..I have those big betta leafs...I put one on top and the other on the bottom.with a little opening....acts like a little cave for them...they love it.
I was given one as a gift once the first year I got my betta. He loved it and was on it almost constantly. My new betta not so much, he likes to sleep either by the filter or on the bottom of the tank where his tank mates don’t bother him. He doesn’t mind them, but I think most bettas are introverts. Anyway, he doses still occasionally use it tho. It was a great gift
The Amazon one look more natural, but bummer that its flimsy! The older one actually look more natural to me. Definitely a cool accessory for a Betta. I typically just use a thicket of Anubias or Moss in a wood with a branch so its more natural.
My lazy boi rests on his leaf a lot, especially at meal time to remind me that he hadn’t eaten in FOREVER. It’s so cute. The catappa leaf is an interesting idea but after a couple of days it will droop, I think.
My bettas have never liked them but I still buy them. I use the leaf for water changes- when I'm pouring in the clean water I pour it onto the leaf. This prevents the water from pushing any other decor/plants/critters out of the way. There's probably an easier/better way for less disruptive water changes. But the fake leaves work for me!
My two bettas loovee to sleeps on the top branches of their wood bonsai which is just about an inch from the surface, as long as you trim the sharp edges of the bonsai wood it's much safer than plastic leaf
I have a single pothos leafed floating in the tank my boy loves I want to get a rap around suction cup to attach it in one place to keep it still for him I have wondered about these leaves before.
I have heard you can control the sex of the eggs for newborn betta by using the temp of the water. As over 90% of my bettas are males and I really don't get any females. I am hopeing you could provide some info regarding water temps for controlling the sex of the fry. Looking forward to your reply.
I use the betta leaf for my dwarf frogs! I have a betta in with them, but my betta doesn't care about any of the betta products. I've been using the betta leaf for the frogs long before this particular betta was in with them, anyhow. They're poor swimmers, and like to rest near the surface. So as long as you keep resting spots like betta leaves under parts of the tank with a lid, they will rest there and be happy. (They are still frogs and can jump, so don't put them in a place right near the surface with no lid.)
I'm glad that they are working well for your frogs! I was wondering of the other species recomendations were accurate or not..but so far seems like it!
@@CreativePetKeeping Yeah, I can't answer for the other species. But they definitely do work for ADFs. I have other tanks with bettas, and I use the leaves and betta logs in those tanks. My bigger-than-a-king betta loves his leaf. The sorority girls prefer a floating anubias and pothos roots. One loves the betta log, but the others don't seem to care. I have a molly that loves the betta leaf, but she's weird.
Honestly it depends on the betta. I’ve had multiple in the past and some of them used them every day and some of them are indifferent to the leaf and generally ignore them.
My dad put one of these in his 15 gallon so my brothers female betta could use it and the Corydoras that are also in the 15 gallon layers eggs on it as well as on the glass next to it
I only have one betta who loves using it while sleeping at night but my recent bettas they just sit on them for a while but never uses them while sleeping.
No, absolutely not. I will say that the pet and show line palakats can be really social towards humans and can often be trained tricks. These boys are just really mellow, which makes wonder if they're showline plakats. Usually, however, they're supposed to be MORE aggressive... Unfortunately, Plakats are frequently fighting-line bettas bred for betta fights. However, it should be noted that most true fighting-line bettas are extremely viscous and WILL try to attack you. They aren't the cute, friendly people-pleasing pets that we're used to. In some ways, I can't help but view them as more undomesticated than actual wild bettas. At least most wild bettas won't go out of thier way to bite your finger off... without being provoked... They also tend to have much larger heads and mouths than normal.
I've heard of some people trying to tame them, but I feel like it's extremely dangerous to try to care for one. I definitely wouldn't EVER try to put one in a community tank. There's even a video where someone was at a Petco that was trying to sell a fighting-line cull, and then the guy showed his finger at him. He (the betta) snapped so hard that the ENTIRE shelf started to shake.... That's the sort of aggression fighting-line "king" plakat bettas can have.
