Pic of my 20 gal.
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Nice Beta
Wow the colors on that Beta are stunning. I know they are supposed to be so easy to raise.. I have tried about 3 times and all 3 times I had to flush them. I dont know what I am doing wrong. I have saltwater tanks and fresh water tanks. But I can not keep a silly Beta. I have given up the effort. I dont think is fair to keep getting beautiful fish only to have them float in a couple of days.
And before you ask.. No I didnt put him in a tank with other male Betas.. I used a 5 gallon eclipse that I now have goldfish in, so I dont think there is anything wrong with the tank. I got the water from my large freshwater tank.. SO i dont know what the problem is.. just bum luck on my part.
Wow the colors on that Beta are stunning. I know they are supposed to be so easy to raise.. I have tried about 3 times and all 3 times I had to flush them. I dont know what I am doing wrong. I have saltwater tanks and fresh water tanks. But I can not keep a silly Beta. I have given up the effort. I dont think is fair to keep getting beautiful fish only to have them float in a couple of days.
And before you ask.. No I didnt put him in a tank with other male Betas.. I used a 5 gallon eclipse that I now have goldfish in, so I dont think there is anything wrong with the tank. I got the water from my large freshwater tank.. SO i dont know what the problem is.. just bum luck on my part.
Salt
Only put it in the salt water tank.. I have added it to the freshwater tank in the past.. but only if there is a problem with the fish. And then I have cheated by using the water from the saltwater tank. I dont believe that I have done it anytime close to when I had the betta. I could be wrong.. I have not tried (raising a betta) in several years.
Only put it in the salt water tank.. I have added it to the freshwater tank in the past.. but only if there is a problem with the fish. And then I have cheated by using the water from the saltwater tank. I dont believe that I have done it anytime close to when I had the betta. I could be wrong.. I have not tried (raising a betta) in several years.
Lovely Oscars indeed.
If you looking for a nice piece of slate I recomend looking at a Gr=arden Centre. I bought a load for my tank recently and they had loads of lovely big pieces, including green and purple slate!
If you looking for a nice piece of slate I recomend looking at a Gr=arden Centre. I bought a load for my tank recently and they had loads of lovely big pieces, including green and purple slate!
Oscars
Thanks so much for the awsome responce to my Oscars. We tend to baby the big ol' fish alot. Its gotten so bad that last night we were talking about the Hurricane that is coming our way and Jerry wanted to know if we could buy a generator. His responce to my questioning why he wanted to spend hundreds of dollars on something we could possibly never use again.. "What are the Oscars going to do without the filter running?" With the possibly of at least 50mph winds blowing a brick into our house, he is worried about the oscars. As for slate.. we have found more slate from friends and the woods. I still don't know if they are mating or what. The two white oscars are best buds the black oscar and the largest white oscar are doing the kissy fighting thing I have read about... but I have seen the two white fish kind of slinking up to the blackone and making there tail vibrate... you tell me.. have I got some crazy fish or what.
Such is life. Did I show you guys my other little toy? Its the start of a 10 gallon reef tank. It got about 25lbs of live rock, two mean damsels, one featherduster and a clam that I just got. These pictures are a couple of weeks old. My digital camera broke last week and I have got to get another one soon. I have fish and children to take pictures of.
(Hopefully this will work.. when I tried to download it they said I already had.. I had asked a question about it in the marine newby section.)
Thanks so much for the awsome responce to my Oscars. We tend to baby the big ol' fish alot. Its gotten so bad that last night we were talking about the Hurricane that is coming our way and Jerry wanted to know if we could buy a generator. His responce to my questioning why he wanted to spend hundreds of dollars on something we could possibly never use again.. "What are the Oscars going to do without the filter running?" With the possibly of at least 50mph winds blowing a brick into our house, he is worried about the oscars. As for slate.. we have found more slate from friends and the woods. I still don't know if they are mating or what. The two white oscars are best buds the black oscar and the largest white oscar are doing the kissy fighting thing I have read about... but I have seen the two white fish kind of slinking up to the blackone and making there tail vibrate... you tell me.. have I got some crazy fish or what.
Such is life. Did I show you guys my other little toy? Its the start of a 10 gallon reef tank. It got about 25lbs of live rock, two mean damsels, one featherduster and a clam that I just got. These pictures are a couple of weeks old. My digital camera broke last week and I have got to get another one soon. I have fish and children to take pictures of.
(Hopefully this will work.. when I tried to download it they said I already had.. I had asked a question about it in the marine newby section.)
