john - 2011-12-12 Hi, I found this really neat fish on thatpetplace.com called the south american leaf fish and the banded leaf fish, I was wondering how to breed these fish and if I could keep them with bettas in a heavely planted tank.
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Anonymous - 2011-12-15 You could probably keep female bettas with those other fish, but a male betta would kill it as soon as it found it.
David Brough - 2012-01-26 Actually, Bettas are not aggressive to other kinds of fish at all, a leaf fish would be fine with a betta.
Kait - 2012-04-18 Actually they are aggressive fish. The male is anyway. Females for the most part are peaceful. The male will violently tear the other fish apart literally. That's kinda why they are called 'fighting fish'.
Rachel - 2012-09-30 Actually, male betta are only aggressive to other male bettas, and sometimes other brightly colored fish like fancy guppies. They're mostly peaceful with other species as long as they don't mistake them for another male betta. I have one in my community tank with mollies and angelfish.
Emon - 2012-05-18 I have bought a male betta yesterday and just in 1 day the colour of its fins have faded a lot. I'm worried about its life. What is the cause of this and what to do now???
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-05-18 Stress. Keep him in clean water and feed well it will come back.
turner - 2012-08-09 I feed mine tetra pro colour. every other feed and it has brought the red out in my male fighter and starting to bring the blue out in my female
Bob - 2012-02-21 First, my male Betta made a bubble nest and then the next day there was not 1 bubble, was just wondering why that happened. Second, my male and female constantly race each other to the ends of the tanks ( theres a divider between them ). Lastly, every time I go to sleep I hear water splashing in the tank. ( when I check the fish, there both sleeping )
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Clarice Brough - 2012-02-26 Maybe all that splashing you hear at night, and the racing around the tank is disrupting the bubble nest.
lindsey escudero - 2012-07-30 The splashing your hearing may be the filter if you have one. The reason thee bettas chase each other around is because the male wants to defend his territory and the female is challenging him. Of coarse they can't really do any thing because they are divided, but do not at any occasion put them togethor......someone will die
turner - 2012-08-09 I have a female and male seamise fighter fish with other fish in my tank and none of them fight. Sometime the male and female fighter swim together but other than that they stay out of the way. Males can't go together
amy - 2012-08-02 Hi I have a female halfmoon (named Blenny) with red fins n white body with my gold fishes. I'm too sad to see it doesn't eat food and goes slyly around. Do I have to get a partner such that it gets free of lonliness. There's no harm when I keep it with my gold fish (I feel theres competition of food likely),,,,,,,,,,,,need guidance.
Anonymous - 2012-07-02 Hi guys I am from Nepal. I need two female beta (fighter) fish.but I am not getting it any pet shop of Nepal. So can you send me those fishes for me. Plz replay.
Tom - 2012-04-03 Hey I have a Beta and he's usually quite happy, but recently he's been very inactive and sluggish, mostly hanging around the top of his ( 25 cm tall 17 cm wide ) bowl with the plants, I usually change his water every week but this week I had to put it off by a couple of days, could this have negitavly effected him?
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Alex Burleson - 2012-04-03 It's possible, however missing a water change by a few days (1-5 days) should not be too detrimental to the Betta's health. I would proceed with cleaning his water once a week as usual.
Anonymous - 2012-02-13 Hi,um, every female betta I get becomes super aggresive in 2 weeks or less (one even ate the eye of a live feeder fish after it realized the fish didn't fit in it's mouth). Is there any explaination or way to prevent this because I would like to breed betta fish but I don't want dead fish floating all around.
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Alex Burleson - 2012-02-13 Breeding Bettas is an exciting task! Bettas in general are known for their aggression, even during breeding. Honestly, what is required to breed them, is that you introduce them to each other, slowly. There are a great deal of articles on the internet regarding this. As it would be a grand job to type, feel free to email me with an questions, or comments. alex.burleson@live.com
john - 2011-11-22 Hi, it's me, again. I was just wondering if my deseased betta(chewy and his girl missy) could have ghosts. Don't say I've been drinking too much because I'm 12 years old and I HAVE SEEN white fish shaped objects in my tank. The only fish in there is a white guppy.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-11-22 I won't say you have been drinking. If you are seeing them, then they must be there. I don't know whether they are ghosts or shadows or getting ready to go to another world but if you see them they are there.
john - 2011-11-23 Thx charlie, it makes me fell better that they are still with me. and by white guppy I meant yellow and red guppy. And also thx for answering so many of my questions.
calvin johnson - 2012-01-28 by white you mean yellow and red? ithink your seeing your white guppy? (thats really yellow and red).
