New Betta

[saphphx]

Hi all! It's been YEARS since I've had a bettas. I found the uglyist cute betta there is! He was in a bottom tank in a far corner as no one wanted him when everone else was so shiny and colourful. Anyway, I was wondering, what's best to feed him? I've had him on live bloodworms and frozen foods that I feed to my corys and loaches. Also, he is a pale pink with black scales, is this normal or is there actually something wrong with him? I don't know if he was fed right, or just loves blood worms, cause he's been packing away more worms per feeding then any fish I've seen. I actaully doubled the amount so the panda corys could get some (there just in there as its easy to QT them all together, then they will leave and the betta will have the whole tank as his forever home

Sorry, I ramble. Simply:

- What is best to feed him?
- Is the black just his colour or is he ill?
- His tail has a bit of red line at the base, but he is really pink and you can see through him, so is it just normal?
- What can I keep him with in a 25ltr tank?
- Can I keep a lady betta with him?
- Is sand ok for him?

the tank has a heater, filter, light, and a plant (its trying hard to stay alive lol)

thanks all

Now for piccies

My Betta:

A Side Shot of My Betta:

His tank:

 

[hirschy75]

- What is best to feed him?
anything he will eat

- Is the black just his colour or is he ill?
i think it is just the coloring

- His tail has a bit of red line at the base, but he is really pink and you can see through him, so is it just normal?
i believe so

- What can I keep him with in a 25ltr tank?
i'd give him some tetras or danios or corys but nothing with long fragile fins

- Can I keep a lady betta with him?
no

- Is sand ok for him?
probably

hope this helps some

 

[saphphx]

groovy thanks so much!

 

[Rbishop]

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103806

 

[Jessu]

Everything sound great. I would add more plants. My betta loves them.

 

[saphphx]

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103806

-nods- I've been trying to read through it. I think 25ltr is around 12 gallons or something. I really want to add him to my 4 foot at some point, but not sure if we're getting more tiger barbs or not, so waiting to see how that goes. Everything else has endler fry in it.

Everything sound great. I would add more plants. My betta loves them.

Ok. I'm looking for some really good ones at the moment that are hard to kill as plants and I don't get along lol

 

[Kyohti]

- What is best to feed him? A varied diet of pellet foods and the occasional live or fresh meaty treat. Chitinous foods like shrimp, waterfleas, and bloodworms will help prevent digestive upsets like bloating. As long as it has good protein content and he likes it, he'll be fine. ^_^

- Is the black just his colour or is he ill? Normal color. He's probably the result of bad color combinations and poor commercial breeding practices. They can't all be pretty, right? At least you saw the beauty in him.

- His tail has a bit of red line at the base, but he is really pink and you can see through him, so is it just normal? Yes. There are color varieties of bettas where half or all of the finnage is supposed to be whitish and completely transparent. This is just a result of controlled genetic variations in normal betta coloring.

- What can I keep him with in a 25ltr tank? I saw that this is equal to 12-gallons correct? That's MORE than enough room for one betta!! ^__^;;

Can I keep a lady betta with him? Emphatically NO. They would tear each other apart at worst and plain make each other miserable at the VERY best. It's just not a good idea at all. If you want a girl for him to flirt with, buy one and keep her in a separate tank next to his. That's more than enough company for a male and female betta and breeding them is a LOT of hassle. I believe I posted about my experiences with it on the link ribishop posted, actually.

- Is sand ok for him? Probably one of the better substrates for a betta if you're going to have substrate at all. Easy on the fins, fairly simple to clean... the only one I'd strongly tell anyone to avoid is large river rock. I've seen and heard of too many bettas who 'play' in them and end up getting stuck and drown!!

 

[Sammie7]

Ok. I'm looking for some really good ones at the moment that are hard to kill as plants and I don't get along lol

The plant that you have right now, I'm pretty sure, is not a true aquatic and will die and rot in your tank. Some good low light plants would be anubias, crypts, java fern, brazilian pennywort, watersprite, anacharis/egeria, and java moss. They are easy to take care of and do not need much in the way of fertilizer or heavy maintenance. Here's a site that you can look up these plants on: http://www.aquahobby.com/e_garden.php

That's a pretty betta, by the way. Not ugly to me. : )

 

[Kyohti]

The plant that you have right now, I'm pretty sure, is not a true aquatic and will die and rot in your tank. Some good low light plants would be anubias, crypts, java fern, brazilian pennywort, watersprite, anacharis/egeria, and java moss. They are easy to take care of and do not need much in the way of fertilizer or heavy maintenance. Here's a site that you can look up these plants on: http://www.aquahobby.com/e_garden.php

That's a pretty betta, by the way. Not ugly to me. : )

Really? It looks like a dwarf grass or melon sword-type plant to me... what makes you think it's not aquatic? I'm no aquarium plant expert, by the way. Just curious. :dance2:

 

[Sammie7]

Really? It looks like a dwarf grass or melon sword-type plant to me... what makes you think it's not aquatic? I'm no aquarium plant expert, by the way. Just curious. :dance2:

Are you saying it looks like this? http://www.plantedtank.net/plantprofiles/Melon-Sword-Echinodorus-osiris/1004/

or this: http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_Eleocharis_parvula.php
or perhaps: http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_tenellus.php

I don't know all terrestrial plants by heart, nor do I know all aquatic plants; however, that plant doesn't look like it's an aquatic ,to me, because I've seen so many terrestrials that look like it. Also, the plant already seems to be dying, with frayed edges and browning leaf ends.