I hear you there Genie.. I think a lot of us are like that.. maybe we should form a chain of them across the world.Genie said:or 12 or 13! seriously, I should just open a public aquarium with the direction I am going in.
I like Portia!! go for that one!FLBettaCouple said:Lightning? Blaze? Portia?
she sounds like a real beauty.Tom said:Her main body is deep blue/purple and her fins are red lined with black. She looks really beautifuland easy to spot up against my substrate.
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cool. the name definitely suits her. welcome to fishlore, Mercury.Tom said:I have decided to name her, Mercury, after the Roman Winged Messanger. I got an okay pic of her when I sat in the chair half-way across the room but it is a little blurry and you can't see her head.
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lol. I'll try my best to spoil her the most I can. But she has a little territory behind the aerator and that is some pics of her hide out most of the time. She sleeps there and nothing can get to her, literally.chickadee said:She is gorgeous and so dainty, she looks like she is delicately surveying her surroundings and is absolutely adorable. Welcome to you Miss Mercury. You are very beautiful and you have a very proud and loving daddy so do as he says and he will take very good care of you and spoil you quite completely.
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She has other tank mates but she doesn't get chased by any of the other fish, she does the chasing. Just so I know, what are the stress stripes?Phloxface said:She's beautiful! She looks a little bit like my Karma.
Just wondering, is she in a tank with other fish? She has stress stripes so I was wondering if she is being bullied or feels insecure around other fish?
I could be wrong, but as far as I know normal coloration doesn't include those stress stripes - Rose should be able to confirm/deny that. When we tried the ill-fated sorority tank the LPS recommended, we saw a lot of stress stripes and lost coloring (the 2 ways females show stress).Tom said:I would have thought those were just part of the normal coloration.
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I don't have another tank to put her in though. The 10 gallon I have has a sumo loach that was nippy but has calmed down quite a bit, and the 37 has angel fish. My parents don't want me to have any more tanks at the moment. I don't want to have to put her in one of those betta bowls from the store and have her in a bowl that is overstocked with just one fish. She is starting to come out and swim with the other fish already so that sould hopefully reduce the stress by a lot, am I correct? Could the lines just be from her being in a new tank for about a week and still not be used to the big swimming area?Phloxface said:They are stress stripes. It means they are either upset, angry or sick. Since she is probably not sick she may be feeling upset over having to defend her "territory" all the time against the other fish, even if all they are doing is ignoring her. Bettas are paranoid and prefer solitude or fish that stay out of their way like bottom feeders. Constant stress can make her ill. Something is definitely bothering her.
Here is two pics of one of my females, Karma. The first is when she was recovering from a bad infection and was still a little sick and stressed. You can see the horizontal stripes on her. The second is her all well and happy in a tank alone. Her coloring changes from dull brownish-gray with horizontal stripes to a more irridescent blue with faint vertical bars. Vertical bars means she is a happy girl.
Maybe you could try putting Mercury in a tank alone for a while and see if she loses the stress stripes and colors up more. It's amazing their ability to change colors!
Here's the pics:
