Dead Bettas

"Thriceshy" wrote in message
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Any insight? My husband joked that the betta committed suicide, but
I'm not laughing. I take good care of my tank, the water's good,
things are clean, the fish are well fed without being overfed. Both
Bettas had built bubble nests in the past, so they must have been
somewhat happy. What am I doing wrong?
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It sounds like they're trying to hide for some reason. I also love bettas
but keep them in their own small tanks or gallon bowls. And measure any
bowls or tanks. I once took a person's word for it......... what was I
thinking?!?!?!

I do have one male betta in a 5g filtered heated tank with some small fish
I've been unable to identify and so far so good. He had to be removed at
first because, starving, the nipped at him. They will only eat frozen foods.
Once I realized that, they started eating well and I returned him. They now
ignore him.

Before he was removed he would hide behind a decoration and only come out to
eat. Now he's out all the time and he ignores them as well.
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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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On Dec 13, 1:17 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Thriceshy" wrote in message

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brevity snip

Any insight? My husband joked that the betta committed suicide, but
I'm not laughing. I take good care of my tank, the water's good,
things are clean, the fish are well fed without being overfed. Both
Bettas had built bubble nests in the past, so they must have been
somewhat happy. What am I doing wrong?

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It sounds like they're trying to hide for some reason. I also love bettas
but keep them in their own small tanks or gallon bowls. And measure any
bowls or tanks. I once took a person's word for it......... what was I
thinking?!?!?!

I do have one male betta in a 5g filtered heated tank with some small fish
I've been unable to identify and so far so good. He had to be removed at
first because, starving, the nipped at him. They will only eat frozen foods.
Once I realized that, they started eating well and I returned him. They now
ignore him.

Before he was removed he would hide behind a decoration and only come out to
eat. Now he's out all the time and he ignores them as well.
--

RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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I think I'll take a betta break for a bit. I don't really have
anyplace in the living room for another tank or fishbowl, and I hated
keeping the blue one in the kitchen. I was so pleased because my
betta seemed to get along so well in the community tank. If I do get
another betta, I'll pull all the decorations away from the sides of
the aquarium and sink them even deeper in the substrate.

Anyone have any experience with Boesemani Rainbows? They look quite
pretty, and, according to the charts, seem to get along well with the
other fish I have.

Kris

On Dec 14, 6:59 am, Thriceshy wrote:
On Dec 13, 1:17 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:





"Thriceshy" wrote in message

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brevity snip

Any insight? My husband joked that the betta committed suicide, but
I'm not laughing. I take good care of my tank, the water's good,
things are clean, the fish are well fed without being overfed. Both
Bettas had built bubble nests in the past, so they must have been
somewhat happy. What am I doing wrong?

=================================
It sounds like they're trying to hide for some reason. I also love bettas
but keep them in their own small tanks or gallon bowls. And measure any
bowls or tanks. I once took a person's word for it......... what was I
thinking?!?!?!

I do have one male betta in a 5g filtered heated tank with some small fish
I've been unable to identify and so far so good. He had to be removed at
first because, starving, the nipped at him. They will only eat frozen foods.
Once I realized that, they started eating well and I returned him. They now
ignore him.

Before he was removed he would hide behind a decoration and only come out to
eat. Now he's out all the time and he ignores them as well.
--

RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

I think I'll take a betta break for a bit. I don't really have
anyplace in the living room for another tank or fishbowl, and I hated
keeping the blue one in the kitchen. I was so pleased because my
betta seemed to get along so well in the community tank. If I do get
another betta, I'll pull all the decorations away from the sides of
the aquarium and sink them even deeper in the substrate.

Anyone have any experience with Boesemani Rainbows? They look quite
pretty, and, according to the charts, seem to get along well with the
other fish I have.

Kris- Hide quoted text -

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No, but TYNK wil be along shortly if your looking for a blow job or
get a carpet cleaned.........TYNK is the aquaria groups loser in
residence.

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:59:22 -0800, Thriceshy wrote:

Anyone have any experience with Boesemani Rainbows? They look quite
pretty, and, according to the charts, seem to get along well with the
other fish I have.

I haven't kept the Boesemani ones, but I do have both dwarf neon rainbows
and Batanta Island rainbows. They're not agressive, albeit the males do
chase each other around, flashing their dorsal stripe like a neon sign.

But they are quite active, so if you have any calm fish they might not
like it. I once added some rainbows to a tank with redeye tetras and the
tetras almost immediately went into hiding :-).

"Thriceshy" wrote in message
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I think I'll take a betta break for a bit. I don't really have
anyplace in the living room for another tank or fishbowl, and I hated
keeping the blue one in the kitchen. I was so pleased because my
betta seemed to get along so well in the community tank. If I do get
another betta, I'll pull all the decorations away from the sides of
the aquarium and sink them even deeper in the substrate.

That's a good idea and check every decoration to make sure no fish can get
trapped in any way. I lose a beautiful female better when she jammed herself
in the drainage hole of a flower pot laying on it's side.

Anyone have any experience with Boesemani Rainbows? They look quite
pretty, and, according to the charts, seem to get along well with the
other fish I have.

We had a poster here (Gil) who was quite experienced with them. Perhaps
she'll see your message and respond. The only rainbows I see here are
colorless silvery fish so didn't buy any.
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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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On Dec 15, 1:12 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Thriceshy" wrote in message

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I think I'll take a betta break for a bit. I don't really have
anyplace in the living room for another tank or fishbowl, and I hated
keeping the blue one in the kitchen. I was so pleased because my
betta seemed to get along so well in the community tank. If I do get
another betta, I'll pull all the decorations away from the sides of
the aquarium and sink them even deeper in the substrate.

That's a good idea and check every decoration to make sure no fish can get
trapped in any way. I lose a beautiful female better when she jammed herself
in the drainage hole of a flower pot laying on it's side.

Anyone have any experience with Boesemani Rainbows? They look quite
pretty, and, according to the charts, seem to get along well with the
other fish I have.

We had a poster here (Gil) who was quite experienced with them. Perhaps
she'll see your message and respond. The only rainbows I see here are
colorless silvery fish so didn't buy any.
--
RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

Gill Passman is experienced in more than fish if the truth be
known........she is a master manipulator of people and the queen bee
of taking over a perfectly good forum and making a moderated foprum
out of it all in the name of being a control freak, and odds are being
a Brit she will do you in a heart beat to...........Brits are like
that!

"Tynk" wrote in message
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Gill Passman is experienced in more than fish if the truth be
known........she is a master manipulator of people and the queen bee
of taking over a perfectly good forum and making a moderated foprum
out of it all in the name of being a control freak, and odds are being
a Brit she will do you in a heart beat to...........Brits are like
that!
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She doesn't seem to be around this forum anymore. It looks like she either
moved on, or stays in the moderated groups.
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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

On Dec 15, 5:06 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Tynk" wrote in message

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Gill Passman is experienced in more than fish if the truth be
known........she is a master manipulator of people and the queen bee
of taking over a perfectly good forum and making a moderated foprum
out of it all in the name of being a control freak, and odds are being
a Brit she will do you in a heart beat to...........Brits are like
that!
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She doesn't seem to be around this forum anymore. It looks like she either
moved on, or stays in the moderated groups.
--

RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

Thank goodness the queen bee bitch Gill has left the room! She has
always been a control freak hence the need to push and create
moderated groups......it was her passion, not a normal need as she
would like one to think that it was to get free of trolls.nope nada uh
uh!