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If unsupervised and improperly done I would agree completely, however I prepared for the move for a long while and took all possible precautions.

It isn't a no no at all :/ As long as all precautions are taken, and carefully observed. Please try stick to constructive comments, others are really unwanted

Thanks pal :)

I have te attached the filter, still need to baffle it though, really not keen on the current, not sure why but it just doesn't seem to be what's best for our bettas :/ I'll work on baffling the filter this week.

I still have the filter, just turned it off and removed it until I am fully sure of what to do. It's a 48 ltr tank. Only housing female bettas and a male.

I have been watching how our betta have been getting along.. The only thing I am REALLY not happy with is the filter its creating movement in the tank, there should really be no movement at all for ideal betta conditions. So I took the decision to remove the filter and do more regular water...

Sorry for your loss. Like all things worth doing, there are good moments and sad moments this is one of the latter. All the best.

From what I can gather, the best thing to do if you wish to attempt to treat for dropsy, is using a broad spectrum antibiotic, seeing as it is more of a symptom than an illness, unless you know the illness (which it would appear isn't the case here) then its a bit of a shot in the dark...

Different fish require different volumes of water. For instance you could have a very small fish that needs a large volume of water to thrive, wheveas you could have a larger fish (such as a betta), that needs far less tank volume to thrive. The needs of each fish differs on species, not on...

Food sinking can also be affected by the current flow of the water, if it is too rough towards the surface it can make the flakes sink prematurely. Take all of this into consideration when buying foods, some are easily disturbed by the current whereas others arn't so easily.

A general rule of thumb is to have 1 Watt per litre of tank capacity, this would suggest to me that the heater you have is fine for the job. The lighting should have no effect on the temperature of the tank, the only thing that "should" affect that is the heater, otherwise you are not in full...

Lol sounds like an unusual condition! Glad she relented though :D

haha sounds amusing :P Niiice, ours does that too (well between the tank side and the filter)! :)

Haha nice :P They are comical, I can sit and watch hours for hours after work (in-between doing my design work) and they never fail to give me a laugh!

As onidrase said, its unlikely your betta got sucked up alive. He pretty much summed up ny thoughts on this too. All the same, sorry for your loss.

What do your betta do that give you the occasional laugh (if anything)? Ours seems to hover around the plec (george) in bewilderment, seemingly trying to work out what he's doing! Also just randomly flaring when we go to feed them!

Personally I think its bad researching before hand to put so many fish of differing varieties in such a small tank. You may have the best intentions but as said above.. never listen to the staff in the certain large chain store, they work with very little knowledge of what they look after/sell...

Haha yeah, which is funny, the find shop we got him from insisted he was timid! Personally I think he was over stressed there, kept with fish that really aren't compatible! He is a character though :P How are your new additions doing? :D

Ok so... Today my girlfriend opened the tank hatch to feed the fish. Fred sped across the tank from where he was at the other side of the tank and lunged upwards slightly before flaring lol. Bless him! He seems more settled now though!

YAYYYY :P can't wait to see the pictures!

Draw a few pics for now and bluetac to your tank lol ... or is that a silly idea XD ... Be sure to post plenty pics when they do finally arrive :P

I'm fairly sure they will if they're that close :P If they don't arrive today can you not phone your local post office and enquire?

Thanks snake :)

Personally I use fluval, they do various models that cater for many tanks! Worth a look :)

:( hope they arrive soon!

That's awesome... :P wonder what needs doing to it to make it right though. Still.. would make an awesome project!

Hey everyone, I have introduced myself in the betta section already but I thought best to introduce myself here too :P I'm called Adam or Ads (either that you prefer), I keep 2 female bettas, 1 male betta and a plec. My tank setup is a 48 ltr fish box. I put a video and more info in the...

He's gorgeous!!

Yeah, we'll cut the meal times down to twice a day for now and see how they get on, only small amounts per time, and thanks, he is lovely :) Yeah, think I have acquired a smaller second tank as a backup option (hospital tank, backup tank) :)

Bet you can't wait :P Can't wait to see pics :P

Posted a video of my bettas above.. Let me know what you think :P Also, yeah I can imagine they are contagious :P loving them so far and its only getting betta XD

I will definitely do that! :D http://www.facebook.com/v/10151143319135581 This is a video of my current setup and new male (Fred) at the front.

Thanks Ludwig :D looking forward to meeting more people here! I spend too much of my time building websites for other people and not enough enjoying my own time on the net! My turn :P haha

Hey everyone, I'm called Adam (or ads, either one)! I'm not new to fish ownership, however I am new to Betta ownership. Me and my other half keep 2 female Betta Splendens (Fiona and Fantasia), 1 Male (fred) and a Plec (George), the tank we have is 48ltr and heated to 82F! The male was...