Fading..

[WookiellMonster]

Well i got a BGK to grow out and then put in my mom's pond. When i got home it was like jet black i let the bag float in the water for a good 20 mins and let it in the tank. The next day later at night i turned the light on and i saw my BGK and noticed half of its body was pale black well then i looked for any fish that bother him/her no sign of any conflicts.

Iunno whats goin on? I see it now in its cave and its less pale more like a lighter shade of black while the other half is still very black... Does any1 knoe why? Is it because of my white sand? Stress? Help sum1 plez.

 

[hellohefalump]

I've never owned a BGK and don't know anything about them... but I know that a lot of my fishes colour fade at night... not sure why, but they definately do.

 

[WookiellMonster]

Yea, i think it was just gettin use to the tank.. Cuz now that i look at it, it looks a lot better thank god. phew.

 

[boxman]

Hopefully a stupid question but why are you putting a BGK in a pond?

They are tropical fish used to around 25oC of which it's requirements would be difficult in a pond.

I could be completely wrong and am willing to learn something else new today but BGK in a pond does sound very strange indeed!

 

[Bloo]

Boxman, I was about to make exactly the same comment - unless I'm misunderstanding something

 

[andywg]

Unless said pond is in a an area where its temperature will stay around the tropical levels and as such will offer the BGK a better standard of living than most of them in a 55 gallon.

Also, some people do have heated tropical ponds.

 

[WookiellMonster]

LOL well i live in Florida so its pretty hot most of the time, the pond its heated too it has a betta fishes in it. Its really big so i thought it would be cool to have a BGK in it, guess i assumed i could... but i guess not?

 

[lilfishie]

betta fishes in it.

am i understanding this right you have bettas in a pond

 

[andywg]

I would say that you could easily keep a BGK in a pond in Florida, especially as you have a heater to keep out any chill (yeah right!) in winter.

If you aren't sure, next time it's mid winter, check the temp of the pond. So long as it is around mid to high 70s then it should be ok. If anything I would be a little worried about it heating up, but then if it's large enought that won't be a major problem. With a fair size pond you could keep a few in there. Should be pretty cool

am i understanding this right you have bettas in a pond confused.gif

bettas naturally live in small ponds and the such so it isn't that bad a thing to do...

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I'm not sure whether mixing the betta's and the BGK would be such a good idea.

 

[50000_tears]

they cannot go w/ bettas the betta would get killed please get a seprate tank for the bettas.

 

[Erised]

Concidering we are talking bettas here, I can only guess we're talking about females. Males would probably have killed eachother already.

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Edited and removed things, wrong information

 

[WookiellMonster]

well my mom has 1 male betta and 6 female bettas. but if anything id probably try to make a partition so that no conflicts occur. yea my mom she's from vietnam and wanted to do this when she was a lil kid i think..?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

remember, adult BGK should not be kept with any fish under 3" unless its ok to be eaten. a colony of betta girls would go down quite quickly.

maybe you should talk to your mom and see if she's ok with you taking over the pond. if its been her dream to have a betta pond since she was a little girl, she might not like having to partition it or remove the bettas. from what i hear, BGK also have a tendency to not show up very well in ponds. they're dark, slim fish so they kinda blend into the background.

depending on your mom's answer, you may need to return the BGK but hopefully you can talk her into getting it a 75 gallon tank (the tank doesn't have to be 75g, but it does need to be ~2 feet wide, so the BGK has room to turn around.) there's a number of good threads on BGK care in this forum, the latest one being here.

 

[WookiellMonster]

BGK grow slowly rite? so maybe by the time i need the tank ill already have enough money saved up if i do that would be awesome.