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Betta Splendens

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From: Audra
Date:07/08/2002

I just love these fish, but they're addictive aren't they??! ;) My first fish was a betta and, since I was determined to breed them, I had about 225 bettas before I ever owned any other type of fish :) Breeding them is amazing, but raising them is quite time consuming because you soon have to house each male separately. (Picture yourself doing water changes for 100 quart jars!) But, if bettas are what you want to breed, go for it! There's a ton of good information out there about it! Right now I only have one betta, and he lives happily in a floating betta container in my 70 gallon. I find they do much better in big tanks if they are in a little compartment by themselves...if I had one free-swimming he always seemed to have trouble finding food and seemed to "drift around" a lot. In regards to bettas and other fish (as there has been some discussion about this) and easy rule of thumb IMHO is this: everyone (we hope!) knows not to house two male bettas together, so if the other fish looks enough like a male betta (ie:long fins like guppies or fancy goldfish) problems will likely arise! Enjoy your bettas everyone!! :)

From: Iain
Date:07/11/2002

I have 1 male and 1 female in my aquarium. Despite their name I have found them both extremely peaceful and beautiful fish. The males to tend to be a bit territorial in mixed aquariums and will soon chase off unwanted guests, including my 2 very large Honey Gouramis ! They are very easy to keep and will eat anything you feed them. Whenever I have to put my hands in the tank for cleaning the male tends to come up to me and brush my fingers with his tail fin, he's a really good natured and sweet fish. Every aquarium should have a Betta, they are very nice fish and some of the colours you can get them in are amazing. Mine is a blood red color, looks great. One thing with Bettas is that you cannot put 2 males in the same aquarium or they will fight to the death. He's still getting used to the female that I have in there, but thankfully they havn't fought at all.

From: Narisa
Date:08/14/2002

Just recently added a betta to my community tank, a huge mistake even though he seems very shy. My black lyretail molly chases the betta, the chinese algae eater chases the molly, and the betta nipped the molly's beautiful tail to shreds when no one was looking.

From: KINCORA
Date:10/12/2002

I have six of the most beautiful Betas in the world and they all live in their own rather large tanks some with plants. They each have their own names and name plaques Tuffy, Trouble, Taz, Trauma, Terrific and Tranquility. Not a one of them is the same in personality or color I have a beautiful lavender one that is very Tranquil I think it is his color. I want to know how long they live mine are all about a year and a half old I am called the Beta Rescue Aid Society because I can't stand to see these wonderful, interesting, beautiful creatures in those tiny cups with yuccky blue water or sometime polluted water and so try to save as many as possible, but six are quite enough when it comes to cleaning out there tanks. I would love to have little Betas but feel my calling is in saving as many as possible, (yes I am quite normal just passionate) I also save baby rabbits destined for snake fodder but that is another web site another story.

From: Strife
Date:11/12/2002

Betta's are not the ideal community tank fish... if you're planning on getting this fish for a community tank, make sure you have plenty of room and you know the species of fish you're mixing. This fish could easily victimize your fish or be victimized depending on circumstances. Overall they're pretty, medium-easy to breed, and are easy to care for. If you want to know more about this fish, preferably the short-tail type, go to "http://www.plakatthai.com"

From: Stacey, betta owner
Date:11/22/2002

A betta owner of five, I have decent experience in these fish. My female betta is great in the community tank, as when I had a male in there. (Before the female was put in). Quite docile, he was picked on by some of my larger fish. No fin-nippers here!

From: squeegee
Date:12/30/2002

I've seen this fish under some really bad conditions. They're kept in 5cmX5cm barracks, peanut-butter jars and even pudding bowls - all these giving them just the bare necessities to survive. In return, they display tattered, clamped fins with very little colouration. I took a 'peanut-butter jar' specimen and put it in a small 50 litre tank, with the aquaclear set to slow, and he had/has some neons and kuhlis as tankmates. It took him about 6hours to start moving around (must've forgotten how to swim). After a week his fins had grown back. It took only 3 weeks for me to call him a 'healthy fish'... and you should see him now! And when I want him to show off his colours and fins, I just use a makeup mirror - I'd rather not put another betta in a small floating compartment.

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