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Post by Ella3 on Apr 27, 2005 7:49:38 GMT -5
I was just wondering how many of you own female bettas. Our first betta (male) died last week. We miss him, but we love watching the fish so we got some new ones this weekend. My daughter wanted another male for her room so she got one with a pinkish/white body and blue fins. I decided to try some females. We have 3 females in a tank and they are doing great. They have not fought, but we are watching that closely. So far, so good.
They are just so different than the males. They are very active and very hungry. They are tiny, but I think they would eat all day if given the chance. They already have cute personalities and I love the fact that they swim right over and stare and me while I'm watching them. I have to get away from the tank in order to watch them swimming. I was so happy that we were able to find a variety of colors too. We have a blue/purple, a red, and a white body with red fins. Very patriotic!! Anyway, I'm really enjoying them and would love to hear about other's experiences with females.
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Post by briggs on Apr 27, 2005 12:38:00 GMT -5
Yesterday I went to superpet and bought me a crowntial and a double tail, and saw this little white/pink bodied female with red fins and was going to buy her and my girlfriend saw her and fell in love with her. she allready hasone fish and isnt the best pet keeper but with all my nagging and talk about fish, she is better now and really wanted this little lady so she got her.
I cant believe how small she is. she has big blue eyes too. she's about 3/4 of an inch long (body). I think she's a delta tail because she doesnt have a veil tale shape.. but to soon to tell maybe.
I almost also bought a female yesterday also, but decided against it for now. the ones i first saw were at big als and they were in a big betta female community tank so i felt pretty bad taking one and putting her in by herself in a smaller tank.. so id idnt. but superpet had them cuped. (on another note, super pet is the bset place to buy bettas ive noticed. quality wise and care keeping.. they have some in bigger containers and everything. not bad.)
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Post by twoluvcats on Apr 28, 2005 9:30:17 GMT -5
hmmmmmm, now I'm thinking that my next 'betta' may be a group of females HEHE...all these neat stories about them  |
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Post by briggs on Apr 28, 2005 10:03:29 GMT -5
Lol, it's a good excuse. "well i cant buy just ONE female betta.. she has to have lots of friends!" Its etiher 1 male or 4 females.. haha. now that has me thinking.. if i can find 4 good lookin' ladies.. maybe i just might.. hmmm ! hmmmmmm, now I'm thinking that my next 'betta' may be a group of females HEHE...all these neat stories about them |
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Post by teresa on Apr 28, 2005 10:56:24 GMT -5
I got an empty 10gal just waiting for a reason to be cycled...think I might have found the reason lol |
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Post by BrinaAngel27 on Apr 28, 2005 12:27:31 GMT -5
I own a male and female betta. They live in the same aquirium but are seperated. I was wondering about her though. She has been kinda been acting funny the past two days. Maybe someone can answer my question. My female betta is staying low in her part of the aquirium most of the day. She used to be pretty active. She seems to try to look through the divider that devides her from the male(they can't see each other). She does come up to eat. I am thinking that she wants to get together with the male to maybe mate but I am not sure. I am not ready to breed them yet because of no money but I am wondering if she wants to be with the male and if I should just let them hang with each other? Maybe she is sick? I am not sure. Can anyone please help me out here.
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Post by Pi on Apr 28, 2005 18:17:10 GMT -5
You should probably start your own thread to ask a question, it might get overlooked here.
I don't recommend letting your female and male betta 'hang out' for a while. Chances are the results will not be to your liking. If she can't see the male, then my guess is she isn't trying to get to him. Does she have breeding stripes or any signs that she wants to breed? What exactly are her behaviors?
What are the water parameters?
JoAnna
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Post by Bettaman on Apr 29, 2005 14:35:59 GMT -5
I always have at least one female but I have not had much success with keeping more than one in thesame tank. I like the females just as much as the males. It is funny howthey are eating machines. They will eat almosty anything at anytime. The females love to eat. Butthey are a bit more trusting of humans and usually you can closer to a female than a male much sooner. I love how they use their short little fins on the bottom as brakes to stop them instantly in the tank. They are incredibly fast swimmers and much faster than the males. I tried putting my female and and a male together last weekend to breed them and the female was just adorable following the male everywhere while the male kept running away from her. Then he got tired of her advances and began charging her and she would be from one end of the tank to the other in an instant. No way can a male out swim a female. I caught it all on a DVD camea. Yea, I love the females the best!  |
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Post by elara on May 5, 2005 23:05:17 GMT -5
I have a female named Jewel. She lives in her own tank in between Simon and Pretty Boy. Of course they are alway trying to impress her and building nests. I don't want to breed them though. She is brightly colored blue and bronze. Thats where she got her name. The have as much personality as the boys. Hopefully I'll get a good picture of her someday. She doesn't like to pose.
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