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PS- they don't seen interested in the Pygmy Cory I have in there either.

I only recently got my pea puffers and in a weird twist I ended up putting my four freebie endler's in there with them. ( the guy at the LFS thought they were just guppy fry so he just gave them to me- tee hee). Strangely enough, the puffers don't even look at them. And they definitely are old...

If that isn't a perfect character to name a Betta after, I don't know who is!!

Wow thanks! That'll look awesome!

Thanks! There has been no change in her in the last few days either with feeding or fasting so I think you are right about the eggs. Thanks again.

I have a 29 g long planted tank with a 50g capacity filter -- I currently have 5 neon tetras and would like to up the school but want to know how many I could have. One male betta one albino bristlenose 8 juli cory 5 neon tetra there are like 2 or 3 ghost shrimp and a few baby red cherry...

You may be right - you reminded me of one other time this happened and the big lady dropped a whole bunch of eggs and even made a bubble nest for them. Then she ate them. Is there any health risk with her carrying eggs like this? Is there anything at all I can do to help her out?

I have a female Betta who is about a year old. She is fully grown and is in my Betta sorority of 6 females in a 20g tall tank. (No behavior problems so that's not the issue) she is definitely the Alpha female so tends to eat first and most. But she is really really bloated for the past few days...

I can't remember where I read this, but I saw it recommended that they like the company of other bamboo shrimp. I have one in my 20 long... I would gladly get him a friend but only if it is necessary.

yeah, this sounds the same to me. so sorry for your guy. I am betting that it is something to do with poor breeding practices, stressful shipping, and bad water quality that does some sort of damage to their internal processes and they never bounce back.

lol, no you aren't wrong - there are lots of opinions on this. ditto for "betta fix" -- some people say they have seen their fish die from the bettafix... i tend to only use salt when the fin rot is really extreme and the chances of them developing a secondary infection are high. and i use...

So I did a silly thing and talked my LFS into just giving me three of their not-dead-yet male Bettas. My case was helped by the fact that I pointed to the stack of three dead Betta cups I'd found already that morning. I said - these fish will be dead in a few hours if they stay here, just let...

Woah! I've never even heard of that! So far this is the only Betta I've had who really doesn't like any movement at all - but I will look into a small sponge filter and try that. I think the brand name for the little filter is "jankety jank jank filter". If I remember correctly it is rated for...

I agree, try a ghost shrimp. I have a 3G with a Betta and a baby apple snail (who I'll move when s/he gets bigger) and a big ghost shrimp. But another member here said my Betta is like the Dali Lama of Bettas and I think it will work. I am NOT going to put my red cherry shrimp in there though!

I absolutely agree with this. Through research and my own trial and error, I am leaning heavily towards the water quality side of the debate. Any time my cories lost their barbels, it turned out to be a water quality issue and when I fixed it, they grew back every time, no matter what the...