Alright <sigh> let me get started.
I know some of you read my post about my Beta Tournaments that I participate in in my city. Well I recieved a rather rude reply to that post saying I was an 'ass' and 'I should not be in a fish keeper's forum.' Allow me to explain exactly what a Beta Tournament is....
In my city our local fish enthusiasts hold a weekly fish show from 3 in the afternoon Mountain Standard Time to about 6 at night. Most of the fish sponsored in these events are Betas and Cichlids. Now as for the Beta part of the show here is what happens.
1) A 10 gallon aquarium, bare except for a filter, airstones, and mono-colord gravel and a plant background stuck to the back of the aquarium is staged on a wooden table in the center of the main show room.
2) The competitor's Beta is placed, in his cup, in the tank to be allowed to get used to the water and the surroudings so that great care is taken to insure no maor stress harm will come to the fish. (The aquarium is normally cycled for one week prior to each show, meaning there is actually tournaments every other week to allow for proper recycling.)
3) Returning champion Beta is then placed, also in his cup, in the same tank for the same reasons as above.
4) No bright lights are allowed near the tank so fish are not compramised. Instead a simple non-flourescent light is used in the aquarium.
5) Then both Betas are allowed out one at a time after about 15 minutes of adjusting and are allowed to swim about each other and flare out. Now normally a Beta will give a warning charge to the other before a real fight breaks out. This is what the judges look for.
6) Well the Betas are allowed one warning shot at each other...and normally this take s a while and a lot of flaring before this happens....usually by then one of the Betas chickens out, leaving the other as the winner. If the fight becomes violent and neither Beta shows resistance, than the two fish are seperated via glass seperator and the judges determine the winner by which fish held vigil the longest over the other.
The whole sport is very harmless to the fish and they are well taken care of during battles and after. Fish vets are there the entire time to assess stress levels and administer care afterwards. My Betas have always come home with no ill effects.
I hope this clears things up...If for some reason it doesn't, then I will take my leave if that be the case.
I know some of you read my post about my Beta Tournaments that I participate in in my city. Well I recieved a rather rude reply to that post saying I was an 'ass' and 'I should not be in a fish keeper's forum.' Allow me to explain exactly what a Beta Tournament is....
In my city our local fish enthusiasts hold a weekly fish show from 3 in the afternoon Mountain Standard Time to about 6 at night. Most of the fish sponsored in these events are Betas and Cichlids. Now as for the Beta part of the show here is what happens.
1) A 10 gallon aquarium, bare except for a filter, airstones, and mono-colord gravel and a plant background stuck to the back of the aquarium is staged on a wooden table in the center of the main show room.
2) The competitor's Beta is placed, in his cup, in the tank to be allowed to get used to the water and the surroudings so that great care is taken to insure no maor stress harm will come to the fish. (The aquarium is normally cycled for one week prior to each show, meaning there is actually tournaments every other week to allow for proper recycling.)
3) Returning champion Beta is then placed, also in his cup, in the same tank for the same reasons as above.
4) No bright lights are allowed near the tank so fish are not compramised. Instead a simple non-flourescent light is used in the aquarium.
5) Then both Betas are allowed out one at a time after about 15 minutes of adjusting and are allowed to swim about each other and flare out. Now normally a Beta will give a warning charge to the other before a real fight breaks out. This is what the judges look for.
6) Well the Betas are allowed one warning shot at each other...and normally this take s a while and a lot of flaring before this happens....usually by then one of the Betas chickens out, leaving the other as the winner. If the fight becomes violent and neither Beta shows resistance, than the two fish are seperated via glass seperator and the judges determine the winner by which fish held vigil the longest over the other.
The whole sport is very harmless to the fish and they are well taken care of during battles and after. Fish vets are there the entire time to assess stress levels and administer care afterwards. My Betas have always come home with no ill effects.
I hope this clears things up...If for some reason it doesn't, then I will take my leave if that be the case.
I don't hurt my fish!
), it might be best not to talk about that subject here, that way no one else gets offended or offends you. you have other fish and will most likely be able to offer great advice on betta care (seeing as how you have so many), so to be on the safe side, maybe you should just post about stuff like that........ there are many here who abhor the idea of hybrid fish, like flowerhorns (is that the name i'm thinking of?) for example, there was long debate on these, so people who own them just don't post about them (if anyone on this forum DOES own them, as i haven't really seen any posts regarding their care since then......)
All the time I thought of her as being some grumpy ol' guy. Then she made a reference to herself as being female. Boy was I surprised! I'm a woman too, BTW! 
,maybe you should stop referring to them as fights and call them shows....if that's what they are 8)
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