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January 17th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Bettas and bubbles
I think I have my filter flow adjusted so its not too strong for my little girl so I went ahead to see how the airstone would work. She's out in front playing with my cat (he's trying to figure out how to get in and she's following his paws) and I plug the air pump in. She swims quickly behind the filter but comes back out and heads over to the airstone and she's fighting to get into the bubbles. Took her a few tries but she makes it into them and starts popping all the bubbles and even following a few that get away and pops them. I turned it on and off a few times and each time she did the same thing - swam behind the filter and then came over.
I know I don't need an airstone in there for her but she seems to like playing with the bubbles. At least, I think she was playing. Her coloring started to get a little duller so maybe she's starting to get stressed and wasn't playing but just trying to say she didn't want those bubbles in her tank?
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January 17th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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My betta doesn't seem to like the bubbles much either. I just got a flow-rate adjuster and turned the bubbles way down
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January 18th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Generally, Bettas do love to play in bubbles. Especially smaller ones like from bubble wands. All of our aeration has gang valves though, to adjust the flow for each Betta since they have their individual preferences.
Duller color could indicate stress, but females will usually show stress lines.
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January 18th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Do the stress lines look similiar to the lines of the Golden Wonder Killifish? I kept the air pump on for about half an hour, she stayed in the bubbles just about the entire time but has a lime greenish stipe going from about her eye to her tail. I'll hook up one of my extra gang valves and see how it goes from there.
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January 19th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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That sounds like stress lines. On female bettas, the horizontal lines show stress and vertical lines show happiness or readiness to mate.
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January 20th, 2008
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Bubbles are a no then. I tried to see if a wand would work better than an airstone but she reacted the same way. Ah well, glad I went with the tower decorations instead of the fish bubblehead I was going to use orginally heh. Thank you very much.
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January 20th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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May not have been the bubbles causing the stress but the big cat trying to catch her!! Try the airstone again when it's quiet for her. My male Kiz is playing in his filter bubble stream at the moment.
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January 20th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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My Zed is always in the bubbles, and W makes nests all the time. He likes to show me what a big strong boy he is.
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January 20th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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My bettas don't like regular airstones either. Does anyone know a kind of bubble device that just gently fizzes instead of blowing big gloopy bubbles?
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January 20th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Bubble wands/hoses are popular with our Bettas.  |
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January 20th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbrella
My bettas don't like regular airstones either. Does anyone know a kind of bubble device that just gently fizzes instead of blowing big gloopy bubbles?
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Here is one I have from F&S...I have it in my guppy grow out tank, the 2 inch one, and is has very tiny bubbles. Rena Micro Bubbler
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...22&pcatid=3722
I also have a limewood airstone in my 55g, way over in the corner and I have it vertically placed, and my butterfly loach loves to lay on the wood. It also has very fine bubbles. Althugh it is in their catalogue, can't find it online.
I don't have airstones in my betta tanks, just filters, and after a while, the fish seem to enjoy the current, but not at first, they really have to get used to it.
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January 20th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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We have one of those in Teddy Bear's tank.
Quote:
Originally Posted by voiceless_kat
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January 20th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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That's exactly the type thing I'm looking for. Thanks!  |
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January 29th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Quote:
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I also have a limewood airstone in my 55g,
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Just have to drag this thread back up to say thanks for that suggestion.
I got the wooden airstones and they give off a mass of superfine bubbles. I put a "volume control" in the middle of the hose and can turn the bubbles up and down.
I put it in my male betta's 10 gal tank, and he likes it! I see him hanging out near the bubbles and trying to bite them. It's so cute.
So thanks again voiceless_kat.  |
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January 30th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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 LOL.. I love that! Got any pics of him eating his bubbles?
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Originally Posted by Barbrella
I put it in my male betta's 10 gal tank, and he likes it! I see him hanging out near the bubbles and trying to bite them. It's so cute.
So thanks again voiceless_kat. |
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January 30th, 2008
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Moderator ~ Betta Mommy
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Yes I have the 6" Rena Microbubblers in the tanks and all the fish love them but I had wondered about the wood air diffusers as they look so cool. Now that I know that the bubbles are small I will use them too. The cories are especially fascinated by bubbles but the otos will go and lay right on the airstone and let the bubbles go all around them.
Rose
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January 30th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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I have a really bad pic of him in his bubbles. I was surprised since he hated the other airstones I tried. But these bubbles are so fine and soft I guess he likes the way they feel. 
He enjoys hanging head down in them. |
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January 31st, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Cool. I'm going to have to get some of those. |
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