just got a betta fish

[Maximus96]

anybody else has one? just wondering

 

[Fraggle]

i hear betas like it if you put a mirror up to their fish tank... real social animals

 

[AreaCode707]

Betas are fighter fish, don't let it share a tank with anything but an opposite gender beta. We used to have a beta and a goldfish, in two seperate bowls next to each other and the beta would try to attack the goldfish through the glass.

 

[Pepsi90919]

yeah just make sure it doesn't die, as they're prone to doing

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Sorry HotChic, but that is not quite right. I had one live for more than a year in a community tank at my home. Never had a problem. BUT I believe what you said about the goldfish. Bettas are programmed to defend territory against their own kind. What I betta perceives their own kind to be is a fish with relatively large flowing fins in proportion to body size. So goldfish, fancy guppies, and sometimes angels can have a problem with bettas, but tetras, barbs, etc are fine.

 

[CStroman]

Are you keeping it in one of those tiny fishbowls or a real tank?

 

[Kanalua]

I've got one, and a mirror...

 

[notfred]

Only male bettas fight, and they only fight with other male bettas. It'll be fine with other fish, as long as they're not male bettas.

 

[Blayze]

I have had bettas before. I had one that lived in my 10 gallon tank with my other fish and didn't have any problems with him.

Good luck on your new fish

 

[hevnsnt]

I have one.. and he is a mean mofo..

I had an emergency and left him alone for 2 weeks and the sucker stayed alive.. I have had him for over a year now..

 

[Static911]

I put mine against my friend's African fish

Well, my beta put up a good fight for nearly 5 min....then...well...you know....

static911

 

[Slacker]

I had problems with my beta fish, gonna wait for the RTM

 

[telstar1]

put him in the blender

 

[Maximus96]

the fish died this morning...wonder if petco will replace him...

 

[rival]

i have one, had him about a month and a half...he sits in his lil bowl all day long...what a crappy existance, poor lil guy

 

[John]

I have had (3) Bettas on my bar for roughly 6 months now. They are in separate glass bowls.

 

[Azraele]

<< i have one, had him about a month and a half...he sits in his lil bowl all day long...what a crappy existance, poor lil guy >>



I got a fish tank for Christmas. I got a betta for the tank. I felt so sorry seeing the tiny bowls they're normally kept in...a miserable existence. When I put the beta into the tank he swam around and around, happy to finally be able to move around.

 

[StageLeft]

Put its bowl up against a mirror and watch.

 

[RONType1]

hehe.. throw a young goldfish in there with it... then you'll see FRIENDLY