This should have read as follows...

On 23 Jul 2006 08:48:32 -0700, "Tynk" wrote:




Thanks.
I have to do what I can to save the poor Bettas living in cold jars!
Sheesh.
Some folks just want to argue.
I just like telling the facts.


On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:08:22 -0500, [-=LÈGIÖN=-]
wrote:
Amen...I am seriously considering another 55 gal and just stock it
with female bettas...I'm serious. Just females. If this is a
problem...SOMEBODY STOP ME. PLEASE.


No way! I'm not stopping you, hehe.
You will have a very cool tank in deed.
The only hard part will be when you add them, do it all at once. That
way they are all on neutral territory. This can be done by buying stock
and keeping them in quarantine tanks, or other tanks until you get the
desired amount for the 55g.
You will have bickering at first, as they need to figure out their
hierarchy.
Once that's established you'll see all their every day type body
language. This is so interesting to me and I can't get enough of it,
lol.
You'll soon figure out what each posture or finflash means for the
situation. You'll soon learn who is the alpha..all the way down to the
omega (lowest in rank).
You'll see action when another female wants to take over that role and
the difference between that and just "testing" the alpha. Now when you
have 2 females that refuse to back down, one needs to go to another
home. This is on the rare side, but since you have other tanks already,
it shouldn't be a problem for you.
There are several fin variations available now, and every color of the
rainbow to choose from. Who ever says females are drab, ugly, colorless
fish are ignorant and needs to do some research, lol.


I find the females far more attractive (just my taste)...I'm not
really big on any fish with gobs and gobs of plummage as I like to
call it.

But I realize for the newcomer how one could be attracted to the male
for its large display. It does make the buyer stop and pause.

I am however a big fan of the female betta's profile. It just has
the ideal outline (matter of taste). My experience with my first
male betta started out with his plummage getting damaged and eaten up
by his girlfriend. It grew back fine...wasn't a case of finrot..just
a fish with jagged fins for about 3 weeks.
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