New Betta!

[Betta-Gurl]

I got another new betta!! hes currently living by himself in a betta bowl, he was on sale at Petland He is a really really dark blue with really deep burgandy and purple fins he is my only Delta tail!! and he cost $2.97, i cant believe i got him though because they were just putting him out when i got there and as soon as i looked him over i bought him!

CHA CHING!!

[hey]

you got a pic?

[Betta-Gurl]

nope not yet but he is such a sweet looking boy i named him samson

[WinterWind]

cool. I recently got a betta as well. :)

[mr.amateur45]

i wanna get another betta. maybe a green one, do they come in all or mostly green colors? and i set up my 2.5 for a betta. submerged filter, heater, 2 fake plants, and a treasure chest wit lots of holes. would a new betta like that? i heard bettas dont like big tanks.

[hey]

i wanna get another betta. maybe a green one, do they come in all or mostly green colors? .
Bettas mostly come in red colors, but there are other colors availabe, you just have to search. Greens and blues are fairly common

[Mulla]

I think bettas do like big tanks, it's just people alwywas thought that a little cup is the best home for them just because they're kept that way in the LFS.

Anyway, I keep mine in me 120G community tank and he's definately one of the most active fish in there. Swimming left to right without a care in the world for others.

[Betta-Gurl]

yes thats true depending on the betta some bettas dont like big area of space, some dont like small containers it all depends on the betta, and yes bettas do come in many colors they are most of the time readily avaliable with other colors, i currently have 5 males all different colors, my Steel blue DT Samson, My white VT Louie, My blue/Purple VT L'Ninio, my Pink Makai, and my Chocolate VT Daquiri!

[powellmacaque]

I think bettas do like big tanks, it's just people alwywas thought that a little cup is the best home for them just because they're kept that way in the LFS.

Anyway, I keep mine in me 120G community tank and he's definately one of the most active fish in there. Swimming left to right without a care in the world for others.
To be a bit off topic, I've always wondered this, but never dared to do it. Let's say I had a large tank (100+ gallons), well planted, hiding places, the works, would it be possible to keep more than one male betta together? I mean, nobody puts bettas together, but then again, most people who get bettas have them in ½-55gallon tanks.

[Tenorplayer2008]

I wouldn't Try it. Male bettas see each other as competition, and will hunt down and fight one another wherever they are...I had 2 in one tank once, they fought at the plexiglass barrier between them and tried to get through it to kill one another! (They never did, the glass was pinned up on the edges of the tank cattycornered, so they couldn't get through it as hard as they tried, and THEY TRIED!!!)

[Mulla]

I think I remember people on this forum actually saying that you could provided your tank's big enough. I was tempted but I never did because I don't really have a second tank to spare if they were to fight. I don't really want to house anything in my hospital tank.

[Slashdogg]

On http://www.bettatalk.com/betta_behavior.htm, she describes a case where she successfully kept 3 males together in a 60 gallon tank. However, these males had been together as fry, and were from a less aggressive strain of betta. I would still be hesitant to try it though.

My betta lives in a 15 gallon tank with 7 black neons and 5 bronze cories. As I type this he's chilling in a little flowerpot cave that I made. He seems to like the cave more than the cories do! Its quite funny to see him poking his head out of the cave looking around at everyone.

[Liz]

My betta is in a 10 gallon and she is definately much more active and happy then when I had her in a 1 gallon bowl. She loves the bigger tank, and I think she likes being around other fish also.

How's this for a green betta? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=66795&item=4374102023&rd=1)

[mr.amateur45]

woooooooooooow. that was one long article. i hope my betta has some cool habit(like watching tv, following me, etc.) my old one's habit was to hide behind the filter all day and only come out to eat. hey try this site, its got tons of cool colored bettas, some ive never seen before! :D
http://bettas.fishjunkies.com/colors.php

[Holly9937]

Betta would be happy in a bigger tank, just like any fish would, but IMHO a 2.5 gallon tank is a fine size for one, but I would not want to go any smaller! Silk plants are best for the bettas, they are not as rough on their fins, I had plastic with mine for a while, and they didn't cause any major damage to him, but he looks much better since I got the silk plants and he seems more willing to rest on the silk too

[Swimfins]

I think it depends. Bettas have little personalities and you have to figure them out. I had one that was miserable in a nice big planted 25g with a few peaceful mates.
I returned him to his bowl beside the computer and he was happy, he blew a bubble nest as a thank you note. He liked the company of us sitting at the computer.
On the other hand I just put a small blue betta in the re-done 25g and he appears happy. He swims quite fast. I thought they were slow fish before this.

[Liz]

The tricky thing with bettas when you get them from pet stores is that their colors come out a lot better when they are under better conditions. Several times I have picked up white bettas and then after a few weeks they turn yellowish and always get a few black flecks. And every time I am like, "this one is a real white." Oh well, I love them anyways. I think a lfs might have real whites, not yellowish whites, because they are like a metallic silver. Crowntails too. Nice fish.

Bettas seem like intelligent fish, very aware of your presence. Mine swims to the front of the tank sometimes when I am watching her and looks at me like "feed me!". She follows my finger on the glass too, something my guppies and tetras don't do. Bettas just seem generally more aware and interacting with their environment than most other small fish.

[mr.amateur45]

is it possible to tell what personality a betta has before you buy it? cuz i dont want one that just hides all day.

[Holly9937]

Hmmm... I don't know how you could unless they were in a tank instead of confined to a cup or one of those hanging things in the tank! But generally, given time to adjust, good food, a couple of plants (fake or not!) and some room to swim, they should be pretty happy :D

[Liz]

Also, a smaller, younger one will probably be quite a bit more active than an older, larger one. Usually the only ones in pet stores are pretty old but ocassionally you find a nice batch of young ones.

[Swimfins]

is it possible to tell what personality a betta has before you buy it? cuz i dont want one that just hides all day.


They are all usually shy at first, after a week or so of getting use to seeing you and dropping food when they do see you,they will come to you, expecting a handout. Its seing you alot that helps them learn to recognize you. I've had this new one 2 weeks now, and today I saw him come to me for the first time.
At my LFs they usually have one swimming in the bigger tanks with various small tetras. Watch these ones for awhile, then make your choice. I don't think you can pick a "bad" betta. :)

[Rosemary]

Hiding all the time can be a sign of illness.

When Jellybean was constipated, he hid constantly in his little cave. But when he's well he's active and ignores the cave (before the sickness, I wasn't sure he even knew the cave existed).

He also hid a lot when he was in an unheated 1.5 gal. In the heated 5 gal, he's more lively.

[mr.amateur45]

i got my betta yesterday. hes white pink orange with clear fins and red spotted fins. hes happy. i gave him brine shrimp and crushed pellets(they're 2 big for his mouth). and do u think a betta would eat tadpoles? :idea:

[WinterWind]

My betta is doing pretty good in his ten gallon. At first he liked to stay in the back behind all the plants, but now he's swimming in the front a lot, but ocassionally darts into the back when there is a lot of motion.