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Old May 6th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Hello everyone!

Hello everyone!

Yeah I joined a while ago, but I only just decided to become active (yeah....).

So anyway, I've been keeping bettas for a while now. My first betta, Gill, passed about two years ago. He was six years old so he was up there in age. He went through two snail buddies during his life. He also went through three tanks.

The first tank was a cheap one you can get in the toy aisle from Target. This was also my first tank. It was a cheap plastic one that began to crack. The second tank was a 2.5 gal mini bow from walmart. That one began to crack as well. Afterward, we moved on to an acrylic ten gallon. I've had that one ever since. He was a pretty tough little guy. He lived with no heater for a long time but hey, six years was a pretty long haul.

I had a community tank for a while afterward. I kept some neon tetras and a guppy. After them, I went to the betta and ivory snail I currently have. The betta's name is Nyko and the ivory snail's name is Gary III. I had an ADF in there but he had a dropsy and I didn't have anything to help him with. (Didn't have salt...) He died shortly after. His name was Eddie.

So yeah that's my fish story. How's everyone else?

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Old May 6th, 2009  
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Welcome to fishlore sglider!!!

wow a 6 year old betta...how nice!
I hope you enjoy the site!
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Glad you joined in. We love pictures here
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Old May 6th, 2009  
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Thanks everyone!

@aquarist48- don't worry about that
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Old May 6th, 2009  
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Hi, welcome to fishlore. You did good by Nyko 6 is a long life. I read (long ago) the life span is 7 yrs at best.
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Old May 6th, 2009  
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Hi, welcome to fishlore. You did good by Nyko 6 is a long life. I read (long ago) the life span is 7 yrs at best.
No, Gill lived 6 years. Nyko is my new one.
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Old May 6th, 2009  
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No, Gill lived 6 years. Nyko is my new one.
EEWE gill rip gill. You did good by gill 6 is a long life. I read(long aog) that 7 at best was the life span . Is that still it ? 7 years ? Good luck with Nyko.

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Old May 6th, 2009  
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EEWE gill rip gill. You did good by gill 6 is a long life. I read(long aog) that 7 at best was the life span . Is that still it ? 7 years ? Good luck with Nyko.
Hmm.. I don't know... it's probably possible though. I thought 6 wasn't even possible, turns out it was.
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Old May 7th, 2009  
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Welcome to fishlore! When it comes to fish, this is the best place on the world wide web! We would love to see pics!
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Old May 9th, 2009  
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I have pictures now. I rearranged the decor today and so it looks even better
My Betta Tank
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Old May 13th, 2009  
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Thanks dee31 and navyscuba!
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