You need to bend it a little and put it closer to the suface. They work better where there is no water current, so they wont slide or fall. And yeah after 8 or so months, the leaves start showing discoloration or some sort of "peeling" close to the middle wire. Anyways they can last for all your bettas life, and they are auper cheap like 2 or 3 usd All my Bettas have loved them (male or female)
Hello Kasia! I love using the different betta leave hammocks! Each of my three bettas would rest, lay and sit on them! They love it! I also use the floating betta logs. They love them in their tanks! I love to try different things in their tanks !
Something that concerns me about a lot of these plastic products marketed towards betta fish is I rarely read "BPA FREE", and I don't want something that could leek harmful substances into my tank over time.
I notice that when one of my goldfish tries to sleep/rest she usually tried to sleep up and against the corner of the tank rather then the bottom like the rest, I’m thinking about buying one do u think it’ll be a good idea? Or a waste of money
My beautiful boy Fin would lie on his leaf when it was dusk an I'd say love you, lights out. He passed in May of this year. Miss him . Even on a not good day looking at him made me happy. He was a ray of sunshine. Excuse me being mushy.
Angela Clements Lmaooo
Awwww ❤️❤️
Aww! You don't need to excuse that mushiness! ❤️ My heart is with your poor soul! 😭
I’m so sorry for your loss I hope you doing well!
@@cristianarceo1696 what do you mean lmao?
It's amazing how your fish trust you so much and aren't scared of your hand. Everytime I go near my fishtank my tetras act like Godzilla's coming to town.
Same
My betta doesnt get scared either. He also lets me touch him. I didnt even have to train to get used to my hand
My goldfish like my hand they come up and try to nibble it
The Betta on the left is like "uhh...where is my leaf?"
Poor sunny doesn't get a big fancy leaf 😭
Cookie 🤣🤣🤣🤣
All my bettas absolutely loved their hammock. So cute how they learned quickly what it was.
Some bettas seem to love them while others don’t. Mine don’t care for them at all.
Same, my 2 female dumbo bettas dont care about their leaf
I've never had one that would use it, my bettas love the floating betta logs though. I've heard it takes a little training to get betta to use these plastic leaves, but my fish have always preferred their logs and sleeping moss balls. I don't see any need to teach them how to use the leaf hammock if they have other options they prefer
Same mine won’t touch it
@@sanne4900 same I believe the female bettas dont care about these mine just swims through the plants and doesn't wanna do anything else
Mine do use them
I NEED to let everyone know that zoo med’s leaf killed my betta, there is a metal bar for shaping the leaf that rusted and contaminated the water. Please don’t take that risk, it was horrible because I couldn’t tell what was wrong with my fish.
This is definitely a BIG concern, I was reading reviews and it happened to a few people as well. Its not super common..but still worrysome as I dont like introducing things to my tanks that can potentially be fatal or harmful to my fish.
Creative Pet Keeping so does that mean we should steer clear of them or is it okay to have in your tank?
Monkey Doo obviously don’t get it
Mine doesn't have any metal, it's just a suction cup with a little plastic bit you push inside.. I'm going to double check and will update but this might of be an early model sadly.. Still sad
@@RespawnM which one do you have ? im planning to get one for my beta
I removed the wires from all of mine because I heard that if it becomes exposed it will rust. Without the wire it's still very sturdy
How do you remove it
@@yoon4788 cut straight along the wire with a razor blade on the underside of the leaf. Then pop the end out and pull it out
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*BONUS INFO* please check the leaf, IF the wire is exposed.. DO NOT use it because it can rust in the water. If you are worried about that possibility, then get the double-leaf as it has no wire.
