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why have u posted this question under the "betta" heading??? :S

Mine are: Fred - cuz he's just too sexy.. (the song im to sexy by right said FRED!) Miagi - my boyfriend named him after the tutor in Karate Kid Homer - as i put him in a pint glass while i moved him to his new home, and it had Homer Simpson on it!!! haha

<a href="http://www.petsathome.com/find/category-is...roduct-is-15047" target="_blank">http://www.petsathome.com/find/category-is...roduct-is-15047</a> thats a good cheap tank for one male betta with a couple of apple snails. I had Fred in there for about 8 months til he got moved to a 90 litre...

fair enough.. I have to admit.. I had a made spur of rescuing fish.. I;d brought a big tank that had been split 4 ways and had set up for a friend.. i then went to 3 different shops and saw 4 very pretty fish that werent doin too good, so i thought bugga it, ill have them.. sadly all 4 died...

to be honest.. id go for a 14 litre or more.. but really if u dont want to spend money and time on a tank for "just one fish" then i wouldnt bother.. bettas are unique fish with indivual personalities.. they make good pets, but also great friends in some cases.... if u dont wana spend, dont...

you know if u dont agree with somethin that an LFS dose, you shouldnt really be giving them business...... maybe?

I lost Star a few weeks back.. He had a strong will to live, but I think the stess of moving tank finally beat him *cries* He had a body deformaty and couldn't swim properally, so had a tank full of perches he could rest on.. He was a happy fish who bubble nested and flared right to the end...

yeah building bubble nests is a sign he's happy.. they do it when they feel secure in their home.. and its good to flare with a mirror once a day for 5 mins or so.. its like a work out.. :) mine love it.. I;ve got Fred flaring at my thumb now :P and miagia too ^^ :)

you keep adding salt until your reading is right.. they is no set amount of "cups" to use.. and u should have waited til the salt was right to put the sand in cuz the sand will hold the salt for ages, and u run the risk of putting way too much in as its not dissolving fast enough so u think its...

THey originally come from rice paddies, so probably some sort of vallis, umm.. i put a little duck weed in mine and they seemed to like hiding under that.. I think real plants look better, but before you put them in the water.. try and wash them as much as possible cuz of pest snails.. once u...

Just as a side note.. I will say you should never clean a tank with bleach.. either use boling water or salts.. bleach = bad for fish!!!

he's purdy.. where did you get him from?

thinking of blood worm.. give him a few days to setlte in and as smegforbrains said, try upgrading to a bigger tank.. elite do a small tank thats a good size for bettas.. 14 litre, got a bow front that goes the wrong way lol.. Fred seemed happ enough in that.. but yeah.. if u can post a pic, and...

mhmm.. *scratches head* normally people say to leave them to settle in for at least 24 hours, no light or food during that time.. is it pellet or flake? if its pellets, try giving him some flake in a couple of days, mush it up a bit so its smaller pieces, if he still doesnt go for it, try goin...

mhmm.. strange.. and he compltely misses the food? does he go for it and spit it out or not bother at all?

is it floating or sinking food? if its sinking, he might not notice it if its not right infront of his face.. mine always used to give up on sinking food cuz it dropped too fast so they gave up.. try floating food.. gives them more chance to see it and go for it as the are surface breathers. it...

small tank? blah! I;ve got each oh my boys in 25 litres each.. just the right amount of room, and they all seem quite content.. I used to have Fred in a smaller 14 litre tank, and he liked it in there too.. they say its good to keep them in a suitable amount of water with a heater and filter for...

you know what.. i dont really care what everyone else is saying about breeding amano shrimp in freshwater.. as far as i care ive done it, and they hve survived fairly well.. so maybe everyone should stop bashing my comment about them and get back to the original question in this thread.. :grr...

I think they are amano as the cherries are in the tank Star was in before he died.. the Amanos are all on their own. No other shrimo in with them at all..

no one got any more ideas on where to go?? :(

Gorgeous boy you have there :) cute too ^^

I;ve got some really odd looking chery shrimp too.. they vary in colour from deep blood red to a kind of orange colour... then i saw one the other day tht was red with white strips :drool: very nice

Hey guys.. I was just wondering if anyone is from Northants and knows of any good LFS for bettas? I'm on the look out for a CT as unfortunatly Star passed away the other night, so I now have room for one more lil guy. So if you know of a good stockist, or even a website (dont mind buying from...

i bet your amanos arent breeding. (unless you watch them 24/7 with a salty solution ready.) I started with 5, and on last count I;ve got 14.. so unless the shrimp fairie came along in the night and plopped some more in, then I guess they might be breeding....

You can't do a change without disturbing his nest and to be honest.. getting rid of it will give him a chance to make another one.. mine do all the time :) it wont hurt his feelings :P and it gives him somethin to do again

Unfortunatly, Star passed on last night :( he's up in fishy heaven now *cries* They are more silver.. he's supposed to be a dragon HM but his tail is really raggedy at the mo cuz he's a bit bored i think.. time for some games :)

Hey, does anyone have a GHL profilux plus II aquarium computer?? If they do, how the heck did they calibrate their PH probe? been having trouble with mine for 3 days now :( ???? please please help meeee

It all depends on the personality of the fish.. I tried adding otos with Fred and he hated them with a passion.. he even flares at apple snails for goodness sake.. silly fish ^^ However, I was told that if you take the betta out of his tank, add the new fish, then a few hours later but him...

I haven;t put any flow thru holes in my dividers.. I;ve got them all cut off from each other all with a filter and heater of their own.. that way if ones gets ill *god forbid* the others won;t come down with it too.. I used to have a different tank with dividers and a gap at the bottom so the...

You could always try a spray bar.. I;ve got a bigish filter in one of my tanks, and it was fast flowing so I added a spray bar to it.. That way the flow doesn't get affected, and the water gets spread out along the top and is not so direct. *and sorry to bum the stocking idea out, but if you do...

Clowns: male is about inch and a half, female about 2 inches. And i posted in both places cuz now one was answering here to start with so i tried in another room see if there was any more buzz on it.. sowwe ^^ got a bit more feed back in the other thread, so have now decided not to go with...

If possible, you could take the divider out and "frost" it. I did that with mine.. used to be clear plastic sheets, then i sanded them down so they were pretty frosty.. If you can't take them out tho.. you could always put some backing paper between so then that way there's definatly no chance...

I'll try and get some better pictures of them. I took those quickly so they aren;t great :(

Sorry guys.. forgot i posted this one :( all pics are in anpother topic :)

Hope you like them all :D ^^

Ok.. so as i promised a while ago, here are the pictures of all my four boys :D not great pics, but ahh well ^^ you can still see them :) First is Fred. My first, the one who got me hooked ^^ Second is Miagi, my pretty boy with a big heart, Third is Star. He's got a crooked back but has a...