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Posted by Steven Schneider on June 19, 2007, 3:11 pm
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Hi,
I'm just wondering about the wisdom of something I'm planning on
doing. Now recently I acquired a Betta from my sister and her
family who had in turn acquired it from a friend of theirs.
Apparently, my sister's family was finding it to be more
maintenance than they wished to deal with.
About a year, or more, prior to this, we had lost our own Betta that
we had had for over a year. Unfortunately, it died from stress
related causes, but that's another story.
Anyhow, I have a 20 Gal aquarium that is populated by three albino
Cory Cats, and five White Mountain Cloud Minnows. What I'm planning
to do, at some point in the not to distant future, is transfer the
Betta to the aquarium. Now, I know that a lot has to do with the
temperaments of the individual fish, but in general is this not a
very wise idea?
I understand that the aquarium is probably near capacity as it is,
and that with the addition of the Betta I'll have to do more
frequent water changes. Bearing that in mind I'm currently more
worried about compatibility. From what I understand, Betta's are
_generally_ docile with other species of fish, and that Corys and
White Mountain Clouds are quite docile themselves.
Any insight/thoughts on this matter would be appreciated. Many
thanks to all group members who have helped in the past who might
still be current.
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Posted by A. Paul. Ing on June 19, 2007, 3:56 pm
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Fuck it, just flush that Betta, they are too cheapo to be concerned
with anyhow........or put it in a mason jar and stick it on the window
sill where it can get full afternoon sun.......it does a betta good,
getting allthat Vitimin C and D by way of natural sunlight. Use
chlorinated watera s they are labryinth fish so ghey can be dumped in
chlorinated water, and that water keeps crap like ICH etc down, and
yur betta will be much healthier too. Just toss in a big old earthworm
for food. It will eventually drown and starata rotting, and this gives
the betta bite sized pieces of food for a long long time, and all you
have to do is top it off with dishwater or tap water once or so a
week......Bettas are pretty darn maintenance free fish, evidently your
sister is a lazy ass
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:11:04 GMT, Steven Schneider
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<<>>Hi,
<<>>
<<>>I'm just wondering about the wisdom of something I'm planning on
<<>>doing. Now recently I acquired a Betta from my sister and her
<<>>family who had in turn acquired it from a friend of theirs.
<<>>Apparently, my sister's family was finding it to be more
<<>>maintenance than they wished to deal with.
<<>>
<<>>About a year, or more, prior to this, we had lost our own Betta that
<<>>we had had for over a year. Unfortunately, it died from stress
<<>>related causes, but that's another story.
<<>>
<<>>Anyhow, I have a 20 Gal aquarium that is populated by three albino
<<>>Cory Cats, and five White Mountain Cloud Minnows. What I'm planning
<<>>to do, at some point in the not to distant future, is transfer the
<<>>Betta to the aquarium. Now, I know that a lot has to do with the
<<>>temperaments of the individual fish, but in general is this not a
<<>>very wise idea?
<<>>
<<>>I understand that the aquarium is probably near capacity as it is,
<<>>and that with the addition of the Betta I'll have to do more
<<>>frequent water changes. Bearing that in mind I'm currently more
<<>>worried about compatibility. From what I understand, Betta's are
<<>>_generally_ docile with other species of fish, and that Corys and
<<>>White Mountain Clouds are quite docile themselves.
<<>>
<<>>Any insight/thoughts on this matter would be appreciated. Many
<<>>thanks to all group members who have helped in the past who might
<<>>still be current.
<<>>
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Posted by Tynk on June 19, 2007, 6:00 pm
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> Hi,
>
> I'm just wondering about the wisdom of something I'm planning on
> doing. Now recently I acquired a Betta from my sister and her
> family who had in turn acquired it from a friend of theirs.
> Apparently, my sister's family was finding it to be more
> maintenance than they wished to deal with.
>
> About a year, or more, prior to this, we had lost our own Betta that
> we had had for over a year. Unfortunately, it died from stress
> related causes, but that's another story.
>
> Anyhow, I have a 20 Gal aquarium that is populated by three albino
> Cory Cats, and five White Mountain Cloud Minnows. What I'm planning
> to do, at some point in the not to distant future, is transfer the
> Betta to the aquarium. Now, I know that a lot has to do with the
> temperaments of the individual fish, but in general is this not a
> very wise idea?
>
> I understand that the aquarium is probably near capacity as it is,
> and that with the addition of the Betta I'll have to do more
> frequent water changes. Bearing that in mind I'm currently more
> worried about compatibility. From what I understand, Betta's are
> _generally_ docile with other species of fish, and that Corys and
> White Mountain Clouds are quite docile themselves.