We just got our first fish a few days ago. Our Betta quickly took to its hammock sitting near the top of the tank. He’s chilling on it at the moment, which for some reason I find to be so cute. Love seeing him enjoying it so much. The way the hammock is resting in its first position is sloping up slightly, which looks like it gives Fluffy a bit of an option to sit a little closer or farther from the surface. His body is right near the surface right now as he rests on the higher side and after the water level has gone down slightly. I see others state their fish didn’t care for it, but I’d say it’s well worth a try. Fluffy is s so comfy! 👍😊
The second half of this video was so relaxing
The almond leaf is a very good idea. My bettas used to use the small one but now they rest on plants or in the floating log. Thanks for the review.
When I had my betta tank, my boy loved his leaf, but he also slept inside a ceramic skull at the bottom of his tank alot too. I think he liked that the skull had plants nearby too.
I glued a inch and a half piece of acrylic to a suction cup and glued some moss onto it.
I've ordered one for my betta as his Christmas pressent
My african dwarf frogs totally ignore those. They did use live plants as rests to hang out near the surface but if they want to hang out near the surface they just kinda zen pose up there with their nose sticking out.
My Betta loved his leaf. I made mine out of some artificial leaves and glued it to a suction cup
Way cheaper option and the same thing lol
5:45 ! That's awesome! I was struggling to find a way to repurpose that fake betta leaf since I'm using real plants now and so have these very large Catappa leaves. I want them to float slightly rather than sink and this is perfect. My baby male betta, Kaida loves to explore on his large leaf and rest and prefers it to float as it creates a shade away from long periods of intense light when he needs it.
I've found different betta like different heights. I had one who liked it so high he could barely get on and off but wouldn't use it otherwise.
Thats an interesting observation!
I bought 2glass cups that suction to the tank wall ..they are suppose to be for plants I put a little gravel in them and before I could get a plant in them my Betta claimed one of them he sits/sleeps in the cup..I also have a pathos plant and one of the leaves from the plant just happens to float right above the cup he loves it and it is so adorable..thanks for the videos..I really enjoy them
My bettas have never used that leaf thing, that I’ve seen, but they do when it’s a real plant. They’re snobs I guess 🤣
Mine love to lay on top of all kinds of real plants they’ll even lay on top of the plant they grow out of the water. It freaks me out cuz I think they’re dead but they’re just napping. I’ve used these in the past and they seem to enjoy them. BUT one of them the wire poked though and started leaking rust. So it’s important not to play with them too much. Unless you heavily inspect them. 💕
Oh yeah, there were fish I would find laying on top of the Indian almond leaf I would put in their tanks. Heart attacks every time.
lol the first morning after I brought home my first-ever fishy I found it motionless right at the top of the water on a plant and I FREAKED out and thought it was dead (and accidentally spooked him awake LOL)
Lol. When I put 2 of my bettas in a breeding tank. I waited quite awhile
.and found them both resting on top of the floating (real plants) after they did it.
Lol, looked so funny, like after glo. Lol!
@@labella9291 my blue betta was scared to death, the 1st time I put an almond leaf in! He hid behind the filter. Lol
@@lauraoverstreet9987 LOLOL!!! I can imagine, I had a similar reaction when I got my fish java fern, lol
Looks like Mr Sprinkles is going to love his new bed 🤓
I hope so
Just like us, each betta different personality. Some betta like to rest in the leaf some doesn't care. But my bettas likes it when it's real.
I think I prefer a real leaf over a fake one as well.
I've used this before. My fish, Artemis, wasn't crazy about it. He used it occasionally but he preferred the other plants I had in there, which is fine. I only got it so he'd have options anyways so it fulfilled its purpose. Great video!
"I am the King of the leaf"..
😂😂😂
I bought a small female betta and she loves the leaf she uses it and is on it since the day I bought it
I only have one betta in a live-planted 5.5 gallon tank. My old tank had an integrated filter and the pump broke, so I had to get a completely new tank recently. Blue fish loves his new tank. He had quit using the betta bed I had in his old tank, so I didn’t put it into the new tank immediately. (He had lots of real plants to lie on floating at the surface.) When I got around to rooting the plants, he had nothing to lie on for a day or so, and I noticed he was just sort of moping around, so I got out his betta bed and put it in there. He suddenly became much more active and seems so much happier! It’s my belief that bettas need frequent enrichment in their environments and they seem so much more active and happy when there are frequent changes in their tank!
