BETTAs

[LPN2639]

:P
Hi
I have 2 bettas in my kitchen. A red one I call Raspberry, and an indigo blue one I call Blueberry. Have had them both over a year. They do great. I add nothing to the water. I have well water. Have live plants in the bowls with them. They are in separate bowls on my kitchen bar. They eat good.

I feed them the little black pellets. What else do bettas like. I am sure they are getting sick and tired and want a treat. Any suggestions?

Also last night I bought a new betta. He looks like a white ghost with dark blue and lavendar trim on the fins. Also a hint of pink. I put him in my 10 gal with zebras but I was worried about him since its a new tank and I have been losing fish left and right due to ammonia build up which I have been trying to treat for over a week now. Anyway now he is in a little round bowl on my office desk.

How big of a home do the bettas need??????? I know they sell them in the little cups. I hope that I have him in is o.k. It is a round bowl about the size of a cantaloupe or grapefruit.

Thanks.

[fishweed]

I would have thought that the bowl a size of grapefruit is a bit small - my ex-betta was the size of grapefruit segment.

It would be like keeping a horse in a stable for 23 hours a day or a cat in a house or us living in a caravan. It is possible but there are nicer ways to live.

Do you give it plants to eat/ play in?

[LPN2639]

Yes you are right. I will get something bigger soon as I can. I have one plant in there now that has a bit of a root.

Do you know any good betta websites? What type of water do they thrive in (Ph, temp)?

And what else can I feed them besides the pellets????

[bettacove]

pH= they can tolerate a wide rang of pH. I think maybe 6.5-7.5 but iam not too sure on that one.
Temp= for them to thrive it should be 78-84
Freeze dried foods are good. They like freeze dried bloodworms, daphina, ect. You could also get frozen foods.

here are some sites:
www.bettastarz.com
www.bettasrus.com

ashley

[deucebigalow]

Can somebody tell me why betta's commit suicide??

Mine jumped out of his tank last week (i did have a tank with another betta on the same bench??)

[deucebigalow]

i asked an owner of an aquarium and she said it was quite common??

[fishfreek]

Mine jumped out of his tank last week (i did have a tank with another betta on the same bench??)

Bettas are very agressive fish aganst their own gender and kind. Two male bettas in a tank as you know will fight to the death. Having them where they could see eachother can cause stress. Its possible one jumpped in an effort to get to the other betta and kill it.

Ill let some of the more experenced betta keepers on here pickup from there.

Welcome to the site.

[bettacove]

Maybe he wanted to see what it was like on the other side?
Thats why its good to keep lids on, they can jump pretty high!
Sorry aboot your fishie!
ashley

[deucebigalow]

i dont seem to be having much luck with my fish

i have just bought a 150lt tropical tank setup last week and put my first fish in yesterday (3 anglefish and 2 buenes aires and a thick lipped gourami) and my three anglefish died within a few hrs

could anybody help me with this?? the aquarium owner (who i have probably annoyed to all ends already with my ten million questions!!) has only offered the suggestion that they went into shock from the move

please, help me.......

[deucebigalow]

by the way guys, dont hink im weird and post messages on the net at 5.30am, I live in Aus!

(Thanks for the sympathy Ashley, he was such a pretty fish ).....