pic of my pricey betta after a water change

[Naer]

 

[Naer]

gonna surround myself with animals. gonna make my inside look more like the outside

 

[BoomerD]

Ugly ditch-dwelling anabantoid.

 

[Newbian]

Looks lonely...

You need to give him another male friend to hang out with. :sneaky:

 

[gorcorps]

Looks lonely...

You need to give him another male friend to hang out with. :sneaky:

Does the survivor get a promotion to alpha then?

 

[Ken g6]

Your pricey "betta"? Now I can officially say, "I've seen betta!"

 

[kt]

Looks lonely...

You need to give him another male friend to hang out with. :sneaky:

Used to have two bettas in a fish tank. Of course, there was a glass divider in the middle to separate the two.

 

[dank69]

Pricey? Aren't those things like $3 at any pet shop?

 

[CraKaJaX]

Pricey? Aren't those things like $3 at any pet shop?

Exactly what I came to post.


Goodbye.

 

[MongGrel]

Some used to go for more than others, the common ones are pretty low.

Used to breed them a bit in the past myself. can be a bit tricky but interesting. You have to pay attention to what they are up to a bit.

Easy to maintain, don't even really need filters, etc, but better if you do have a small one.

Just a partial water change once a week or so and they do fine without one.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Looks pretty. I like those fish.

 

[purbeast0]

cool looking fish. i personally just can't get excited for fresh water aquariums for the most part just because the colors just aren't there compared to salt water fish.

 

[dawp]

Looks lonely...

You need to give him another male friend to hang out with. :sneaky:

na, he needs several females

and pricey? by who's standards? I've bought marine that cost more than your average betta.
I had one of these but they're hard to keep alive

 

[DrPizza]

cool looking fish. i personally just can't get excited for fresh water aquariums for the most part just because the colors just aren't there compared to salt water fish.

There are some exceptions, such as discus.

 

[balloonshark]

Why would anyone buy an "early access" fish?

 

[Blue_Max]

Pricey? Aren't those things like $3 at any pet shop?

The cheapies are, but there are 'fancies' that can go into the $20's and $50's.

They love them' bloodworms! Mmm-mmm mosquito larvae.

My lil' $5 fishy is much happier and larger since being moved to a heated tank much larger than this pic. (Heh... $50 tank for a $5 fish!)

 

[angminas]

Anybody who buys fish sold in those tiny containers is a psychopath.

 

[shortylickens]

Anybody who buys fish sold in those tiny containers is a psychopath.

Bullshit.

I'm a psychopath and I've never even owned a fish.

 

[ViRGE]

Pretty.

 

[Ns1]

Why would anyone buy an "early access" fish?

because nobody wants the gold master fish.

 

[MongGrel]

There are some exceptions, such as discus.

because nobody wants the gold master fish.

I used to have a really nice Discus tank with 4 large adults, they can be touchy to maintain.

Killifish are very colorful and can be maintained separately in small tanks, but that is a niche hobby in itself. I used to have a few, I knew one guy had at least 20 2.5 gallon tanks set up in a bank and had several varieties that there were people would mail eggs back and forth to each other to trade.

Probably even more common these days, that was pre WWW in the mid 80's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killifish

Usually just takes keeping the water conditions right, but that is a big part of discus also of course.

Used to have a few different species of bivittatums and a few others, they are pretty cool.

 

[GasX]

Bullshit.

I'm a psychopath and I've never even owned a fish.

Do you even Venn Diagram, bro?

 

[shortylickens]

Do you even Venn Diagram, bro?

is that where you slap two girls together and try to lick both their holes at the same time?

 

[purbeast0]

There are some exceptions, such as discus.

i just googled those and yeah some of them do look nice and colorful.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

As a kid I had a betta very similar to the OP's. Lasted almost exactly a year, we fed it small worms on occasion and one day we found it floating with half of one still in its mouth. Don't know if it choked on it or if it was just its time. RIP, whateverthehellyournamewas.