I loved this video, it cheered me up tonight.
Puts hammock on tank
Betta: sleeps floating
Love your videos and thank you for sharing 👍😊
Make sure to look up how to remove the metal wire that they put in this leaf before you leave it in the tank! It is prone to rusting, and the leaf is stable enough to still support your betta despite not having the wire in it.
I made one from a suction cup and silk leaf from a plastic plant when I first started keeping beta.
I personally don't like the leaf because of the wire, the wire popped out on me within a couple of weeks of using it, I took it out. How safe is that wire for the fish?
Thank you for your video! We just got a Betta yesterday and we're doing it right in a nice big tank and I just ordered the wire leaf you showed. I think he'll love his new bed! :)
My cousin's betta can't get enough of it's leaf. It's awesome.
I've never tried anything like that... but I do know my betta enjoys resting on plant leaves, the plastic that holds his feeding ring and against the wall of the tank near the filter intake (I think he likes it because it holds him in place and he can be lazy lol). Anywhere is fair game but those are his favorite places, he even has a particular leaf he prefers to rest on that belongs to an amazon sword plant lol.
This was great Kasia! Gonna get one or four..
Get the betta floating log!!! I LOVE it and want to make a review about it sometime soon.
Creative Pet Keeping okay even better. Cory carries them! Thank you
Wow they live the leaf. I guess I’ll get my betta one.
My old betta would use it sometimes, then I wouldn't see him use it for weeks or months. Very variable! I did float a couple of decent sized crypts in his tank for a while, before re-scaping another tank, and he LOVED sleeping in among the structures of those. Indian almond leaves often float for a couple of days, and he would also use those while they were at the surface. 🙂
What is the correct way of pronouncing Betta?
I have heard both: “Bet-ta” and “Bay-ta”
I personally say the second way.
The first is the correct way but anyone will understand what you are taking about and won't mock you for using the latter
I say bay-ta but I think Bet-ta is the correct way
Betta
I say bay-ta..I learned it as a kid. And that's how I learned it.
My betta, Angus, loves his betta leaf. He has the small one, and uses it all the time 😺
I put cuttings from my pothos into my tanks and the betta fish sleep in every 🍃
Are the leaves of the pothos in the water? when any of mine get in the water they begin to rot, so I only keep pothos roots inside.
@@CreativePetKeeping interesting. All my pothos plants are fully submerged and do just fine once they adapt.
My bettas don't sleep on the leaves.
@@MadCheshireHat That could really make a pretty scenery in the tank then :) I guess you have a good light in the tank? I dont have bettas, but really want to try submerging pothos :D
@@mytinyfishtank4696 it can definitely fill out a tank easily, for sure. In my experience, pothos can survive without a lot of lighting. I had one pot growing in my room nowhere near a light source except for the overhead ceiling light, but I later put it in a tank. I have one clipping in my 3 gallon tub with platy fry that is in one of those cubical shelving systems. It doesn't get much light at all due to the shelf above it. The plant hasn't grown really, but it hasn't died, either. So it definitely does better with lighting and especially good lighting, but can survive without much light.
@@MadCheshireHat What species of Pothos do you have? I wonder if different types react differently to being in the water.
Me: buys my betta a bed leaf and a cave : Him : the shell shall be my bed
Mine has never touched the leaf but LOVES her floating log
If I had to choose between the leaves and betta logs...the logs are a win! ^_^
Cool comparison of the different leaves and fish reaction Kasia . Thanks.
I had a betta that would 'sunbake' on lily pads, etc, he'd look to be on the dry, and could last for some time. Was always frightening, then he'd just dive off lily pad into water and swim around happy like he was laughing.......seriously. He was A hilarious guy. That I thought was dead 100 times, but no, just sunbaking. HaHa. Cheers
Wow, that would stress me out! What a funny fish.
Wow, they are very inquisitive.
