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From: Christine
Date:11/06/2001

I have a Siamese Fighting Fish in with Gouramis, Angels, Neon tetras and Serpae tetras - seem to do no harm to any of the others and the others leave it alone. Basically goes about its own business. Really easy to keep - I'm very happy with it.

From: Herman King
Date:11/06/2001

I have been breeding this fish since I was 13 years old & I have found that no matter what & how many books you read about this fish I have found that they will always do something that is totally out of the ordinary. I've had female betta's that took control of the males duties after the spawn, I've had babies that were an entirely different color than their parents & the list goes on. I've never had any problems with one in a community setting with the exception of them being in the tank with a couple of Tiger Barbs which is a definite no, no! Breeding this fish can be a challenge to the first time breeder, but I myself was a first time breeder over 25 years ago. So enjoy this hardy little fish & may all your stories be success stories.

From: Sudesh Patel
Date:11/21/2001

Siamese fighters are very aggressive try to keep them away from guppy's as my friends guppy had its tail literally ripped off

From: Tasha
Date:11/25/2001

I have 3 male betas, separately of course. They have a wonderful personalities. Yes, I have one fin nipper and the other two seem less feisty. However, all of them like to lay on broad leaf plants. Rather like a hammock. They are beautiful and you have to be careful when you do put them in a large tank so they don't get sucked up on the filter tube. Yes it happened poor thing. He's fine. Also they need more than those little so called beta tanks to live in. 1 gallon to 2 gallon tanks are good so the water temperature stays pretty moderate. I love my fish.

From: Darin Soares
Date:12/01/2001

I have one crowntail betta that is one year old. He lives in a one gallon bettahex. I feed him Hikary Gold pellets. I also have a commen betta.

From: Betta_nut....(aka:Tina-NY)
Date:12/02/2001

I haven't been into the fish hobby long but it was long enough for the Betta Bug to hit me hard lol. I now have 2 males and 3 females. I will be adding 2 more males and 6 females very soon as I am removing other fish I had started with. I am turning my 5 tanks, totaling 235 gallons, into nothing but bettas with a few bottom cleaning species also............These are the coolest fish I think there is and they are extremely addicting so watch out-one betta will never be enough once the Betta Bug bites you.

From: Jacob
Date:12/30/2001

Well...mine isn't exactly a success story...I received this awesome thing on christmas....and mind you I am quite a newbie...He will be transferred into a one gallon tank tomorrow morning, because I'm currently treating the water...because of my lack of betta experience his colors have faded in a few days but I'm hoping they come back...its a male...but they are great!

From: Michelle
Date:01/10/2002

I have a betta in my tank with a swordtail and various tetras. He is very peaceful and brings spectacular beauty to the aquarium.

From: Sharon
Date:01/12/2002

Tim commented that he has trouble with his betta being aggressive to gouramis. Gouramis are anabantids also, and as a related species are more likely to trigger the betta's territorial instinct. I once placed a betta and a dwarf gourami together. Never again. Mine do pretty well with white clouds and rummynose tetras, though even these little guys will fin-nip a bit. I've heard otherwise, but I think neons are worse fin-nippers, though not terrible. In spite of the compatibility issues, bettas are beautiful, enjoyable fish.

From: Dustin
Date:01/22/2002

I used to have male and female Bettas and loved them. I attempted to breed them, but I did not condition them well nor introduce them correctly. They never bred and ended up getting their fins torn up. They all (5 total Bettas) passed away a while back. I would strongly recommend A LOT of research. I just bought a male and female. I'm now conditioning them properly. They are great!!

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