>
> Any insight/thoughts on this matter would be appreciated. Many
> thanks to all group members who have helped in the past who might
> still be current.
>
Hi Steven.
Pay no attention to *A. Pail. Ing*...he's a moron and you can
obviously see why to ignore him.
As for your Betta, it will depend on his individual personality.
Each is different. Some are perfectly fine with tank mates and some
aren't.
I would go ahead and try it out. but do watch for the White clouds to
be nippy. If they are, remove the Betta.
I'm curious as to what temp this tank is. You have warm water and cool
water fish together, so you should have it at a happy medium for
both. *76f is the lowest I'd ever keep a Betta at, and I wouldn't
recommend keeping one under it.
Bettas actually prefer it on the warmer side. 78-80*f is optimal for
the Betta, but you do have the clouds to think of.
When first adding the male he may huff and puff and little and then
become bored with his new tank mates.
Some take a few days to used to the idea of sharing a tank, while
others have to work on learning to swim with those long fins!
Just remember to have a back up plan ready in case it doesn't work
out.
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Posted by Steven Schneider on June 19, 2007, 9:59 pm
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> Hi Steven.
Hi. :-)
> Pay no attention to *A. Pail. Ing*...he's a moron and you can
> obviously see why to ignore him.
Yeah, I've been lurking the past couple of days and have taken the
trouble to killfile him. Unfortunately, I seem to have a score in
my killfile to kill posts from all AOLers too. If I hadn't thought
to tell my newsreader to specifically look for children to this
post, I'd have never seen your post, or tristan*@yahoo.coms.
I'll have to make a slight modification to my AOL score. :-)
> I would go ahead and try it out. but do watch for the White clouds to
> be nippy. If they are, remove the Betta.
K, I'll keep an eye on the little nippers.
> I'm curious as to what temp this tank is. You have warm water and cool
> water fish together, so you should have it at a happy medium for
> both. *76f is the lowest I'd ever keep a Betta at, and I wouldn't
> recommend keeping one under it.
It's ~22 C (~72 F) on cool/cold days. This being summer, in a south
facing apartment, even in Canada it's often 27 C (80 F) or better.
I keep the water level lower so the output from the filter can
splash onto the surface, and we have fan that runs when the room is
in use.
> Just remember to have a back up plan ready in case it doesn't work
> out.
>
Thanks, for the advice. I have a couple of little Betta bowls that
I could use for a standby, for now. Currently, the Betta is
occupying one of the bowls as part of his quarantine. :-)
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Posted by Steven Schneider on June 19, 2007, 10:22 pm
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Hurray, following up my own post. How lame. :-(
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>> Pay no attention to *A. Pail. Ing*...he's a moron and you can
>> obviously see why to ignore him.
>
> Yeah, I've been lurking the past couple of days and have taken the
> trouble to killfile him. Unfortunately, I seem to have a score in
> my killfile to kill posts from all AOLers too. If I hadn't thought
> to tell my newsreader to specifically look for children to this
> post, I'd have never seen your post, or tristan*@yahoo.coms.
>
> I'll have to make a slight modification to my AOL score. :-)
>
Upon closer inspection, you're a google grouper. I checked my
scorefile and sure enough I killfile all googlegroupers, though not
replies to them, by default.
See http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html for details.
Fixed for Tynk now. :-)
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> Hi,
>
> I'm just wondering about the wisdom of something I'm planning on
> doing. Now recently I acquired a Betta from my sister and her
> family who had in turn acquired it from a friend of theirs.
> Apparently, my sister's family was finding it to be more
> maintenance than they wished to deal with.
>
> About a year, or more, prior to this, we had lost our own Betta that
> we had had for over a year. Unfortunately, it died from stress
> related causes, but that's another story.
>
> Anyhow, I have a 20 Gal aquarium that is populated by three albino
> Cory Cats, and five White Mountain Cloud Minnows. What I'm planning
> to do, at some point in the not to distant future, is transfer the
> Betta to the aquarium. Now, I know that a lot has to do with the
> temperaments of the individual fish, but in general is this not a
> very wise idea?
>
> I understand that the aquarium is probably near capacity as it is,
> and that with the addition of the Betta I'll have to do more
> frequent water changes. Bearing that in mind I'm currently more
> worried about compatibility. From what I understand, Betta's are
> _generally_ docile with other species of fish, and that Corys and
> White Mountain Clouds are quite docile themselves.
>
> Any insight/thoughts on this matter would be appreciated. Many
> thanks to all group members who have helped in the past who might
> still be current.
>