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| This is for those who have a male Betta and not sure what fish to put in with them. If you lool at the aquarium gallery section with post titled Betta and Aquarium that is me. I have a 12 gallon glass tank. Today I added with my single male Betta, named Picazzo, 2 female Bettas and 2 Cory catfish. My Betta, Picazzo, is having the time of his life with his new female partners. He doesn't peck the females but rather puts on a show for them, like a Peacock or a Rooster. His gills flare out and he spreads his fins out beautifully. He is like a proud male showing off. The females act like...oh give me a break and swim off. Being very indifferent but not afraid. I have plenty of plants for 2 females to hide if need be. If they do breed and most likely they will, I will purchase a net container that attaches itself into the aquarium for the frys. The 2 cory catfish stay together and the Bettas leave them alone. This week I plan on buying some live food for all of them. I would like to make it a once a month thing to do. Store the food in refrigerator to give them a bit each day. I am having so much fun with my new fish. My next fish to get will be 3 red Tetras. Since my aquarium is small, that will probably be all that i get unless I see one more beautiful female Betta. I do not have a divider in this aquarium since my fish are not fighting each other, as 2 male Bettas would over territory.
Theresa |
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- Posted by fairy_toadmother z5 ncentral il (My Page) on Mon, Jan 31, 05 at 21:07
| what great news! i can just see him now, "hey, baby, watch me flex." wonderful! by the way, i saw some pics earlier but i can't rmember which thread. you did a great job on putting them together in an album! |
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| Theresa, I mainly wanted to caution you on the live food idea.. I once had a betta and I only fed him blood worms that I kept in the refrigerator and he ended up getting a HORRIBLE disease where their scales stick out and it's literally kidney failure and there's nothing you can do! This only comes from bad bacteria in live food so I just don't think it's worth it anymore. You can do frozen blood worms and use a toothpick to drop individual worms in. But he only likes "Betta Bits" by top fin anyway and it's SAFE! I know it's like 6 years later after your post but still wanted to comment. |
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- Posted by imaginators z6 KY (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 14:06
| It amazes me how this same Betta post has continued through the years. I no longer have a Betta but have moved on to a 75 gallon Salt water aquarium for the past 4 years. I also have 1,900 gallon pool/pond for 18 Koi fishes along with a 200 gallon water garden of water lilies. My deep passion seems to always be the Koi fishes. That has never changed. Maybe because they are a lot easier to care for and are very beautiful to watch like jewels in the water. Theresa Imaginators |
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