So I recently bought a Beta (fish)

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MBrown

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Originally posted by: FallenHero
You know me and a buddy did this once in college. We had a community fish tank and everyone bought random fishes. Well, me and a friend bought red and blue betas. Mine was the blue one, named Jesus. His was named Satan. We dumped them into the tank with all the other fishes (about 10 in total.) Jesus and Satan duked it out, but poor jesus...he lost. :( However, victory was his in the end as the next day a plauge swept the tank and killed everyones fish. I like to think Jesus won in the long run.

Anyway, thats my fish story.
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:laugh: :laugh:
 
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LookingGlass

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Originally posted by: falias
I hope you get beat up by a random stranger on the way to your friends house.
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Better watch that, the fish will step in, and come to the rescue if you beat up his friend. :p
 
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eakers

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wow, thats pretty cruel.

but at least you aren't throwing a helpless fish (like a goldfish) in with a beta like kids I knew in highschool.

 
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cirrhosis

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:music:

To train them is my cause

I will travel across the land

Searching far and wide

Teach Pokemon to understand

The power that's inside

Pokemon!

Gotta catch 'em all--

It's you and me

I know it's my destiny

Pokemon! :music:
 
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DaiShan

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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Originally posted by: falias
I hope you get beat up by a random stranger on the way to your friends house.
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Why? Beta fish have no purpose aside from killing other fish. It's not like he's forcing the fish to kill either.
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People don't force dogs to kill each other either, so why shouldn't we let them fight? See, being ignorant is fun!
 
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DaiShan

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Originally posted by: Soccerman06
Originally posted by: Crazyfool
That's actually pretty uncool.
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no Greenpeace Pussies or the "Treat Everything as Equals" people please, for peet sake dont whine about something you wouldnt do because it's "cruel" in your opinion.
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Nah we're not complaining because it's cruel, you just sound like your 12. Seriously get out of the house and meet some girls, staging fish fights in your friends parents basement pretty much ensures that you will never get laid.
 
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Mr Pickles

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I lost the quote! Someone said something about putting a mirror up to their bowl. I would think that would be the best way to train him, but don't leave it up there, he will fight and die from exaustion before he stops. He will most likely hurt himself on the glass. It's good to just keep his senses arroused by doing the mirror thing, not physical training. He has to be pissed the minute he sees the enemy.

I did a report a long time ago on betas and I have fought a few of them. I dont think there is any harm in doing this - the cosmos will still be in the same order after one of the betas dies. I do find it cruel to put the beta in a tank full of harmless fish just to clear the tank out. That's like putting a rabid dog in a locked room full of bunnies.
 
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SaturnX

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Originally posted by: FallenHero
You know me and a buddy did this once in college. We had a community fish tank and everyone bought random fishes. Well, me and a friend bought red and blue betas. Mine was the blue one, named Jesus. His was named Satan. We dumped them into the tank with all the other fishes (about 10 in total.) Jesus and Satan duked it out, but poor jesus...he lost. :( However, victory was his in the end as the next day a plauge swept the tank and killed everyones fish. I like to think Jesus won in the long run.

Anyway, thats my fish story.
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Pestilence FTW!
 
bigrash

bigrash

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it's all about motivation. talk to your beta and pump him up before the fight.
 
bigrash

bigrash

Lifer
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Originally posted by: FallenHero
You know me and a buddy did this once in college. We had a community fish tank and everyone bought random fishes. Well, me and a friend bought red and blue betas. Mine was the blue one, named Jesus. His was named Satan. We dumped them into the tank with all the other fishes (about 10 in total.) Jesus and Satan duked it out, but poor jesus...he lost. :( However, victory was his in the end as the next day a plauge swept the tank and killed everyones fish. I like to think Jesus won in the long run.

Anyway, thats my fish story.
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hahaha :)
 
DainBramaged

DainBramaged

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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Originally posted by: falias
They don't need to have a purpose to humans, other animals arn't on earth to be manipulated by humans for entertainment. Just let them be.
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The entertainment of humans > The life of a fish
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lmao...I :heart: you, HamburgerBoy!
 
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djheater

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Here's my fish story:

When my daughter was about four a friend of ours was moving and asked us to watch his Red-eared slider turtles for a couple months. He set up the tank which was a big 50 gallon thing with just a few logs and toys for them to play with...
Eventually we thought it would be fun to pretty it up with stuff, so we took our daughter to the pet store and bought about 10 fish, a couple of plants and a crawdad.

Did you know that turtles, for all their calm demeanor are in the presence of prey VORACIOUS predators and really f'ing fast in the water?
It was a slaughter, within 24 hours every single fish and plant had been consumed and the crawdad was missing a claw... They got him within the next couple of days...

My daughter still remembers it, but I was so amused by what happened I don't think she's permanently scarred.... At least she learned about predators and prey... :D
 
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