Re: Betta into a big water tank - to aimee

Posted by Aimee on 10/01/07

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Hi,

Great the transfer went well! I never had mine in with other fish. Just one betta per 5
and 10 gallon tank (each)! I had 20 tanks at one time ("rescued" a bunch) and finally,
realized I cannot save every betta from their tiny cups and that they are a lot of work
to keep healthy, so I now have none! They lived between less than one year to 3
years at most. My last one died a few months ago.

If your betta spits out food-- he doesn't like it. Hikari biogold betta pellets seem to
be the best for them. All of mine liked those (and disliked other brands). They're
small enough for them as well, that they work well. Feed between 4-8 pellets per day
(4 twice a day or a few more if feeding only once per day). They are good over-
eaters! If they eat too much, they become stopped up and then you'll have to feed
him peas or stop feeding for a few days! You'll know if you over-feed. He'll have a
belly and may even have difficulty staying at the top or may bob at the top and be
unable to swim down!

Any other ??s feel free to ask. I have dealt with a # of diseases with these fish as
they're so sensitive!
Take care,
Aimee

On 9/28/07, he is in the tank! wrote:
> Thanks for your message. You seem to be an expert on bettas.
> Have you had them for long?
>
> I believe I got my betta safely in the tank. I still have some
> mosquitofish too. He tried to eat some of the tiny mosquitofish
> babies (might have succeeded too), but that didn't really worry
> me. Now, after a week in the tank, I have noticed that the betta
> eats some of the food I put there (flakes and pellets), but
> spits them always out. What is that about? Otherwise he seems to
> swim normally, rests under plants and comes up to the surface
> when I start feeding them.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> On 9/24/07, Aimee wrote:
>> I had a betta in a 10 gallon tank, solo. It was great for
> him. Give him plenty of
>> tall, soft plants to "rest" on. While doing the transfer, I
> would place his cup (if
>> he's still in it) into the tank for a while, then let some
> water from the tank into
>> the cup and slowly (really slowly) submerge the cup fully.
> The bag method
>> (baggie) is also good, but any transfer is stressful. He may
> be affected, or
>> maybe not. You'll notice him swimming erratically (as if
> itching), for several
>> days if he has stressed enough to break down his slime coat
> and become
>> exposed to invisible parasites in the water.
>> It's tricky. The slower the better.
>> Hope that helps (or that you already made a successful transfer).
>> aimee
>>
>>
>> On 9/20/07, don't know anything about fish wrote:
>>> Ok, the tank isn't that big, a 10 gallon aquarium. I got
>>> from a friend some mosquitofish, but they look very boring
>>> in my classroom aquarium. So, today I went and bought a
>>> betta. How do I transfer the betta in the tank with as
>>> little stress as possible?
>>>
>>> What else should I think of?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Betta into a big water tank, 9/20/07, by don't know anything about fish.
• Re: Betta into a big water tank, 9/24/07, by Aimee.
• Re: Betta into a big water tank - to aimee, 9/28/07, by he is in the tank!.
• Re: Betta into a big water tank - to aimee, 10/01/07, by Aimee.