Betta question

Nikki wrote:
What does your male think of her? Is there a big size difference between
them? you still have your male dont you. I have put a lot of bettas in the
tank with no quarantine, been fine so far. I did not know walmart kept their
females in bowls, petsmart puts their in tanks, but petco keep them in bowls
also.
she sounds pretty,
Nik



I just picked up a really nice light-turqouise female betta this pm.
She's about 1.25 inches and seems to being enjoying the new home from
the cramped little plastic bowl she was in at the Walmart store.

No quarantine took place...just slow acclimating her to the new water
and hope for the best. Not showing any signs of stress, finnage all
out on point, checking the 'hood out. Eating sun-dried shrimp as I
type this. Hoping for the best.

Hi Nikki..!..

I lost the male about a month ago. It developed a pine cone affect
where his scales jutted outward and he lost his color. He died in
quaratine. My guess was something intestinal.

So for now she's by herself. Once my platy babes are mature enough to
determine sex, I have a new neighbor that would like some. She wants to
start the hobby again (after coming over and seeing my tank all full of
life. =)

At present, the largest fish my 55 is a bala shark...he's growing like a
weed ..just under 4 inches. Doesn't bother a sole. So the babies
wonder all about the tank, from top to bottom, with no fear save man.
They're all under half an inch now.

If female bettas can be content living among their own sex, I'd be
content with just the females. Has anyone kept only female bettas for
long periods of time?

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If female bettas can be content living among their own sex, I'd be content
with just the females. Has anyone kept only female bettas for long
periods of time?
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Yes, and they got along ok. A nip here and there but otherwise they lived
in relative peace.
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Köi-Lö wrote:

Yes, and they got along ok. A nip here and there but otherwise they lived
in relative peace.

You forgot the part about it depending on the individual personality of
each fish.
There are females from time to time that cannot be housed with certain
females, or some that can't be housed with any female.
This needs to be said *each* time.
It doesn't matter if you said it a month ago, or 20 minutes ago.
All Bettas are different and that needs to be said each time. You
should always have a back plan as well if it doesn't turn out the way
you want it to.
It's also so much easier when the females are spawn siblings.
Males things so much easier, as their hierarchy was figured out long
ago when they were babies.

Tynk wrote:

It's also so much easier when the females are spawn siblings.
Males things so much easier, as their hierarchy was figured out long
ago when they were babies.

That should have been *makes* things so much easier. = )~

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Köi-Lö wrote:

Yes, and they got along ok. A nip here and there but otherwise they lived
in relative peace.

You forgot the part about it depending on the individual personality of
each fish.
There are females from time to time that cannot be housed with certain
females, or some that can't be housed with any female.
This needs to be said *each* time.

Then say it if you have hours and hours to type the same info endlessly.
You forgot that I'm going by my own experience - not YOUR experience. I
never had a female that killed or shredded other females. I'm sorry that
you did. You should have bought less aggressive females (as you told me
about my males.) . Why do you insist I post YOUR experience instead of my
own?

It doesn't matter if you said it a month ago, or 20 minutes ago.
All Bettas are different and that needs to be said each time. You
should always have a back plan as well if it doesn't turn out the way
you want it to.

Then tell people to buy TWO tanks for the females in case they don't get
along.

It's also so much easier when the females are spawn siblings.
Males things so much easier, as their hierarchy was figured out long
ago when they were babies.
--
KL....
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*

Betta are individuals the same way old south american cichlids are.
thats how i see it anyway
kinda like adding a big oscar to your red devil tank
sure it usually works
but each time is different
and often it equals death
I try seperate my females from males in upturned clean soft drink bottles
this lets me see reactions (colour changes, fin raises and snapping) before
they can get at each other.
good way to see which of several chicks ya dude likes without risking deaths
and injurys
espec when some of me female deltas are worth a substantial amount of money!




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Köi-Lö wrote:

Yes, and they got along ok. A nip here and there but otherwise they lived
in relative peace.

You forgot the part about it depending on the individual personality of
each fish.
There are females from time to time that cannot be housed with certain
females, or some that can't be housed with any female.
This needs to be said *each* time.
It doesn't matter if you said it a month ago, or 20 minutes ago.
All Bettas are different and that needs to be said each time. You
should always have a back plan as well if it doesn't turn out the way
you want it to.
It's also so much easier when the females are spawn siblings.
Males things so much easier, as their hierarchy was figured out long
ago when they were babies.

""[-=LÈGIÖN=-]"" wrote in message
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Nikki wrote:
What does your male think of her? Is there a big size difference between
them? you still have your male dont you. I have put a lot of bettas in
the tank with no quarantine, been fine so far. I did not know walmart
kept their females in bowls, petsmart puts their in tanks, but petco keep
them in bowls also.
she sounds pretty,
Nik



I just picked up a really nice light-turqouise female betta this pm.
She's about 1.25 inches and seems to being enjoying the new home from
the cramped little plastic bowl she was in at the Walmart store.

