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LOTS of greenery and a pair of bettas? :-)
--
K.


I hope that comment was supposed to be a joke. Who would keep a pair
of male or female bettas in a small tank? Its not a good combo if you
want your fish to live.

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"bettasngoldfish" wrote:

LOTS of greenery and a pair of bettas? :-)
--
K.


I hope that comment was supposed to be a joke. Who would keep a pair
of male or female bettas in a small tank? Its not a good combo if you
want your fish to live.


Actually, 10 gallons works.

This was many moons ago, but my mom had a pair (a male and a female) in
a 10 gallon tank.

She had a LOT of live plants in there, (mostly Elodia) and the female
stayed in the plants until she got gravid.

The male blew a lovely bubble nest and we watched them go thru their
mating ritual. He wrapped himself around her to get her to release the
eggs while he released milt, then he picked up the eggs in his mouth and
blew them into the bubble nest.

I don't think I'd try to keep a pair in anything _smaller_ than a 10
gallon tho', no!

I've personally not tried it.

I just have a pretty red male in my bathroom in a 1.5 gallon tank with
an undergravel filter and a couple of mystery snails.

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K.

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In message , Gunther
writes
In article , sophie-
says...
I started off in a similar situation to Tispe and now have a four foot
tank. Still wondering what to put in the little one; I fancy a) corys
and b) kuhlis. hrrrrrmmmmm.
fishkeeping is disturbingly addictive.

My advice: "borrow" one of your goldfish temporarily, set up the
old small tank, let it cycle, then leave it running and empty.
Sooner or later, you'll be wanting a hospital or isolation tank,
and an already-cycled one is a nice thing to have.

that's how it is at the moment.
I want to pout something in it.
I am happy to set up a small plastic tank as a quarantine tank,
though...


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sophie

"Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message
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Tispe wrote:

Thanks for your input......my dilemma is that I'm so attached to these
fish!!!


I know that feeling. One thing I will suggest is to get a bigger tank (try
ebay
for a second hand one).

I'm new here, but wanted to suggest the OP might try a local Freecycle group
too. Aquariums are found on those lists pretty regularly.

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