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mechaphilia wrote in bettas May 03, 2012 23:04

I recently found myself in possession of a 10gal tank and a plethora of java ferns. After the tank was all sorted, I wandered over to the LFS to pick up a trio of females (they only had the three). I was going to call it done at that, but upon stopping by a Petco to grab more plants I found another trio of girls sitting in rather nasty looking cups ( Read more... )

female bettas, general questions

Color Change

mirhanda wrote in bettas Mar 15, 2012 13:46

A couple of months ago, I bought an adorable white half-moon betta with burgundy markings and some blue highlights. He was GORGEOUS!

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general questions

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onoe wrote in bettas Feb 25, 2012 11:07

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losttheskyagain wrote in bettas Feb 23, 2012 19:27

I have a 2.5 gal unfiltered tank. I left for a few weeks and I came back to find my friend didn't take care of little Tony like she said she would. His tank was gross and now he's floating vertically and gasping for air. I've started Maracyn II and Coppersafe treatments, and his water level is only maybe four inches high so he can breathe. He does ( Read more... )

Female Community Tank

littlegraytiger wrote in bettas Feb 14, 2012 18:16

Back when I kept female betta communities instead of gouramis, I used to house between three and seven in a 10 gallon aquarium. I got very lucky and had pleasant ladies who largely got along wonderfully. :3 It got me thinking though...is there any sort of an upper limit to the tank and school size for female bettas? I've never kept any in medium ( ( Read more... )

What Filter and What Plants?

littlegraytiger wrote in bettas Feb 11, 2012 15:50

My betta Lazuli is doing awesome. He's cute, he's grouchy, and he's a wonderful workspace companion. I'm looking for solutions to his setup(A 2.5 gal minibow ( Read more... )

Waitor, there's a fish in my wine.

one_tough_fish wrote in bettas Feb 07, 2012 16:13

I've been looking in to getting a betta fish, found a rather awesome petstore with healthy fishes that told me some excellent information on water changes and water conditioner but their information on tank size is facepalm worthy.

I was told that a wine glass was big enough for a betta fish.

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Neat Community!

juststray wrote in bettas Jan 24, 2012 00:56

Hello everyone!

I was browsing through LJ, doing a bit of betta research, you can never be to educated, and stumbled on this community. I really like everything I have seen and read. This community is full of useful information! I set up a five gallon tank just yesterday, which now houses my new betta Jarvis.I have been fish keeping since I was in ( Read more... )