Martinismommy

I wanted to share my newest venture in my love for Bettas.....On Nov. 9th, I am hosting a meeting at my home for 10 Bettaholichs who show and breed....It is a yahoo group that I'm on.....There will be one Gentleman attending whom I can't wait to meet! He has bred Bettas for decades! We will be watching a new DVD on breeding and enjoying a potluck.....Members will bring any young fish along to trade/sell.....

I can't wait!!!!!!!!! And once again this meeting would never have happened without a link Allie had posted a while back from a breeder on Aquabid in my area....This breeder and I have become very good friends and get together a couple times a month...She just won Best in show in the new Breeders class with her male and female at the IBC show last month....

I'll post pictures for all to enjoy of some of our Southwest homebred babies!

pinkfloydpuffer

Can't wait to see the pics

Red1313

Wow that sounds like a fun night!

MinxMermaid

um, can we come

Martinismommy

Yep! You are more than welcome to join us! It's at 1 pm....C'mon down! lol

Lucy

It's pretty exciting when people can come together to share something they love.

Have fun!

Darlene

Sounds like you will have a blast.

MinxMermaid

he keeps asking me i wanna make a trip out there to visit.....so maybe this would be a good excuse!!

Phinny12

Cool! What a great oppertunity to meet other "betta People".. Tahts Great!

COBettaCouple

We'd be there if we were in Phoeniz!!

Phinny12

I just moved from Cave Creek Arizona to Pennsylvania a year ago or I would be there

MissMTS

That sounds like so much fun! I can't wait to see the pics

chickadee

Sounds great! How do I sign up? LOL Just kidding. It would be a LONG walk.

Rose

hockeyref88

Oh Rose..............Its so good to see you on here. I hope you are well. We miss you.

chickadee

I will be in and out for a while yet. But thank you for asking. I am fine for now.

Good to be back tonite.

Rose

hockeyref88

Hey Karen...................... We might make a weekend out of it, come out friday and go home monday.....................Talk to Jacq and tell us where a good hotel is near your house.

pamd

Can I come too, huh, huh, huh!??! I'm not a breeder and I'm not about to bring Norbert to trade him!

I'll bring some Southwest Chili. I was lucky enough to get some Hatch chilis, roasting in a big fire-roaster a couple of weeks ago in the grocery store parking lot. It's only one time a year. I froze them. They add a wonderful flavor to my chili. I never knew dried beans are so much better than canned ones until I moved to the Southwest. Can I come if I promise to make my special chili?

pamd

Rose, so good to hear from you! That would be a very long walk!

MinxMermaid

um, Chili in a room full of people?

well, could be interesting....do fish fart?

maybe you could bring PIE

Lucy

There was a poll about that very subject:

Do fish fart?

Allie

Glad you are getting involved with the Betta people(and making friends) in your area...not many around here unfortunately. 3 of us that I know of...everyone else is spread throughout Canada. I have to be a paying member of the IBC before I can be a paying member of Betta Breeders Canada. So that's going to have to be a bday gift for me after xmas.
Good luck with your meeting.

Martinismommy

Rose, we'd LOVE to have you! Jump on the Amtrak and come on over lol......

Jacq, are you are 3, 4 or 5 star kinda gal? lol.....I'll need to know in order to make a suggestion for a hotel.....You are welcome to stay here with us if you don't mind sleeping with Steve and I.....Oh and the 2 dogs lol....I took the bed out when Landon left and turned my extra room into my fish room.....E-mail me and let me know what your plans are.....

Pam.......Get your booty down here and bring the Beno lololol

jdhef

Who knows, but I'm sure they will be forced to take the blame!

Martinismommy

Either the fish or the dogs! All I know is it wasn't me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

pamd

One more fart joke and I'm bringing bean soup instead of chili! (Actually, the bean soup I make is as good as my chili, and they're both especially delicious with Hatch chilies. Neither have too many beans, so no excuses!

No feeding either dish to Karen's fish!

Chief_waterchanger

Hope you folks have a great time! If it weren't on the other side of the country you would have me to make some culinary delights, but maybe in a few years (when it could be a business expense.. )

chickadee

I would love to be there but am afraid that I will need to be here with Mom and my two spoiled darlings. They are dealing me fits right now and are being so naughty that I wish I had some way of making them behave themselves like good little gentlemen.

Anyone want some naughty fish?? LOL

Rose

Phinny12

I found this article regarding the exixtance of Fish Farts on the web:

Quote: When you get a question like this you think, This is a golden opportunity to brighten up scientists' dull lives. I sent urgent inquiries all over the globe. Best response on the subject of whether fish fart: "They do if they're male."

Fish flatulence has not been a major focus of biological research, so the following is somewhat tentative. To some extent the answer depends on how you define "fart." Many fish have a swim bladder that they inflate or deflate as necessary to maintain buoyancy. Usually any expelled gas exits from the mouth and would properly be considered a burp. However, the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, gulps air into its stomach at the surface, then discharges it out the back door to attain the desired depth. Surely this qualifies as flatulence in the common sense of the term.

But purists may object that this isn't true farting--that is, a by-product of digestion. We then get into a somewhat speculative realm. In theory any animal's metabolism produces carbon dioxide, while bacteria in the gut produce methane. Both must be purged lest the fish lose the ability to control its buoyancy. Carbon dioxide is typically eliminated via gas transport to the gills; methane has to escape some other way. However, actual sightings of farting fish are rare--and let's face it, underwater this isn't a phenomenon that could be easily concealed. Some experts say digestive gases are consolidated somehow with the fish's feces, which are packed into a gelatinous tube and then expelled. (Frequently the fish then eats this--not for nothing is the study of fish called ichthyology.) The point is, no farts.

Some fish observers claim they see a telltale bubble or two escape from the stern of a fish after it has gulped air at the surface (I have heard this said of tarpon). But again, this is not strictly a product of digestion. On the Web I have seen the claim that inasmuch as coral is made of calcium carbonate, which when combined with stomach acid produces carbon dioxide, coral-eating fish ought to produce farts in abundance. If true, it seems to me, the critters in the vicinity of a typical coral reef should emit forests of bubbles unequaled since the days of Lawrence Welk--not the impression one usually gets. Then again, few visit reefs specifically for the purpose of detecting fish farts. In short, Alan, much research remains to be done. Maybe you could organize an expedition and let us know.