Beta, tell me this isn't true!!!!

[Jessika]

I had two bettas in bowls without heaters that lived for about four years each soooo lol

[king2005]

If people are judging lifespan by not using heaters & then whats the real life span?

For a common snapping turtle, their true life span is 50+ years. In captivity the avg lifespan is 25 years. The reason its lower is because people over feed the turtle & then around the age of 20-25 their liver starts to fail & the animal dies.. I feed my guy once every 2 weeks to allow for a more natural life span.

So whats their real lifespan?

[binka_nugget]

Half of my bettas have their water constantly at 82-83 degrees. The other half have them around 71-73. I haven't noticed any difference at all.

[chocolatepuppy]

Just googled this...

Lifespan:

Bettas live an average of 3 years, and can live up to 5 years. The ones sold in pet stores are usually adults, so they have the nice long fins, but that also means that they are already a year old when sold. That means that if you have a betta for more than two years after you buy it, it's a nice, long-lived fish.

[king2005]

Just googled this...

Lifespan:

Bettas live an average of 3 years, and can live up to 5 years. The ones sold in pet stores are usually adults, so they have the nice long fins, but that also means that they are already a year old when sold. That means that if you have a betta for more than two years after you buy it, it's a nice, long-lived fish.

good.

[chocolatepuppy]

Glad you can relax about this Jess. I also have a female that I've had 2 1/2 yrs and a male I've had 2 yrs. The rest are younger.

[flamepony12]

They should be absolutely fine without a heater as long as the room they're in has a temperature that's fairly steady.