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December 8th, 2007
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"This woman is crazy" quote Cleo
.... "she changed my house again. The filter is too strong and my neighbours are 2 silly frogs .... hmmmm" quote Cleo the fish
There he is, Cleo in 10 gal new house.
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December 8th, 2007
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Fish Master
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Cool! She's got a 10G! The lucky girl. Is she having fun exploring and stuff?
I love that piece of deco, and I'll bet she does too!
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December 8th, 2007
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Fish Master
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Wow, bet he loves the new tank. Very handsome Betta, love the color of his fins.
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December 9th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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lol, i love that expression!  |
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December 9th, 2007
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Fish Helper
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December 9th, 2007
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Fish Master
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Love the pics. Looks like he's loving exploring his new home.
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December 9th, 2007
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I love these pictures, he has the longest fins!!! Thanks for sharing.
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December 9th, 2007
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What a sweet bunch of pics!! I guess none betta owners think we are mad when we say we can see their thoughts by their eyes and face but you CAN see a clear thought process going on ih those pics!! When the jaw is 'clamped' shut they are not happy, a relaxed jaw, a couple of teeth peeking out they are letting you off with your bad deed!! So funny!
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December 10th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Great pics! You should enter some in the monthly picture contest.  |
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December 10th, 2007
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Thanks a lot. He is a big betta ... 8cm. His long fins looks great when he flares.
Even a 5gal looks small for him so I got him this 10 g. He's been through a lot so I decided to give him the best in his life .... worth 120 $ and the "looks" from my husband.
Thanks for kind words.
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December 10th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lili70
Thanks a lot. He is a big betta ... 8cm. His long fins looks great when he flares.
Even a 5gal looks small for him so I got him this 10 g. He's been through a lot so I decided to give him the best in his life .... worth 120 $ and the "looks" from my husband.
Thanks for kind words.
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 Ditto on the $120 and looks from the husband! He's a beauty!
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December 11th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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It's really worth it when they are happy and enjoying the room to swim. We are in the process of moving our bettas into 6.6g bookshelf tanks. Only Aslan has a 10g tank. Our other Bettas were all in 2.5g tanks (we went wild at a Betta show and had to get 4 tanks on a limited budget  ).
8 cm is an above average size for a Betta Splendens.  Only Teddy Bear is that size of our Bettas.
Do you have any pics of the whole tank? Is he still in "exploring" mode?
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Originally Posted by lili70
Thanks a lot. He is a big betta ... 8cm. His long fins looks great when he flares.
Even a 5gal looks small for him so I got him this 10 g. He's been through a lot so I decided to give him the best in his life .... worth 120 $ and the "looks" from my husband.
Thanks for kind words.
L
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December 11th, 2007
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by COBettaCouple
It's really worth it when they are happy and enjoying the room to swim. We are in the process of moving our bettas into 6.6g bookshelf tanks. Only Aslan has a 10g tank. Our other Bettas were all in 2.5g tanks (we went wild at a Betta show and had to get 4 tanks on a limited budget ).
8 cm is an above average size for a Betta Splendens. Only Teddy Bear is that size of our Bettas.
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I have 3 of the girls in a 5 g with dividers and doing well. That's all I can offer them right now. They were rescued from Petsmart (ironic) when little and sick. They all had shredded fins and were letargic, colorless in that jar.
Gipsy - the 4th girl is in a 10 g but she is not growing anymore.
I'll take some pics of Cleo's tank.
Cleo got comfortable and looks like enjoing the ride on current now. He is still exploring the caves ... I took some pics of Cleo to bigAl store looking for help with his fin rot and they asked me if I was willing to breed him becaus they liked his size. I said no.
Thanks.
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PS: look at my neons pictures .... big ones. I think it's from frozzen food. |
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December 11th, 2007
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10 G
Cleo
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PS: The "peace of mind" corner
Last edited by lili70; December 11th, 2007 at 04:19 PM.
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December 11th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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What a beautiful big boy, and how happy he looks checking out his new digs!!  It's so easy to see how much they like room to move and things to look at.
Just an FYI: When I bought decorations, I was quite suprised at how rough and sharp the edges can be - especially the inside parts. I ended up sanding them all smooth before giving them to my betta. |
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December 11th, 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbrella
What a beautiful big boy, and how happy he looks checking out his new digs!! It's so easy to see how much they like room to move and things to look at.
Just an FYI: When I bought decorations, I was quite suprised at how rough and sharp the edges can be - especially the inside parts. I ended up sanding them all smooth before giving them to my betta. |
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Yes, I did that too. But what you see in his tail is fin rot and I have tried everything. There are no meds left to try on him.
Thank for nice words.
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December 12th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Yea, sometimes we have to make due with less space than we'd like but more frequent water changes helps and it sure beats them dying in the cups at the store.
Kairi, one of our female Bettas, keeps asking me if I'd be willing to breed our big Betta, Teddy Bear. lol  those 2 love flirting with each other.
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Originally Posted by lili70
I have 3 of the girls in a 5 g with dividers and doing well. That's all I can offer them right now. They were rescued from Petsmart (ironic) when little and sick. They all had shredded fins and were letargic, colorless in that jar.
I took some pics of Cleo to bigAl store looking for help with his fin rot and they asked me if I was willing to breed him becaus they liked his size. I said no.
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That's what prompted us to go to flat glass marbles. They loe to drag those tail fins over the substrata. Have you tried a 10-day course of TriSulfa (or 8-day course of Triple Sulfa) combined with daily doses of Rid-Fungus, VitaChem and Fish Protector? We found that to be the most effective treatment of our 1 Betta who had gravel substrata and has battled fin rot since March.
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Originally Posted by lili70
what you see in his tail is fin rot and I have tried everything. There are no meds left to try on him.
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December 12th, 2007
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Fish Helper
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In his new fish tank Cleo has a better gravel, very polished. I am not sure about the castle but should be safe (I polished the edges).
Anyway, for a while I am done with meds, I am really tired of trying.
Frequent water changes is my middle name. I'll just add some Vitachem and salt and hope for the better.
I am not even thinking of putting a female next to Cleo. He will kill her.
Thank you !
L
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