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Fish! Just bought a betta.

Hayabusa Rider

Hayabusa Rider

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Fellow will be flying in from Thailand :biggrin:
 
that's a pretty sexy betta. why flying it in? are you ordering special fighting-class bettas for your underground fish-fighting ring?
 
zinfamous said:
:hmm:

How did your post end up in HamburgerBoy's post?

:hmm:
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You noticed eh? 😀

Many of the best bettas are bred in Asia, and they post pics of individual fish.

If anyone is interested there's a site "Aquabid" that's sort of an ebay for fish and aquarium supplies. That's where I bought this one.
 
Is that fungus on his upper lip? 😱

I suppose they have the same short life expectancy of the common Betta Splendens?
 
are these "fighting fish" just a species name or is there really such a thing

google gave me nothing but species name
 
You can train betas to fight viciously. I used to do this when I was a kid, you can use smooth objects to provoke them inside their jar, or place two next to each others separated by a glass partition, or just two glass jars next to each others.

In my experience, the darker fish is, the harder they fight and the less likely they'll lose. Yours look like a modeling fish, and not a fighting one.
 
I just saw a beta at a local pet store just like that. I even asked why it looked so much different then your typical $2 beta.

And I already forgot the answer but undoubtedly it's a different bred
 
That's one hell of a betta.

The coolest pet fish I ever saw was a lionfish (yes, it's a type of scorpionfish). This guy was so smart that when it was feeding time he'd actually float himself to the surface, stick his head out of the water and casually open his mouth when the sacrificial goldfish was offered.

A beautiful, and potentially dangerous, fish.
 
qliveur said:
That's one hell of a betta.

The coolest pet fish I ever saw was a lionfish (yes, it's a type of scorpionfish). This guy was so smart that when it was feeding time he'd actually float himself to the surface, stick his head out of the water and casually open his mouth when the sacrificial goldfish was offered.

A beautiful, and potentially dangerous, fish.
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Salt water. A different game.
 
Rubycon said:
Is that fungus on his upper lip? I suppose they have the same short life expectancy of the common Betta Splendens?
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No, just a reflection. Four years is a reasonable expectation. This one is not quite 4 months old.

My daughter keeps one, and I was reading up on them and found this fellow. We had one in a community tank some years ago and he did well for over 5 years. I don't plan on putting him in one though.
 
Moonbeam said:
Salt water. A different game.
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True, yes he was a saltwalter fish.

I was just commenting that he was the smartest pet fish that I've ever seen. Usually, pet fish just swim around in the aquarium, oblivious to the outside world. They are just... fish. This guy was different.
 
Hayabusa Rider said:
No, just a reflection. Four years is a reasonable expectation. This one is not quite 4 months old.

My daughter keeps one, and I was reading up on them and found this fellow. We had one in a community tank some years ago and he did well for over 5 years. I don't plan on putting him in one though.
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I noticed it on the youtube video that you posted.

While five years seems long for a fish it is rather short. 😱
 
As a warning, the botia family prefers fish of its own kind and other loaches. Be careful of the aggressive nature of the betta, as once the loaches get large, they wont take to the aggression well and will either hide and let him/her be dominant or they will fight back. Also, the pattern on the botia could be bad depending on how bright they are, bettas dont like flashy patterns.
 
SSSnail said:
You can train betas to fight viciously. I used to do this when I was a kid, you can use smooth objects to provoke them inside their jar, or place two next to each others separated by a glass partition, or just two glass jars next to each others.

In my experience, the darker fish is, the harder they fight and the less likely they'll lose. Yours look like a modeling fish, and not a fighting one.
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explains a lot about you, thanks.
 
qliveur said:
True, yes he was a saltwalter fish.

I was just commenting that he was the smartest pet fish that I've ever seen. Usually, pet fish just swim around in the aquarium, oblivious to the outside world. They are just... fish. This guy was different.
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My angel fish know when feeding time is and can interact with me. You've never owned an oscar before I take either?
 
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