I wish I could have watched your review vid before buying the leaf hammock for my bettas. They won't even touch it or come near it. One of my bettas love his bridge a lot, though. He sleeps on it every night, and swims below it every day and night. He's sick now so he's not as active, though. I wish he would give the hammock a try, but no...
Hello Kasia. I love this video. Your bettas are lovely! I have purchased, experimented and tried different leaves from Amazon and other sites to see what they prefer and like! Each of my bettas rest, swim around and eat on top of the different leaves like your bettas! I also use the larger ones from Amazon that come in different colors. It is made of a rubbery material.
Kasia..I have those big betta leafs...I put one on top and the other on the bottom.with a little opening....acts like a little cave for them...they love it.
Making a little cave out it is a clever idea!
I just bought mines and he’s sleeping on it already, just put it in the tank an hour ago he seems to like it
I was given one as a gift once the first year I got my betta. He loved it and was on it almost constantly. My new betta not so much, he likes to sleep either by the filter or on the bottom of the tank where his tank mates don’t bother him. He doesn’t mind them, but I think most bettas are introverts. Anyway, he doses still occasionally use it tho. It was a great gift
The Amazon one look more natural, but bummer that its flimsy! The older one actually look more natural to me. Definitely a cool accessory for a Betta. I typically just use a thicket of Anubias or Moss in a wood with a branch so its more natural.
2 of my bettas use theirs and love them
How you keeping together with gubbies? Small one even. Betta not attack it?
my female betta was raised on her betta leaf she's loves it .. as for my koi betta he can care less he loves his natural plants
This leaf is best for my full moon Betta fish
beautiful betta you have there.
My betta loves his leaf :D I guess it depends on personality.
I definitely think so. Some of my bettas like it..others dont care
ThIs iS mY lEaF 🍃
I grow Scindapsus in my tank and my guppies and guppy fry love to sleep on the leaves. So cute
I might get this for my Rosetail betta who wants to rest
My daughter named her fish sunny too 😊
Cool video!
Love your bettas would like to see how you made the 10 gallon betta rack in the beginning
Nicely done. I have never tried one. They do look tempting to see if any of mine would use them
My lazy boi rests on his leaf a lot, especially at meal time to remind me that he hadn’t eaten in FOREVER. It’s so cute. The catappa leaf is an interesting idea but after a couple of days it will droop, I think.
I recommend taking your guppies out, since theyre very active. Bettas are chill fish that dont really like it.
My bettas have never liked them but I still buy them. I use the leaf for water changes- when I'm pouring in the clean water I pour it onto the leaf. This prevents the water from pushing any other decor/plants/critters out of the way. There's probably an easier/better way for less disruptive water changes. But the fake leaves work for me!
My fish (Lapiz Lazuli) would sit on the leaf while watching me do whatever I was doing. He really loves his leaf 😍
What are all the other fish in there? Do they get along with them?
My two bettas loovee to sleeps on the top branches of their wood bonsai which is just about an inch from the surface, as long as you trim the sharp edges of the bonsai wood it's much safer than plastic leaf
i have one it doesn't stay suctioned very well but i have so many plants wit my new betta i don think hes even found it yet
look at the backs of both leaves, maybe it's a upgrade in the stem because of the rust issues.,?
My betta loves laying on leaves and love hidding in his log at night to sleep
Hello. What are the other fish in the tank with the Betta? I want to add more fish to my tank. I have a 5 gallon and just 1 betta.
Cool
Can all gold fish use it what bed ideas for gold fish
my halfmoon betta like to rest a lot on leaf, especially the one close to the surface..when he rest the fin almost touching the surface...
Wow
I have a single pothos leafed floating in the tank my boy loves I want to get a rap around suction cup to attach it in one place to keep it still for him I have wondered about these leaves before.
I have heard you can control the sex of the eggs for newborn betta by using the temp of the water. As over 90% of my bettas are males and I really don't get any females. I am hopeing you could provide some info regarding water temps for controlling the sex of the fry.
Looking forward to your reply.
