ruthcatrin
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*sigh* you guys are making me miss my fish lol, hubby's going to kill me if I start spending tons on fish again....
*sigh* you guys are making me miss my fish lol, hubby's going to kill me if I start spending tons on fish again....
I had 6 of them in a 20gallon long, with some danios. They never bothered the danios. I'd not want any other bottom layer fish in with them though! I bought a bunch of big snail shells and they buried and unburied and just had a blast with them. They were SO MUCH FUN to watch, but they did dig up all the plants lol.
They were a little hard to find, and the guy I got them from, his website is down right now. But now you guys have me looking so if he gets it back up in the near future I'll let you know. I think if I did pick up fish keeping again it'd probly be with these guys.
I have a 20 gal tall. Currently I have 3 female betas, 1 platinum white male beta and a plecostomus in it. All being decent to each other. I used quite a few silk plants in there and 2 cave like decorations and a cichlid rock. Lots of binding places.
I have owned Betas for 10 years or so. The longest I had one was 4 years I believe and I got him as a Juvenile. Then I went on Vacation and had my dad watching him. Bad idea I came home to a cloudy tank and an abundance of food in the tank he basically died of suffocation. The 2nd longest living one was just shy of 4 years and again vacation and had a different person looking after the bowl he was in and again I came home to a cloudy tank and too much food. Needless to say I measure out Daily portions into baggies for who ever has to look after my tank...I thought about getting bettas at first after looking at all the fancy ones on youtube, but then I figured they didn't live long enough.
Needless to say I measure out Daily portions into baggies for who ever has to look after my tank...
I have never had trouble keeping bettas I think they are pretty hardy fish as far as I ma concerned. This is what I do to set up a tank or bowl for my Beta's.I think 4 years is pretty respectable for a betta. I've been keeping fish for 30 years but have only recently been able to keep bettas alive for more than a week or two!
Liz: bet your water is hard with a high PH? Bettas are really sensitive to it. I bred them for a bit. They can live upwards of 5 years, but 3 is more common....