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 Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:53 am
Here is my crown-tail betta tending to his bubble nest and fry. 
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:47 pm
Thanks for the advice, comments, and beautiful betta photos mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:48 pm
Yeah, I already entered my guinea pig in your contest 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:04 pm
Yeah, I already entered my guinea pig in your contest 3nodding Oh yeah sweatdrop
Sorry he-he, I just really like that picture of your fish, maybe the next round wink
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:03 pm
Shiloh1991 Yeah, I already entered my guinea pig in your contest 3nodding
Sorry he-he, I just really like that picture of your fish, maybe the next round wink
Thanks 3nodding
More photos of him will be coming soon, though - he's starting to grow.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:57 am
Lady Nekochan On a side note, mind if I ask some questions of my own for anyone who cares to take a stab?
1. My betta seems quite fascinated by the corners of his new aquarium.... perhaps because he's never had corners before and only been in round containers. I have no way to tell if he has. He seems to nose around them a lot, but he doesn't really smack against them....he won't hurt himself, will he?
2. Do I need a water heater for my tank? My house is generally kept between 70 and 72 degrees in the winter. My room might be warmer; I'm technically the attic of the house, and heat rises.
3. Does anyone know if it's necessary to buy a pump for a betta with a full aquarium?....Mine has a 5.5 gallon tank. If so, is it okay to turn it off at night?
sweatdrop I worry like a mother over this little fish. It's fun the spoil him.
1) No, he won't hurt himself. How could he hurt himself?
2) I'll have to check what temperature my house is before I can answer that... I'll update this answer.
3) I am keeping my betta in a 10-gallon tank. I have a pump, but I don't use it. He's fine in there, and has been for about three weeks 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:52 pm
Henbane Here is my crown-tail betta tending to his bubble nest and fry.
To ~Spirit of Dragons~ - I was worried that my fish running up into the corners like that might bruise him if he kept it up too long, but he settled down once he established that corners aren't evil. xd
Updates: My betta's doing just fine. He's quite used to his larger tank now, and I'm surprized by how athletic he's become because of it. I am debating getting a small heater for him, but that must be done carefully. Temperature changes can have very dramatic effects on fish, putting them into shock, and I don't even know if mine has ever been in warm water before.
As for the filter thing: I read that putting a filter in a tank not adjusted for one is very dangerous and stressful for fish. Basically, there are two types of water tanks: cycled and uncycled. Uncycled tanks are what bettas typically live in - no filter, with water changed completely every week. Cycled tanks, those with filters, replace only 20% of the water every week. However, the filter must be given about a week straight to run for the natural bacteria cycle to reach a normal, balanced state. Filters contain natural, beneficial bacteria that clean out the water and the contaminants and ammonia in it. However, this means that putting the filter in causes a sudden spike in bacterial levels until the cycle is given time to even out. Having a fish in the tank during this process can be very bad for their health, with the sudden increases and decreases in bacteria.
So, in other words, no filter for my fish! I'm sticking with weekly changes.
Here are pics of my fish that better show what his color normally looks like:
 
Here's what he looked like the first day I got him:
Quite a difference, especially with his fins.
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE MY FULL POST! I don't want to be responsible for page-stretching!
EDIT: Roosevelt flared his gills at me today! xd He's only really done that once before when I was around. Sometimes, he lifts his gills up a little, but not full flaring. He usually can't be bothered. Anyway, I was cleaning up some extra food at the top of his tank, and I noticed that he was following my fingers around even when he knew I didn't have food. I thought it was cute, so I started running my finger a little but above so he could ofllow it around the tank. Well, the moment he got close enough, he stopped and popped his gills up. It was super-cute, despite the fact that he was trying to look tough. Yes, I did remove my hand immediately afterwards. I don't want him to ever feel like anything's coming into his tank and threatening him....
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:09 pm
aww my aunty has a betta hes blue
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:05 am
Betta updates!
Roosevelt - Guess what? Roosevelt is a girl! xd So confusing, but oh well. I'm am absolutely sure now. She's keeping her name, though. I also got a heater for her tank, which is now being kept in the high 70s. She tried to attack the heater and themometer the first day. "Hey, you! get out of here! Shoo!" Here's a nice pic of Roosevelt that I got with another camera:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/Nikolr/Album 2/album2/RooseveltContest.jpg
I love the colors in her eye.
Roosevelt flared at me twice today. =) The first time was funny. I was coming over to check her fins colors (long story), and she promptly rushed to the front of the tank and stuck her gills straight out. As soon as I backed up a few inches, she put them down and stared sideways at me. "Yeah, it's my tank. What'chya going to do about it, huh?" I swear she doesn't know that she's female, or at least that females are supposed to be more docile. She doesnt' seem to flare in an attempt to be completely aggressive or territorial. It's almost like she just does it to prove that she can, like it's "cool."
We have two new Bettas now. I was intending to only get one, but they were both sick, and I'm hoping I can help them.
Everest:
Roselyn:
Everest will be my brother's Betta when he's feeling better. Roselyn will be mine. Everest probably has some swim bladder problems. He can't float by himself mid-water, at least not for very long. He usually sits on the gravel. When he does move, he keeps his body almost vertical, tucking his long tail under him and looking like he's putting a lot of effort into it. He's only in a half gallon right now, but he'll be getting his 5.5 gallon tomorrow with only enough water to be able to use a heater. It shouldn't be too much deeper, if any, than the half gallon he's in now, and it'll give him more room on the bottom to move around. He's on antibiotics in case the problem is bacterial. Everest likes to watch you if you're looking at him, usually in a way that makes you feel like he's far superior to you, then he gets sick of being stared at and scoots behind his silk plant. His problem might be solvable, but some Bettas just have swim bladders taht don't grow as fast as them. They act like he does and are nicknamed "belly crawlers" because of the way they mostly scoot along the bottom. *shrug* Either way, so long as he's alive. Everest was dark brown/gray when I got him. That's now being replaced by metallic blue (all over his fins and halfway up his body now), and his ventral fins and the middle of his other ones are red or turning red.
