Wolfgang8810

his name is plash

Tom

He is so handsome. Welcome Flash(?).
Tom

Wolfgang8810

oops his name is flash

lilswimmer

He looks great! Congrats!

AlisonChristine

I say you go with Plash. It's a good name.

But, Plash or Flash, he's gorgeous!

armadillo

I love the name Plash! Shame it was a typo, LOL.

capekate

Very pretty CT, congrats! ... and I agree with the other posters lol.. plash...sounds great!

Wolfgang8810

ok ok plash it is hahhaa

armadillo

Hurrray!!! We knew we'd change your mind. Plash is an awesome name.

Wolfgang8810

you betcha hahah

Tom

If it is Plash, I'm not changing my reply again. lol
Tom

AlisonChristine

Dangit. I was kinda hoping you'd stay with Flash so that I could use the name Plash...

It's a sweet name though, and he deserves it, so I'm not bitter. Much.

armadillo

he he he. I was following the same line of thought. But then again, nothing wrong with Plash 2 (and 3, LOL)

punkrockviolet5

Congrats! He's quite a looker!!

Allie

He is gorgeous!!!

nmwierman1977

Welcome Plash!! He's gorgeous. Natalie

voiceless_kat

Hey Plash, you are a Beauty Boy............so handsome.!! Welcome.

Val & crew

Wolfgang8810

he says thanks for all the love. i think he may have been a movie sat because he hasnt eatin yet maybe tomorrow he jsut come in a new shipment yesterday

COBettaCouple

Welcome Plash! Love your beautiful coloring!

Wolfgang8810

hes doing great! man i love going to the LFS when there new shipment come in hahah.

armadillo

That's really great, Wolfgang. Mine's really a shadow of himself. He's never been finrot-free. I am really happy that you're not having these problems yourself.

May I ask you what conditions he's in, so I can perhaps use some of your ideas?

Some questions:

• Is he in a bowl or hex or rectangle?
• how deep (roughly) is the water?
• what's the temperature
• what's the substrate
• what do you feed him
• is he in a busy area , or a quiet spot
• is he in a darkish area, or a brighter spot
• how do you filter? internal/external? strong/weak?
• how do you aearate? at all/strong/weak/multiple stones?
• what's your pH
• did you get him from a shop or on-line or from a breeder?
• do you do anything else like vitamine, etc.

's about it. Sorry for all the questions.

Wolfgang8810

he is in a 2.5 gallon rectangle tank
about 8 inches of water maybe more
it is roughly78 degrese
standard rocks neutral colors
he gets bloodworms and flakes alternating and one day of fasting
hes on my computer desk but its pretty laidback
since there wasnt a hood light i have a 15 0r 20 watt desk lamp over it
i use the wisper 3 gallon filter i keep it filled enough so there isnt any real current
the filter uses an airpump to bring water through the bio sponge
ph is 7.0
i got him from petco. the on near me is really good with the fish also i got him the day they were shipped in.
nope no vitamins i did try to feed him garlic and he seemed to like it

not a problem questions are fun. also i ah ve a panda cory in with him.

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COBettaCouple

I'd get him some vita-chem from the DFS website when you can and maybe once a week feed him a few pellet-sized pieces of peeled, thawed (microwave 50sec), frozen pea.

Wolfgang8810

i am planning the frozen pea thing. after i thasw it how do i peal it? also how much should he get?

COBettaCouple

the skin usually comes off pretty easily. we just tear it off then tear off little 'pellets' of pea for the bettas.

armadillo

Thanks, Wolfgang!

Yeah, the pea skin coming off is really easy. You just press for half a second and it's out. Nice and neat. Buuuut the tricky bit is to chop it in small enough pieces (they only need about 1/8th of a pea per serving, LOL).

I wonder if perhaps he could share with my panda cory? I'd be too nervous that he attacks the cory , though. It's not a big tank (5G). Mind yours is even smaller and you're not having trouble. Does he bother with him at all, or does he pretty much ignore the cory?

Another thing you have and I don't is soft light. I have this really bright tank light. It makes him flare at his reflection all day long. I wonder if that's related too. Does yours flare at himself frequently?

The worms you feed him, are they live, frozen or freeze-dried?

Wolfgang8810

he basicly ignores the cory. never had a problem with them. and he never flares i dont think ive seen him flare yet

armadillo

Oh you're kidding. Mine is, well, Flareville if you will, LOL! I actually was toying with the idea of giving him a cory companion, but I saw his reaction when I was just floating the poor cory's bag in the betta's tank to start acclimating him.

Didn't think it was such a great idea after that!

Wolfgang8810

plash is still young he was one of the smallest bettas there is, i figure he has some growing to do. but if you do plan on putting a cory in there do it at night that way the cory will have time to get to know the tank since there nocturnal anyways and the betta will be sleeping. but it really helps with the leftover food

armadillo

Mmmmm. I'll give it some thoughts.

I was sooooo close to going and get another tank fora new female betta tonight. I don't know what's stopped me.