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I would say it's pretty normal. I've never kept bettas with ADF's, but I've read even though they CAN get along, they won't always, especially in smaller tanks such as your 2.5 gallon. Do you have any other little friends for your ADF? They like to have at LEAST one other ADF friend to hang...

Same fish, different lighting. His name is Miikka. :3

Well, pretty much the same reasons as everyone else... Besides loving animals in general, I love their quirky personalities. Almost like an aquatic, scaley puppy. :lol: And, of course, all the different colors and tail types. I looove multis. :wub: There are definitely some beautiful solids...

They're so pretty! :D I wish I had the time and space to put into breeding some.

Nice find, she's a cute one!

Bettas are pretty well-known for exhibiting different personalities. You never know what silly quirks your bettas might have. :D I have no idea whether or not fish can see color though. :huh:

True enough. Some of them like their badly dyed hair. :rolleyes:

What's so bad about goths? :P Sure a good chunk of them are obnoxious, pretentious idiots... But not all of them. :lol: And who says blondes have more fun? The rest of us can have just as much fun thank you very much. :sly: :P

Huh... :huh: I guess he does have a bit of pink. :lol: Can't really see it from the pics but the webbing in between his rays is a nice purple. Wait. Maybe the purple just came out as pink in the photos... :huh: Or maybe it is pink... Bah, I can't tell! He changes color in different lights! D:

Guess who I caught with a bubble nest in his tank this morning! :hyper: Glad to know he's happy in his new tank after only a couple days. :P I finally got some pics of him flaring. ...well, most of him. :lol: He's got some sort of Elvis cowlick thing going on with his dorsal. :P It was...

"I is normul bettaz, I sware!!" :lol: She's cute.

Yep, I've got some aquarium salt and ich medication at home. :nod: I shall be watching him closely. So far he seems quite happy and active and is eating well. I tried to show him a mirror to see if he'd flare, but he just kinda sat there and admired himself. :lol:

I had two albino ACFs for a while (had to give them to someone else, I moved). And well, I really don't know what happened to your froggy... :( The only thing I could think the stringy stuff could be is the skin sheddings, but it could easily not be, can't be sure. Sorry about your frog. :(

I do love that Multi HM male... But I just got a new betta and I need to save all the monies I can. :P

I guess I went into the LFS after a new shipment, 'cause there was all kinds of perty bettas - even a halfmoon! But he had ich. :( A lot of their fish had ich, so I had to be careful... Since we didn't get the one my boyfriend wanted (a blue VT), I decided we could name him after a hockey...

Would you like my sponge filter? :lol: It would fit in a 4 gallon. :P

Ah, okay thanks. So what would my new betta be? I've counted at least 5 different colors on him. :lol:

I'm still new to this - what is MG? :blink: She's very pretty. :)

My last two bettas were named Mr. Miyagi and Sato. I have a new betta now, not quite sure about a name yet. And though he's not a fish, my Pacman frog is named Gilgamesh. :P

They're all so pretty, especially Spaz and your CT Plakat male. :D

I know Apple had nothing to do with it, but darnit they started this whole craze with their lame iPod. :( Has anyone found out who made them yet so I can redirect my anger toward the appropriate source? :P I think a petition would be a good idea. Australia isn't the only place selling them. I...

Actually I heard somewhere that it does live in every tank but only infects the fish when they're stressed and as a result have a suppressed immunity... But since I can't remember where I read this, I'm not going to go saying it's fact.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I appreciate your concerns, Pheonix and ibble. :) Also, I have heard about using Melafix and aquarium salt. For now, I have a bottle of some Stress Coat from API. Is this stuff any good?

Most of you have probably already heard of it, and if there's already a topic about it somewhere, I apologize. It's called an iPond. And it pisses me off. I saw one in Wal-Mart the other day, in the fish section no less, and thought "What the hell? That's way too small and downright cruel." So...

It's not even April Fools here yet. :P Still March 31st. :lol:

I have been using water conditioners, every time. As for the quality, though, I'm not sure. Recently I've been using Aqua Plus and API Stress Coat.

Huh, gonna have to research this cycling business more. Also, I just thought of something. The water here in Calgary has fluoride added to it. Will that have any affect on the betta? :huh:

I have some Bacteria Supplement from Top Fin. That should help, right? Also, I have a sponge filter, but I think the bubbles still disturb the surface a bit too much no matter which way I point it. Not sure what I can do to fix that.

Okay that's pretty much what I figured cycling was. So sometime this week I'll do a thorough cleaning of my tank, go have a look at some sand and live plants, and then let it run for a few weeks. I'll have to keep myself from looking at the bettas until then 'cause if not I'll want to buy...

Certainly sounds like a bubble nest but a picture would definitely help. :good:

I'm still pretty new to keeping bettas as a hobby, and I've seen a lot about cycling on here but I'm still pretty unclear how to do it properly. So, no I haven't cycled the tank. I most likely will before I get a new betta, once I learn how to go about it. I'll have a look at some sand, I...

Yeah I used gravel. Not the healthiest substrate, I know. I haven't tested the water - no test kit. But I think it was probably stress combined with being sick that got him. :/

Thanks, guys. He may not have been unusual looking, but he was definitely still a looker if you ask me. :wub: Yeah, this was my first encounter with ick. I had some medication ready to go and everything. :(

Aw, what a shame - he was so pretty. :( It's all these countless stories such as these that make me want to become a pet store owner so at least SOMEONE will treat fish as more than "just fish!" :X

I don't understand. :-( I just got my betta, Sato, around Easter. I even upgraded his 1 gallon to a 2.5 gallon, got him a heater and a filter, and bought more food for variety. But I just noticed last night he was coming down with Ick - white spots, darting around, rubbing against...

Yeah Hagen makes the Elite heaters. I've also just recently heard the paint on them will flake off very easily in the tank and that your fish might mistake it for food, so I'm going to watch mine closely now. Pft, paint on a heater... :no: Sorry, didn't mean to get so off topic. :unsure:

I was just curious 'cause I just bought a new heater for Sato and I'd like to know if there's a possibility of it not being a very good heater. I have one of those Elite mini submersible 25 watt heaters.

Wow that really sucks. :( What kind of heater were you using?

Speaking of violence, my boyfriend and I have guns here! :hyper: Ironic, a native dressed as a cowboy. :lol:

We're already getting drunk pics so why not bring on the violent ones? :lol: Optimus and I made a truce however and moved on.