I.D.10-t wrote:Great pet, just watch the water. Most people try to treat their fish too well and change all of the water at once. Lack of healthy bacteria, chlorine, etc. will hurt a fish faster than neglect.
I know. She isn't my first fish. I used to have many tanks set up, you know--back when I didn't have a life.
emmline wrote:Nice fish Cran! I hope she does well.
Thanks. I wanted to get a mouse but we're not allowed to have them in the dorms...
...but if I got a female (which don't produce the musky smell like the males) and let her live in a big sterilite box under my desk where nobody would ever know...
...
Oh ... they'll know alright... when she finally manages to chew through that sterlite!
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emmline wrote:Nice fish Cran! I hope she does well.
Thanks. I wanted to get a mouse but we're not allowed to have them in the dorms...
...but if I got a female (which don't produce the musky smell like the males) and let her live in a big sterilite box under my desk where nobody would ever know...
...
Oh ... they'll know alright... when she finally manages to chew through that sterlite!
Actually, I've kept hundreds of mice like that before. As long as the insides of the big sterilite box are smooth, there's nothing for them to grab on to so they can't (and don't) chew out.
Bettas are cool to breed, the male will create a bubble nest and capture the eggs in his mouse and 'blow' them into the bubbles. They stay there until hatching.
We used to keep them when I was a kid, but my dad kept the tank in the path of the window AC unit, so they didn't live though the Houston summer.
Eddie
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beowulf573 wrote:.... the male will create a bubble nest and capture the eggs in his mouse....
That's one hellova trick for a fish!
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Tell us something.: I've picked up the tinwhistle again after several years, and have recently purchased a Chieftain v5 from Kerry Whistles that I cannot wait to get (why can't we beam stuff yet, come on Captain Kirk, get me my Low D!)
Ow, shucks!
I thought mebey you could tell me how to teach my fish how to do that...
(I've got a miniature Bask Shark <I think that's what it's called>. It's supposed to be vegetarian or something, but it ate one of my other fish! I figured if I could teach him how to catch a mouse in his mouth, then catch eggs with his mouse, I could make some good money at the county fair!)
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Cranberry wrote:OK, follow up question--I know it's normal for female bettas to sometimes lay eggs, and, in the absense of a male to fertilize them, to eat them.
But is it normal for them to lay the eggs and NOT eat them?
I think it would depend on how hungry she is. If you've been feeding her, then she might not eat the eggs.
Cranberry wrote:OK, follow up question--I know it's normal for female bettas to sometimes lay eggs, and, in the absense of a male to fertilize them, to eat them.
But is it normal for them to lay the eggs and NOT eat them?
How many things can you do with eggs? Isn't that both of 'em?
Actually, I was thinking that one female betta could be a bit tricky to entertain (In the world of betta's, the males spend houres in front of the mirror but the females don't seem to care that much) so she might get a bit depressed.
This is as clear a picture of Susan as I could get, and her house. The camera made her look greenish, but she's actually quite blue.
Those brown bulbous things are plants that haven't sprouted yet.
I'm going to try to find some duckweed to put in there with her, but the pet store doesnt carry it because it grows too fast and ebay and aquabid only want to sell it by the cup full but I only need about a spoon of it. Any C&Fers just so happen to have spare duckweed they wanna give me?