No quarantine took place...just slow acclimating her to the new water
and hope for the best. Not showing any signs of stress, finnage all
out on point, checking the 'hood out. Eating sun-dried shrimp as I
type this. Hoping for the best.

Hi Nikki..!..

I lost the male about a month ago. It developed a pine cone affect where
his scales jutted outward and he lost his color. He died in quaratine.
My guess was something intestinal.
So for now she's by herself. Once my platy babes are mature enough to
determine sex, I have a new neighbor that would like some. She wants to
start the hobby again (after coming over and seeing my tank all full of
life. =)
At present, the largest fish my 55 is a bala shark...he's growing like a
weed ..just under 4 inches. Doesn't bother a sole. So the babies wonder
all about the tank, from top to bottom, with no fear save man. They're all
under half an inch now.

If female bettas can be content living among their own sex, I'd be content
with just the females. Has anyone kept only female bettas for long
periods of time?


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I have kept females by them self and they been fine. I had one of my females
in with some gouramis and loaches for quite some time, a couple of weeks ago
I added a male and they seem fine together. I also have a ten gl divided
three ways with Plexiglas with a male in one part, a female in another and a
betta fry who is about half way grown in the other part.
sorry about your male, I had the same thing happen to my female.
I am thinking about setting up a all shark tank, think that will be neat, I
have a RTS who don't seem to like no fish at all, I read the other day that
RTS are minnows (sp?) I did not know that.
What color is your platy that had babies, I have a set of sunset and a set
of micky mouse, i found a baby from the sunset in the tank one day and you
can tell what it is because its orange, but the following week i seen a lot
of babies, i dipped them out and they are not that same color so i am
thinking they are from the blue platy, but they have no color yet they dont
look much different then the fancy guppy fry right now. What did your babies
look like the first week?
Nik

[-=LÈGIÖN=-] wrote:


If female bettas can be content living among their own sex, I'd be
content with just the females. Has anyone kept only female bettas for
long periods of time?

Absolutely.
Currently my 75g has only females.
After their initial bickering over the hierarchy, all is fine.
On occasion you may get 2 dominant females that neither will submit,
and one of them will need to find a new home.
This is all common when it comes to Bettas though.
When you have fish that need to push their weight around to find their
place, sometimes it can get nippy, or even a chunk of fin missing is
still normal.
Constant biting, no. Not normal and one is overly aggressive or just
can't stand that individual fish. They too have likes and dislikes.
I've specialized in these fish for 28 yrs and when it comes to them,
yes, I'd say I was an expert.
Once you really start to see their hierarchy, their body language,
etc....they make for quite interesting little fish.
I keep a rainbow of females in the 75g, and usually a resident male.
However, I have quite a bruiser of a female when it comes to the boys
and cannot house one in there now.
She's not even the alpha (the big boss) either. Just does not tolerate
a male at all.
Hey....what's a 30 liter in US gallons anyway?
Somebody tell me because I do not know the conversion.

30 Liters = 7.925161570744453 Gallons
http://www.calculateme.com/Volume/Liters/ToGallons.htm

http://www.easysurf.cc/cnver2.htm#gl1

nik



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[-=LÈGIÖN=-] wrote:


If female bettas can be content living among their own sex, I'd be
content with just the females. Has anyone kept only female bettas for
long periods of time?

Absolutely.
Currently my 75g has only females.
After their initial bickering over the hierarchy, all is fine.
On occasion you may get 2 dominant females that neither will submit,
and one of them will need to find a new home.
This is all common when it comes to Bettas though.
When you have fish that need to push their weight around to find their
place, sometimes it can get nippy, or even a chunk of fin missing is
still normal.
Constant biting, no. Not normal and one is overly aggressive or just
can't stand that individual fish. They too have likes and dislikes.
I've specialized in these fish for 28 yrs and when it comes to them,
yes, I'd say I was an expert.
Once you really start to see their hierarchy, their body language,
etc....they make for quite interesting little fish.
I keep a rainbow of females in the 75g, and usually a resident male.
However, I have quite a bruiser of a female when it comes to the boys
and cannot house one in there now.
She's not even the alpha (the big boss) either. Just does not tolerate
a male at all.
Hey....what's a 30 liter in US gallons anyway?
Somebody tell me because I do not know the conversion.

Nikki wrote:
30 Liters = 7.925161570744453 Gallons
http://www.calculateme.com/Volume/Liters/ToGallons.htm

Well then, Koi-Lo shouldn't be housing 3 (or more, as you shouldn't
ever just have 2 females per tank) females and one male in that small
of a tank anyway.
Thank Nik, you're a peach.
P.S....you also know what you're doing. = )