Betta fish owners ?

[petoly]

oh I know they are communial but usually bettas do eat ghost shrimp. This guy is a total hippy

 

[Danny.]

I've kept a few. The local 99cent store sells them haha...

 

[kotomi]

I wonder anyone ever had or has betta. I'm curious because I have four of them (;

I have five bettas. one is a king, one is a crowntail, the rest are veiltails. Two of mine I raised from babies (the betta babies they sell at petco). Though, now that I have done some research I'm not so thrilled about pet stores selling baby bettas... they have much greater needs for warm temps then regular bettas and are, in my opinion, too fragile to just be shoved in a little plastic bowl without a heater. A lot of the baby bettas will die without proper care. At least the two I bought are happy, grown up, and doing well.... So be careful about buying a baby betta, unless you're planning on keeping it in a tank with a heater and whatnot. I love bettas.

Anyone ever hear about the giant bettas in thailand? I want one so bad, but they are so expensive and ship from thailand, so...... I probably won't be indulging in one. Check out this site. http://www.ram91giantbettas.com/index.html

 

[kotomi]

oh I know they are communial but usually bettas do eat ghost shrimp. This guy is a total hippy

Really? I have never seen any of mine take down a ghost... I've kept ghosts and bettas together in a couple of tanks... do they just eat the ghost spawn or something?

 

[petoly]

well my previous betta used to go crazy for live ghost shrimp. he would eat adults and babies.

 

[nickyp0]

i used to keep bettas and breed them i had betta falx, macrostoma's, coccina's. as well as the normal bettas. i am thinking of getting back into them real soon

 

[Ntsees]

i used to keep bettas and breed them i had betta falx, macrostoma's, coccina's. as well as the normal bettas. i am thinking of getting back into them real soon

Your pretty good if you're successful with the macrostomas. I've heard they were difficult.

 

[nickyp0]

mac's are a pain to breed if you spook the male wile he is holding he will swollow them the key to breeding mac's are cool water, low PH and have tons of plants from them to hide in.here is a pic of the tank i had them in

and here is a pic of one of the babies