stocking a 3gal....Betta's

Um...what type of mosquito eater fish? Are we talking one of the Gambusinii? (Gambusia affinis affinis, G. a. holbrooki, Heterandria formosa) These are all pretty aggressive and might actually damage the betta...
 
African ones mosambique (spelling) but they are not really that aggressive I've kept them with all sorts of fish and trust that the betta will kill it before the mosquito eater hurts it. At the back of my house there is a water catchment that they used to use for farming purposes (land in the suburb...not common) and there are many fish/aquatic creatures that live within. From turtles to Gudgeons to platy and mosquito eaters..even yabbies! Though I rarly hurt for anything more than platy's (with the odd mosquito eater getting caught) I just use them as feeders and dithers for my cichlids. I keep a 5gal running with them inside and they are timid little fish. I think the betta should do ok with these fish. Those fish your talking about sound nasty, hurting a betta that takes more than just a little fin nipper I guess..

Tah thanks for the info.
 
There are some really nasty little livebearers out there...thank goodness that there are nice ones as well!

When you say Mossambique, are we talking about a cichlid, by chance?

Google Seratherodon mossambique or Oreochromis mossambique (same fish) and see if those are what you have...if so, they get to be huge!!!

What are yabbies? I'm not familiar with the term, and I'd love to add it to the Glossary page.
 
yabbies? well they are a similar creature to a crayfish only with slightly different characteristics. They are mostly found in Australia. Haven't heard of anywhere else they have them, my apologies didn't know you hadn't heard of them. But the betta is starting to swim around a bit more (getting comfortable i think)

My brother sucked it up :eek: so its looking in a bad way...trying to swim around ...its doing ok..I think its going to make it.
 
I'm glad to hear that you think that it will make it. Bettas are, IMHO, among the most beautiful fish out there, and everyone (who is serious about keeping them well) should have one at some point in their aquarium hobbyist career...

I'll have to look up some stuff on the yabbies...YaBB is the name of one of the dominant bulletin board systems on the internet (Mojo uses it, I believe) and it interests me to learn more about these critters now that you've whetted my appetite... :)
 
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/images/pics/inland/yabby.jpg

there is a picture of a yabbie. If your going to search for them, make sure you mention somthing about them living in australia. Don't be surprised if you find a recipe site. They love to eat crayfish, lobsters and yabbies+bugs over here! but mostly salt water.

BTW:- My brothers betta unfortunatly didn't make it...See how he goes for a second fish. I mean he had it for a week and it died. Makes you wonder about letting him take care of another.
 
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Sometimes, XXXX happens when it comes to our hobby, though...do you think that the death was due to neglect or could it possibly have been due to poor Betta stock? Just make sure to help him through this one...you sound responsible enough! :)

Thanks for the Yabby picture...now time for some research on these critters! (If I can't find them, maybe a crayfish would be fun to keep...)
 
Yes crayfish are cool aswell I used to have a few before I used my tanks as Cichlid setups. I think more than anything the betta died from stress and or cold. I measured my tank in my room (5gal) and it sits at a 19'C without a heater. I placed a thermometre in his tank and it was at 12'C....19'C is 66'F, you do the math. It was quite cold. But he told me he almost sucked it up completly, so i'm gathering it was from stress. I think I will advise him on other fishes next time he wants to keep fish.

Now that I work at my LFS I will be given a 10% staff discount on everything, makes my pocket that little bit happier.
 
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