Is this life span normal?

[Clown_Loach_Kid]

Most every site I look at about bettas says they live at the most 2 years. I had my very first betta live almost 4 years. Is that normal?

 

[Angelfish]

Some people who really take care of/are lucky can keep their bettas alive for four years, I know a few people on here have done it. But I'd say 2.5 to 3 years is a little more common. Good job keeping your finned friend alive for so long

 

[Clown_Loach_Kid]

Thanks, He was my first fish. his name was Yong Fu. I found that name in a book I was reding once about a siamese boy.

 

[420Loach]

i have a betta that i bought in 98' and hes still kickin.

doesnt swim around much though, just sits on his rock.

 

[tman2007]

98? thats like 5 almost 6 years!

 

[Iggy]

One of my customers has a 5+ year old betta. He lives in a 1 gallon round bowl, sitting on the kitchen table with weekly water changes and fed once per day.

He still flares! Amazing eh!

 

[Clown_Loach_Kid]

That is amazing. So basically if you take care of your betta they can live wayyyy longer than 2 years.

 

[katyboombaty]

my betta Shyrone lived to be about 3.5-4 years old. So yeah I mean 2-3 is an average though...i suppose the older ones would be the outliers that would throw off that average....AHHH statistics! sorry i have a test coming up anyways yeah so bettas can live a REAL long time...now if i can just get my others to follow shyrone's lead...

 

[Leopardess]

It also just depends on the betta. Kind of like people. Some things just naturally die young or live to be a ripe old age. Of course care comes into play, but don't assume that just because a betta dies at 2 that you did something wrong (unless, of course, you did).

Good genes help

 

[TurbineSurgeon]

My brother-in-law had a betta in a jar for 4 years. Pretty amazing, especially if you knew my brother-in-law

 

[Clown_Loach_Kid]

lol, not very responsible huh

 

[Allen Chi]

Wow, your bettas live pretty long, huh. mine died in a week because I didn;t know how to take care of it. (I was 9 then.)

 

[catfishmike]

my longest lived betta was 4 years.and when i bought him he was full grown so give or take a few months as well.