Roselyn has an abscess on her left gill cover, causing the skin to hang below her mouth. It doesn't look like her gills, gills covers, or breathing are effecting. I dont' think swallowing is perfectly easy for her, but she doesn't show any other signs of issues. She swims fine, eats fine, breathes fine, just about everything, and she doens't seem to know that she's sick. She's in her 5.5 gallon tank already with a heater, gravel, themometer, and silk fern plant that she loves to hide in when scared. She's kind of shy and likes to duck between the leaves if she feels threatened (sometimes it looks like she's vanished!). Compared to Roosevelt, who eats like she's a ravinous beast, Roselyn is very mannerly and takes food very gently. She's on Tetracycline to make sure the abscess isn't an infection. If it doesn't, the lump is probably an injury, birth defect, or tumor. Someone mentioend the possibility of parasites, but I don't think it is. Roselyn doesnt look uncomfortable like I'd expect. She's a female corwntail with a white body, red fins with some blue at the base of her tailfin, and some red and irridescent white/greenish/bluish around her gill area.
Both have eaten at least twice since I got them Wednesday. I'm not sure if Everest ate tonight - I have been leaving food on the top of the water for him to pick at, because it is a struggle for him to get over and get himself in a precise enough position to take the food. I'm just going to have to keep track of how clean the water is and probably change it a little more often. He gets very excited by it, thoguh, and his colors flash brighter. =) Roselyn's happy to get it, but she's just so gentle.
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 1:33 pm
Henbane Here is my crown-tail betta tending to his bubble nest and fry. Whoa! when i first saw this i thought ur fish was dead! xp but now i see its a different kind of fishy. I've never seen that kind b4. If I were to get a beta fish would I be able to keep it in my room/downstairs w/o a water heater? (I doubt i can get one ne way, my dog tends to b very territorial and doesn't like other animals...)
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:17 pm
randomchild91 Whoa! when i first saw this i thought ur fish was dead! xp but now i see its a different kind of fishy. I've never seen that kind b4. If I were to get a beta fish would I be able to keep it in my room/downstairs w/o a water heater? (I doubt i can get one ne way, my dog tends to b very territorial and doesn't like other animals...)
So, basically, it entirely depends on the temperature of the room.
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:55 pm
I have a betta. Though I decided to get a little female, she is red and white. I'm thinking of getting another.........and buying another bowl for the fishy.
My betta just sleeps all the time now crying
I think I'm gonna put her in the kitchen since a little more light gets in there then in the dining room
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:51 pm
Whoo! The thread lives again! This provides me with more opportunities to show my fish...
I currently own five Bettas. I've technically had seven this year, though. One of my first rescue, Roselyn, passed away (probably cancer - I bought her because she had a swollen-looking face), and my handsome little delta tail Sonny lost a battle with hemorrhagic septicemia (essentially, blood poisoning from hemmorhaging) after valiantly beating a bout of columnaris about a month before.
These are my current precious babies. 4 out of 5 were purchased as "rescues." I'm making the images links, as some are very large and are definitely stretching the page.
Roosevelt
Cambodian VT female in her 5 gallon. She's not so exceedingly hyper anymore, now that Pippi's in a tank next to her to give her something to watch, but she's still very atheletic and very swift.
Pic1
Pic2
Pippi
Dalmatian VT female next to Roosevelt. She was bought because she has a permanent swim bladder disorder that causes her to float. She has a 2.5 gallon Critter Keeper.
Pic 1
Pic3
Links to large pictures of her hiding behind her rubber plant while sleeping (and one where she swam up a bit to see what I was doing with the camera):
Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic3
Everest:
Male royal blue VT. He has a partially filled (2 gallons) 5.5 gallon tank.
If you scroll up, he's the brown fish I bought along with Roselyn. He has a permanent swim bladder disorder (I'm guessing from tumors, as he now has one protruding from his side) causing him to sink.
What he looked like a few months ago:
Large pic - so it's a link
Amazingly, even turning from brown to deep blue wasn't enough color change for him. biggrin THis is what he looks like now:
Pic1
Pic2
You can see the lumpy tumor on that second one....
Leopold:
Dalmatian VT male (and total camera hog). He's in love with Sapphira (see below). His tank is a 5.5 gallon. he was purchased because he was sinking like Everest. His problem turned out to be constipation that cured itself within two days.
Large pic - one of my favorites
Large piccy 2
Piccy
Another piccy
Yet another
Leopold flaring at Sapphira:
Nice beard!
And Sapphira
Royal blue VT female. She was purchased because she has a lump on her back - not sure if it's a spinal deformity or tumor. Probably tumor. She has a 2.5 gallon Critter Keeper.
WHen first purchased:
Stress stripe-y
NOW:
Without flash
With flash
Showing off her pouty face
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:16 pm
When you purchase your rescues, are they from pet stores?
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:41 pm
I work at a pet store, so all of my fish have come from there.
Many Betta enthusiasts rescue Bettas from pet stores - whether because they have a problem themselves or because poor treatment at the store is causing problems. Talking to managers can sometimes get you the fish for free, as they don't want to put a health guarantee on a sick fish. Other people take in rescue Bettas from breeders that would often times be culled instead.
I can give you the link to a great site full of Betta enthusiasts if you're interested.
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