Here is the question of the day for you betta fish  lovers.  What should your betta fish water temperature should be in their tank?  70 degrees?, after all, they are tough fighting fish.  75 degrees?  that's what we keep our houses at, right.  How about 80 degrees?  Well, if you guessed 80 degrees, your were correct and your betta loves you for it.

Does it surprise you that your betta should have water temperature at 80 degrees?  Think about it for a second, they are tropical fish, tropical fish live where the temperatures are almost always above 80 degrees.  If the temperature drops below 80, the water they are in, holds the higher temperature until the sun comes out and it warms up again.

Betta fish can live up to 5 years if taken care of properly.  You can get this information at My Healthy Betta.
You can also read about my sad experience on loosing my betta fish at My Sick Betta.