Marina Betta Kit EZ Care - 2.5L

The Marina Betta Kit EZ Care is a 2.5 litre cube of 15.8 cm with an EZ Care waste system — debris is flushed to a reservoir at the back which lifts out, emptied and replaced without putting your hands in the water.

Key Features

• 2.5 litres, in a cube measuring 15.8 cm each way
• EZ Care system: debris settles and is flushed into a reservoir at the rear. When it is full, remove it, empty it and put it back
• Clean water is added without getting your hands wet, which is the genuine convenience here
• Supplied with decorative pebbles, a double-sided background and a water change cup
• Available in black, blue or white
• No heater, no filter and no light are included
• Made by Marina, Rolf C. Hagen's entry-level aquatics brand and a sister brand to Fluval

What A Betta Actually Needs

• Bettas are tropical fish from Southeast Asia and they need heated water, 24–28°C, held steady. Room temperature in an air-conditioned home is too cold for them
• Most welfare guidance puts the minimum at around 19 litres (5 US gallons), heated and filtered. A betta kept warmer, filtered and with room to swim lives years longer and shows far better colour and finnage
• A betta can breathe air through a labyrinth organ, which is why it survives in a small unfiltered container when other fish would not. Surviving and doing well are different things
• One male per tank, always. Two males will fight until one is dead, and a male kept with females will harass them
• They are intelligent and curious. Plants, a cave and somewhere to rest near the surface matter to them more than decoration matters to us

Looking After A Small Tank

• A small volume swings fast. In an unfiltered container that means partial water changes every few days, not weekly
• Always dechlorinate replacement water and match it to the tank's temperature before adding it
• Feed a small pinch once a day and take out anything uneaten. Overfeeding is what fouls a small tank
• Do not fill it right to the brim, and keep the cover on. Bettas jump
• Wash new gravel and ornaments in plain water before they go in — never with detergent

Good To Know

• The waste reservoir makes cleaning easier. It is not a filter — it collects debris rather than processing ammonia, and it does not remove the need for regular water changes
• At 2.5 litres there is nowhere to fit a heater, and a betta needs one
• For a betta to do well rather than survive, aim for a heated, filtered tank of around 19 litres
• Do not keep two bettas together, whatever the tank size
• Not suitable for goldfish