Betta Fighting Fishies!

[BD2003]

Anyone else got fighting fish? Theyre just so damn fun to have. Mean little suckers. Theyre cute little things though, and mine always say hi to me , when I come close to their tank.

Speaking of my tank, I bought this little tank thats split in two, separated by plastic, so they basically try to kill each other all day. Hopefully they wont die of a heart attack after too long. Biggest tank I have space for in my dorm room, and its just fun to watch em get all pissed off and puffed up all day long.

The blue one is called "Winterfresh", and the red one is called "Big Red". Winterfresh is kind of a snob, and big red is a real bastard. Anyone know if they grow in yellow and green?

They certainly hate each other, but when I dropped some little goldfish in their tank, only big red went for the jugular, and that took almost 2 hours. How do I instill that killer instinct in em? :|

And how long does the average one last anyways?

Pre-emptive flame-
And if any of you have a problem with me wanting my fish to be killers, I have only one thing to say. "So what did YOU have for lunch today?"

But if youre a vegetarian, you can just suck my balls.

 

[BettyBoop]

<< But if youre a vegetarian, you can just suck my balls. >>
Only if they are vegetaballs.

 

[DaiShan]

please those things are not killers, I have a rock grouper in my tank that will NOT eat anything that isn't moving, and will NOT eat anything smaller than my thumb, when I get close to the tank he jumps at the surface trying to get food (not kidding) this thing killed 2 tangs (not nice fish) and has snapped at me before (when cleaning the tank) you drop both of your fish in my tank then when he is done with them I will feed him dinner.

 

[BettyBoop]

Regarding your question about the life span, according to this site, a male betta can be expected to live two to three years.

 

[BD2003]

LOL

 

[SilverThief]

<< But if youre a vegetarian, you can just suck my balls. >>


Hahahaha! Nice one!

I love Siamese fighting fish they are beautiful.

 

[SilverThief]

Had a friend that owned a mean @ss Oscar fish. That damned thing would literally jump out of the tank at you if the lid wasnt on.

 

[Theslowone]

We had a snake head(kind of fish) that would eat anything, it was a cool fish but got to big.

We have a oscar now, she is mean, but i think she is a few slices short of a loaf.

 

[BD2003]

<< you drop both of your fish in my tank then when he is done with them I will feed him dinner. >>



And then we'll see who's dinner plate HE ends up on.

 

[DaiShan]

LOL, tell ya what, you stick your hand in there and pull him out barehanded, and you can eat him..

 

[CStroman]

I have a Betta in a 10 gallon tank. They are much more active in large spaces than in those little cups.

 

[Jzero]

Dude I have a crapload of bettas!
Keeping them in divided tanks is actually healthy for them so don't worry about that. The "rivalry" causes them to build better bubble nests and keep their fins up and their colors are brighter (did you notice they can change colors?)
I got 1 here on my desk PIC! and I have a little doubletail in my 30-gal tank.
I also have one of my gfs doubletails here.
At work I have a pet store fish (we bought him on 9/11, believe it or not...his name is Freedom) and also another double-tail I raised from about 6 weeks of age named Ichabob. They live in a divided 2.5-gal tank.

My gf also has 2 females and 3 males in her dorm room.

Hell, we even got my mom one! She never wanted a pet in 55 years but she got a betta!
hehehe

 

[BD2003]

Well, next year I get to move in a single, so I'll finally have enough room to give these guys a good new home. Hopefully theyre still alive by then. Almost gave them some real cold water today by mistake.

Any good websites on these fishies (that arent trying to sell them to you at the same time)?

And I'd love to have little baby bettas. If I just drop a female in there will he..."go to work?"

 

[Jzero]

<< Well, next year I get to move in a single, so I'll finally have enough room to give these guys a good new home. Hopefully theyre still alive by then. Almost gave them some real cold water today by mistake.

Any good websites on these fishies (that arent trying to sell them to you at the same time)?

And I'd love to have little baby bettas. If I just drop a female in there will he..."go to work?" >>


Pretty much. But make sure you separate them again! The male will take care of the fry. I'm not sure exactly the details about raising them from birth, but my gf is going to breed two of her fish this summer, so maybe I'll post some more info.

 

[Bleep]

<< but my gf is going to breed two of her fish this summer >>


Not a good thing to do! The best way is to let the little fishies breed each other.
Bleep

 

[Jzero]

<<

<< but my gf is going to breed two of her fish this summer >>


Not a good thing to do! The best way is to let the little fishies breed each other.
Bleep >>



LOL
I had to read that about 5 times before I got it

 

[wnied]

I have a male and female in a 46 gallon community freshwater tank. The male keeps mostly to himself and plays school crossing guard with the school of little neons from time to time. The female likes to watch passersby outside the tank and will eat from my hand. Pretty elegant fish if fed well.

~wnied~

 

[notfred]

haha, those fish are really pretty tame. I kept a large mouth bass as a pet (cought it as a fry, kept it till it was about 9 inches long). That thing would kick the ass of any fish it could fit in it's mouth. You'd throw a gold fish in there, and when he went after it, all you'd see was a tail sticking out of his mouth, and some gold scales falling down in the water (remember the bird-baseball video? Imagine scales in place of feathers, it looks kinda like that).

 

[Kelvrick]

I don't know why everyone is bagging on them. They just naturally fight each other over territory and such. They're not actually mean fish like oscars and stuff. They can live fine with pretty much anything else and can live on fish flakes.

The double tails are showy, but aren't as practical. I used to own a Black/blue/red one when I was in Jr. High. He was the best damn fighter ever. Black at the head with a fade to blue and then red at the tips of his tail. The lil guy was a great fighter. I've owned tons of these and after the fights, short-tails always seem to look better going out because then their tails aren't all ripped up.

To breed them, you put the mail and female in a covered container in the DARK and once everything is done, you take the female out. Or was it the male? One of em, sorry, its been a while.

 

[BD2003]

How do you know when everythings "done"?

 

[yobarman]

<< How do you know when everythings "done"? >>



when they're both smoking a ciggarette.

 

[Azraele]

You're mean getting them all agitated like that. :| How would you like it if you were upset all the time?

That said, I have a betta in a 5 gallon tank. I had planned to get other fish, but I felt so bad for the betta stuck in that itty bitty container that I got him instead.

 

[no0b]

I have a 58gal and a 55gal both filled with baby Jack Dempseys that I'm trying to get rid of. So if you live in the burbs of chicago e-mail me.