BettaVishVish

Hi..and Welcome.

Maybe you can help me to find the cover for my FLuval Edge. :thumbs:

I posted it here:

http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?showtopic=31099

thanks.

Hi..any idea where I can get the cover/lid for Fluval Edge?

Mine get rusty and it looks bad.

thanks

darn nice shot!. were you waiting for the lightning ? or it just happened.

regardless.. how did you capture the lightning?

a betta's tankmates is ENTIRELY dependent on the betta's personality and whether they will tolerate anything living in the same tank as them. i have a male betta that barely tolerates the ramshorn snails that are in with him, so i don't think i'll ever have fish as tankmates with this particular betta, just to be on the safe side.

you could try the shrimp and see if your betta will be tolerant of them, but be sure to have an alternate tank to move the shrimp or the betta to, should the betta be aggressive.

is your tank planted? that will make the shrimp feel more comfortable and give them hiding spots too.

oh now.. that you mentioned about aggressive betta, I think my betta may not like the shrimps. I had seen him ate my endler . The 2 other endlers were also disappeared.. and he had fought with my ram.

with Jaykit. planted shrimp would look awesome. as BettaVishVish asked, would you need to cycle it for a shrimp tank?

Shrimps? hahaha I'd never thought about this seriously but now am thinking maybe that's not a bad idea.

I have half moon betta in my fluval now, I heard that's not good idea to put betta and shrimps together.

I'm thinking to make over my 6 gal tank but don't know yet what I'm gonna do with it.

Any suggestion, idea? Any pictures or link would be appreciated.

Now, if I re-do my tank, do I need to cycle it again?

thanks.

That's awesome that you can combine both your education and passion together.

i'm sure people in this forum can give you information you need.

Good luck with your research and hope you can graduate soon

that last pic is awesome. me likey!!

me too!

The two Coastal shots are in Bellingham, Washington State. The Waterfal is whatcom county falls in the same area. I've got a bunch more shots i'll put up later.

Nice views.

How did you shot the waterfalls?

So I am planning on going for vacation for 3 weeks later this year and have got auto feeders for my 2 main tanks. That leaves my Edge shrimp tank unattended for the 3 weeks. I have a couple of indian almond leaves in there for the shrimp to graze on and plenty of plants in the tank. Any opinions on whether that will be enough? Should I try to put an autofeeder on that tank too(would load with Hikari shrimp bites)? I am worried it will dump too much food in there and cause a spike.

So.. how's your shrimp? survived?

nice. are you going to hide the wire? how?

fish don't get bored or lonely. these are human emotions that we all too often attribute to animals. we personify our pets way too often.

that being said, a fish can act listless due to having no stimulation in its environment, but this is not 'bored' or 'lonely'.

if your betta is looking 'bored' (being inactive, listless, etc) then you may want to try holding a small hand mirror up to its tank for a few minutes each day. this will cause the betta to think that another male is invading his territory and he will flare his fins and act all 'huffy' while viewing his reflection. should perk him up.

males don't need to 'meet the female' unless you are planning on breeding. females can be stressed by being near males without breeding.

yes I agree...we often personify pets as a way to communicate or translate the pets needs.

yeah I dont have any plan to breed betta...well unless I find a cool female betta .

thank you for your tips.

:smokey: Definitely!! Try putting a mirror against the tank from time to time or put another betta in a jar beside him. Or in my case,put 40 bettas beside him.

ah..I like the mirror idea. I'll try this.

Do you think betta can feel lonely or even bored just swimming in the tank? I laughed when I typed this question..but also curious to find out the answer.

The reason I asked this because sometimes people put the betta in a small jar or bowl and the betta pretty much sitting oops floating alone. I would probably bored if I were the betta .

Can we know if the betta is bored or lonely? Do you know if male betta needs to meet the female?

Nice pictures as always . Thank you for sharing these..brighten my lunch time today

wow... Those shot are incredible. I just bought a 7D with the 135 lens and definitely dont have the experience in getting pictures like that!

Show us some pictures

Nice. I wouldn't think about the foil and foam ..that's good idea for adding the insulation. and oh your Finnegan looks pretty!

Looks cool. Would be nice if you can post some pictures from the start 'till the end result

cool...thank you for showing us how the end result looks like with different lights.

hahaha...that's crazy, but I can understand why. will you post the pictures of your bettas?

hahaha ... very creative. I wonder how your wife said or how your son reaction after that

San Fransisco is a nice city for a convention. What would you get from the convention? sorry ... I never come to IBC .. so I don't know what to expect.

thanks for the info.

Maybe you should look into using Co2?

A friend of mine told me this too. My tank is only 6 gal.. baby tank.. so maybe it's overkilled for a small tank?

Your sword looks very nice and healthy.

Mine looks brown and stop growing. I almost took out the whole plant yesterday because they don;t look healthy..but I thought I should give another try.

I don't think this will answer your question but ..I know in Java, Indonesia, if you say Betta as to refer betta fish, most people won't know.

But if you say "Ikan Cupang"..they know what you mean.

They said they call betta as Ikan cupang because its mouth likes ready to kiss till ...(ok..I’ll stop here ) and when the fish fight, the fish will push and bite each other. In Indonesian, Ikan means fish, and cupang means kiss..more like, kissing as hickey or biting.

The other story..in Indonesia, if you say Ikan Betta..(written as Ikan Beta) it can mean as an expression, to express your ownership to the fish.

The word beta itself is only used in a certain tribe in Indonesia. Nowdays people don't use the word beta anymore. Even if they use it, it's used for fun ..it doesn't have the same meaning as in the old days.

The word beta was used to emphasize your love, respect or ownership to something or someone. So in the old days if someone said ikan beta, that means the person has so much love to the fish, very proud to the fish. The word itself is like a mantra. Don’t even dare to mess up with this fish.

Now..is there any correlation or just coincidence between the used of word beta to the betta fish as fighting fish..I don’t know . All I know..I love my betta