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swiming, active, eating if fed, no ripped fins or bloody patchs, no frayed or black edged fins, no blugeing bellys or eyes, no fuzzy, cotteny stuff or things that look like grains of salt on the fish. there should be fish poo in the container if they are being fed and it should be brown in color...

atisons betta pro, small betta pellets, very good for your betta.

when I breed I honestly try for a range of colors amoung the fry. its much harder for me to sell 50 all solid blue babies then 50 blue, green, red, mg, marble babies.

like honeythorn said plants along most of the glass, dark paper taped to three sides will cut down on the reflection, but if worse comes to worse you could let just a little algea grow on the sides. where I live the water is so hard it scuzes the glass up right away unless I keep after it, that...

when I pick up new fish I try and qt them all alone for at least two weeks. if just one fish has soemthing ucky it can kill off everyone. it is also best to add all the females at once for a group of female bettas. what I do though is if I am planning on getting new fish is qt them in smaller...

both those bettas though very pretty look like young males to me.

congrats

she is adorable, I would have picked her up too.

those are looking better.

I thought my fav girl was dieing one time. nope her marbling just comes and goes as it sees fit.

ive used heater smaller then 25w but the temps swing wildly and they are not very reliable. a decent 25w is a much safer choice.

I have my own fish insanity as well. one day while cooking I looked at the end of my braid and it had white specks in it. I think to myself how the hell does my hair have ick? turns out my super long hair had brushed the messy table and had bits of suger in it from the dessert I was making.

of the fish I have known as far as males go, pks and cts where always the most agressive. they also have the least heavy fins and are much faster and more agile. however females of any tail type can be agressive as hell. I honestly never worry about my female getting beat up, it is always my...

if there will be an upgrade later I wouldnt be too concerned about having them in 2 gallons for now. just be extra carefull of the the water and heating.

I had my bettas in the basement for a while. then one day the furnace backed up and killed all the fry and many of the adults. if the air has a funk then it can still make the bettas ill.

as long as your filter wont suck in the fry you seem to have everything. the bare min I would use as a spawning tank is a 10 though. my sister and I have always used a 20 or a 20long. the extra space seems to make the adults less agressive during spawning and the extra space means you dont have...

a way to keep the males you have jarred warm. placing them in a very small room witha heater, a reptile heat mat under the jars, or placing the jars in a shallow plastic container that has a heater and filter running in it will all keep the jars warm enough.

dh and I just bought a second vehicle and the family car is up for inspection. other wise I would be realy interested in some new bettas right now. ww3 broke out in my comunity tank and I lost a crapload of realy nice females due to the resulting stress. then my second nicest male cant figure...

I cant remember, did she get deployed or for some other reason had to move?

before you go sticking your hand in the water, unplug everything and then just check to make sure no equipment is broken and could have shocked him. im sorry.

im so sorry. I cry too. even for a walmart betta or when its an import I spent a lot of money/time/effort on or the worst is a baby I raised.

I drop in like 10 squished peas. if there is any left I syphon it back out when they are done eating.

the eggs looked like they where developing, but I think he was too worried about his falling apart bubblenest to clean them and they look fuzzy, I shall wait till tomorrow morning to clean the tank out though.

my bitchest girls where deep forest green hm females. all sisters, all raised together and lived together from hatching.

a few clean teracotta pots make nice little clean caves, a few places to hide and sit makes a huge difference. in my holding/qt/growout tanks thats all thats in them.

thank you. I am realy praying that a bunch of these guys make it to adulthood, the last few spawns Ive had have not been sucessfull for some stupid reason or another.

aww, I realy like his coloring. cts are normaly not my thing, but he is a little beauty.

the male is a halfmoon mustard gas with some butterfly coloring to his fins, not sure if that technicaly makes him a tri color or not, modaz would know. the female is a girl I bred, she has turned out to be a lovely halfmoon, her coloring is a deep green right now but she actualy is a marble...

so spawning Strawberryshortcake turned out to be a bust, he couldnt tear himself away from the girl long enough to build a nest. so I waited and tried Mcgyver and princes2 and we now have eggies. they should be hatching sometime tomorrow. the first few days are always the most difficult and...

that is a stunning male. use to have a pink one just like him.

hmm, could you send me a few photos? if you where contemplating reducing the herd?

most bettas would be happy with a forest of plants with a tiny bit of swimming space at the front for feeding.

every male I have now or had in the past kept his ovispot for life. its more visiable when they have to poop. but ovispots are not a good indicator at all.

because thats what cigs are called in the uk lol.

the nicest and most even looking would be spliting it in half. you could decorate the most easily then as well. if you are combining tanks to save electricty or else must rehome bettas then you could divide it into four. 7.25 is still better then some fish get.

dont have to get more pics I am 99.9% sure that is male. the only 100% way to be sure is to place it in a divided tank super condition it and see if it evenutaly drops eggs or not. do not however drop that fish in with another male.

I dislike the neon gravel sold in most of the us...the paint flakes off as it ages and floats around the tank. yuck.

could be a protein build up, do you have a filter and how often/how much are your water changes.

any thing to show off my lovely boys and girls:) mcgyver male mg hm mcgyver and princess2 princess2 female hm, not the prettiest nose, but the most gorgeous fins. this is one of my babies I bred. princess2 strawberryshortcake pink cambodian looking male hm

there are no tanks big enough for the job, you would need a small pond.