My male never went to the leaf but he will hang out in the floating log sometimes
Very interesting video I'll try 🙂
I use the betta leaf for my dwarf frogs! I have a betta in with them, but my betta doesn't care about any of the betta products. I've been using the betta leaf for the frogs long before this particular betta was in with them, anyhow. They're poor swimmers, and like to rest near the surface. So as long as you keep resting spots like betta leaves under parts of the tank with a lid, they will rest there and be happy. (They are still frogs and can jump, so don't put them in a place right near the surface with no lid.)
I'm glad that they are working well for your frogs! I was wondering of the other species recomendations were accurate or not..but so far seems like it!
@@CreativePetKeeping Yeah, I can't answer for the other species. But they definitely do work for ADFs. I have other tanks with bettas, and I use the leaves and betta logs in those tanks. My bigger-than-a-king betta loves his leaf. The sorority girls prefer a floating anubias and pothos roots. One loves the betta log, but the others don't seem to care. I have a molly that loves the betta leaf, but she's weird.
How are you able to move yours so easily in the tank? My is so hard.
Honestly it depends on the betta. I’ve had multiple in the past and some of them used them every day and some of them are indifferent to the leaf and generally ignore them.
Some of my Bettas liked it and others did not, I would buy it again for sure
My beta fish loves it! He stays on it a lot. It may have made him lazy😂. I check him all the time to make sure he is not getting sick.
My dad put one of these in his 15 gallon so my brothers female betta could use it and the Corydoras that are also in the 15 gallon layers eggs on it as well as on the glass next to it
I only have one betta who loves using it while sleeping at night but my recent bettas they just sit on them for a while but never uses them while sleeping.
I’m going to buy the larger one, where can I get it from?
What kind of fish do you mix with beta?
Are plakats in general calmer and less aggressive than normal betta???
Ive had a few nicer ones but one of my plakats is REALLY mean
No, absolutely not. I will say that the pet and show line palakats can be really social towards humans and can often be trained tricks. These boys are just really mellow, which makes wonder if they're showline plakats. Usually, however, they're supposed to be MORE aggressive... Unfortunately, Plakats are frequently fighting-line bettas bred for betta fights. However, it should be noted that most true fighting-line bettas are extremely viscous and WILL try to attack you. They aren't the cute, friendly people-pleasing pets that we're used to. In some ways, I can't help but view them as more undomesticated than actual wild bettas. At least most wild bettas won't go out of thier way to bite your finger off... without being provoked... They also tend to have much larger heads and mouths than normal.
I've heard of some people trying to tame them, but I feel like it's extremely dangerous to try to care for one. I definitely wouldn't EVER try to put one in a community tank. There's even a video where someone was at a Petco that was trying to sell a fighting-line cull, and then the guy showed his finger at him. He (the betta) snapped so hard that the ENTIRE shelf started to shake....
That's the sort of aggression fighting-line "king" plakat bettas can have.
@@kidwolf0015 thanks for so much detail
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You need to bend it a little and put it closer to the suface.
They work better where there is no water current, so they wont slide or fall.
And yeah after 8 or so months, the leaves start showing discoloration or some sort of "peeling" close to the middle wire. Anyways they can last for all your bettas life, and they are auper cheap like 2 or 3 usd
All my Bettas have loved them (male or female)
Hello Kasia! I love using the different betta leave hammocks! Each of my three bettas would rest, lay and sit on them! They love it! I also use the floating betta logs. They love them in their tanks! I love to try different things in their tanks !
Great video. My bettas have always likes the leaf. I can’t wait to try using an almond leaf, that is a cool trick.
Is it ok if I put guppy’s with MALE beta
Something that concerns me about a lot of these plastic products marketed towards betta fish is I rarely read "BPA FREE", and I don't want something that could leek harmful substances into my tank over time.
I notice that when one of my goldfish tries to sleep/rest she usually tried to sleep up and against the corner of the tank rather then the bottom like the rest, I’m thinking about buying one do u think it’ll be a good idea? Or a waste of money