The Siamese Fighting Fish is one of the most popular aquarium fish, and has been part of the hobby for a very long time!
Hi, I found this really neat fish on thatpetplace.com called the south american leaf fish and the banded leaf fish, I was wondering how to breed these fish and if I could keep them with bettas in a heavely planted tank.
You could probably keep female bettas with those other fish, but a male betta would kill it as soon as it found it.
Actually, Bettas are not aggressive to other kinds of fish at all, a leaf fish would be fine with a betta.
Actually they are aggressive fish. The male is anyway. Females for the most part are peaceful. The male will violently tear the other fish apart literally. That's kinda why they are called 'fighting fish'.
Actually, male betta are only aggressive to other male bettas, and sometimes other brightly colored fish like fancy guppies. They're mostly peaceful with other species as long as they don't mistake them for another male betta. I have one in my community tank with mollies and angelfish.
I have bought a male betta yesterday and just in 1 day the colour of its fins have faded a lot. I'm worried about its life. What is the cause of this and what to do now???
Stress. Keep him in clean water and feed well it will come back.
I feed mine tetra pro colour. every other feed and it has brought the red out in my male fighter and starting to bring the blue out in my female
First, my male Betta made a bubble nest and then the next day there was not 1 bubble, was just wondering why that happened. Second, my male and female constantly race each other to the ends of the tanks ( theres a divider between them ). Lastly, every time I go to sleep I hear water splashing in the tank. ( when I check the fish, there both sleeping )
Maybe all that splashing you hear at night, and the racing around the tank is disrupting the bubble nest.
The splashing your hearing may be the filter if you have one. The reason thee bettas chase each other around is because the male wants to defend his territory and the female is challenging him. Of coarse they can't really do any thing because they are divided, but do not at any occasion put them togethor......someone will die
I have a female and male seamise fighter fish with other fish in my tank and none of them fight. Sometime the male and female fighter swim together but other than that they stay out of the way. Males can't go together
Hi I have a female halfmoon (named Blenny) with red fins n white body with my gold fishes. I'm too sad to see it doesn't eat food and goes slyly around. Do I have to get a partner such that it gets free of lonliness. There's no harm when I keep it with my gold fish (I feel theres competition of food likely),,,,,,,,,,,,need guidance.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, these fish are so beautiful. I always feel so mad when I go to walmart and see how bad they are treated
Hi guys I am from Nepal. I need two female beta (fighter) fish.but I am not getting it any pet shop of Nepal. So can you send me those fishes for me. Plz replay.
Hey I have a Beta and he's usually quite happy, but recently he's been very inactive and sluggish, mostly hanging around the top of his ( 25 cm tall 17 cm wide ) bowl with the plants, I usually change his water every week but this week I had to put it off by a couple of days, could this have negitavly effected him?
It's possible, however missing a water change by a few days (1-5 days) should not be too detrimental to the Betta's health. I would proceed with cleaning his water once a week as usual.
Hi,um, every female betta I get becomes super aggresive in 2 weeks or less (one even ate the eye of a live feeder fish after it realized the fish didn't fit in it's mouth). Is there any explaination or way to prevent this because I would like to breed betta fish but I don't want dead fish floating all around.
Breeding Bettas is an exciting task! Bettas in general are known for their aggression, even during breeding. Honestly, what is required to breed them, is that you introduce them to each other, slowly. There are a great deal of articles on the internet regarding this. As it would be a grand job to type, feel free to email me with an questions, or comments.
alex.burleson@live.com
Hi, it's me, again. I was just wondering if my deseased betta(chewy and his girl missy) could have ghosts. Don't say I've been drinking too much because I'm 12 years old and I HAVE SEEN white fish shaped objects in my tank. The only fish in there is a white guppy.
I won't say you have been drinking. If you are seeing them, then they must be there. I don't know whether they are ghosts or shadows or getting ready to go to another world but if you see them they are there.
Thx charlie, it makes me fell better that they are still with me. and by white guppy I meant yellow and red guppy. And also thx for answering so many of my questions.
by white you mean yellow and red? ithink your seeing your white guppy? (thats really yellow and red).
I bought a new fghtng fish yesterday.......it started to lay eggs......wat did I do? I have no males in the tank....
Females periodically release eggs. It is nothing to be concerned about, as they are not fertilized.