Walmart lied!! I have a 10 gallon tank and 8 Female Bettas What are the

[Joshua A]

best care tips? I changed all the water once a week. How much do I need to feed them? The sales rep told me that I could have 10 Bettas in a 10 gallon tank! She also told me to feed them only once a week.(I feed them once a day.) ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! I feel bad that I took her advice because I want them to ALL be well cared for!

[yoh4n]

only about like 5 can live in a 10 gallon and feed more more then once a week

[leslothegreat]

Ok good thing you didnt listen to her about the once a week thing. Like twice a day will work. Or i give mine a little dry food in the morning and afternoon, but at night i give them some live food like blood worms or mosquito Larvea. Sometimes i cut up some shrimp into small pieces and give it to them but yeah. I agree about 5 per 10 gal tank.

[Jenny07]

It sucks that they lied to you. With that many fish in a tank that size the water will get too dirty too quickly and will poison the fish. You'll need to either get more tanks to seperate them, or a bigger tank, or get rid of some of the fish (see if you can return them seeing as the sales assistant gave you the wrong information).