SiameseFightingFist Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Huge thank you to Wild Nut, I've inherited a sorority from her. I have plans to house them in a 2ft or 90L Walstad-ish tank but I've got to do a lot of reading of Walstad's book before giving it a go. I pulled out the empty 50L I had lying around and spent the afternoon setting it up for them. I think they're a mix of splendens and other types of bettas. The tank as it looks for now: It looks like this is the head honcho-ette: Feeding: Edited November 5, 2011 by SiameseFightingFist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Nut Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Nice to see my girls settling in well . Those two Cambodians are huge compared to the others. Not too bad a life compared to what was probably in store for them before I got them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumofthehoarde Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Wild Nut - I just learnt what a Cambodian betta is. What's their back story? Were they the ones you got from the PP? Are a couple of the others macrostoma females? Thanks mumofthehorde. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Nut Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Cambodian simply means colour (light body with coloured fins). Those girls are all Betta splendens. The blue one from someone was a plakat tail type while the rest are veiltails. The Cambodians came from Pets Paradise. Wilds look very different from domesticated splendens. This is a macrostoma: They cost more than a couple of hundred for a pair here usually. Just can't find it in me to outlay that kind of money on fish :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 That is really bizarre, I thought all the bettas they have at PP were males, I didn't think they stocked females. Maybe I should take a closer look next time. A couple of them, but especially the smaller Cambodian, likes to push their way through the mass of floating plants and then lie very very still on top with a part of their body above the water line. It scared the crap out of my girlfriend and I the first few times we saw it, we thought they were stuck and couldn't get out, but as soon as we get closer to give it a nudge, it wiggles away and a minute later they'll do it again just to see us panic, again.I won't be able to add more females can I, because I assume it'll upset the hierarchy they've set up? Unless I re-arrange the tank so that they would have to re-establish the territorial hierarchy again?They cost more than a couple of hundred for a pair here usually. When you say a pair, do you mean a male-female pair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Sorry I can't remember if I asked already but did you feed them flakes? How often did you feed them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Nut Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Mine were fed NLS community pellets, frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp and live blackworms. I usually fed once a day, although sometimes twice if I took pity on them. I am a bad sorority starter. Those two big Cambodians were chucked in a month or so after I started the sorority, while the teal one had been living on her own for quite a while beforehand. If I'm adding a new female, I will feed everyone in one corner and then sneakily put the new female in. There will be some initial fighting once the rest of them realise there is a newcomer, but if the tank is densely enough planted and has enough hiding places they should be fine. The PP at Doncaster Shoppingtown is the only one I've been to that stocks them. I've seen female bettas at Coburg, Subscape and Boronia if you are looking to add more. They are generally pretty beat up looking in aquariums as they are often housed together with not enough cover. And yes, when I say pair, I mean a male/female breeding pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Thanks Ashlea. They've got female bettas at Upmarket Aquariums too but they're all the same colour, same shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SiameseFightingFist Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Ashlea - how did you used to feed them frozen blood worms? I tried it last night by putting a cube of the frozen stuff into the tank. It immediately started to thaw but most of them ignored it, they prefered the fish flakes I've been feeding them. The blood worms sank to the bottom of the tank and I saw the big Cambodian and the teal betta nibble on them a little. I went and had dinner but when I came back to clean up the mess, they blood worms were ALL gone and the Cambodian and teal bettas had HUGE tummies, especially the cambodian. I could not believe how big her tummy was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Nut Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Haha Teal is a big pig. She used to be like a ninja, sneaking up from the bottom and eating the leftovers. To feed bloodworms, I thaw them in a container of tank water and then feed them using tweezers. That way I could push the fatties away and make sure everyone got fed enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) ah thanks, that's the smart way to feed them... I should try that next time. Really appreciate the girls, they've been a lot of fun. Let me know if I can do anything in return. Edited November 15, 2011 by SiameseFightingFist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zui Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 I do something similar but i just spread the worms out accross the water surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 They sank though, all of them. Are you talking about live or frozen blood worms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Thanks to somchai2500 and bettarazzi, and special thanks to Neffy, everybody settled really well. I didn't observe any squabbling at all. All the home girls were curious to meet the new girls: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Everyone shows up for a feed: And when the lights go out, everyone goes to their regular spot to sleep: This one sleeps funny: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 argh! they're all so cute!!! and well done on the amazing pics! :applaud: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 They look great, and fantastic photos!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Look at that beautiful tank - you'll have to enter the photoshoot comp!! xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchai2500 Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 (edited) Great looking tank.. Happy that the girls are civilized. See you at the next meeting. Roy Edited November 23, 2011 by somchai2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 argh! they're all so cute!!! and well done on the amazing pics! Thanks! There are indeed cute, I can't stand it. They look great, and fantastic photos!! Inspired by your epic axolotl threads whereby you take great photos of each of them exhibiting their personalities, accompanied by your equally epic stories of your experiences with them. Makes me want to get a couple of them too ... (if I had space) ... (and more money). Look at that beautiful tank - you'll have to enter the photoshoot comp!! xx Thanks but ahhh the tank is a total mess though, see that floating clump of grass! It's free-floating! Great looking tank.. Happy that the girls are civilized. See you at the next meeting. Roy Thanks Roy, the betta I got from you is the smallest one of the bunch, how old is she do you know? She was very shy the first couple of days and spent most of her time on her own in a corner of the tank, I fed her by hand since she didn't come out with the others during feeding time. In the past day or so she's come out of her shell and have been mixing and eating with the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffy Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Lovely shots Glad they are all settling in nicely!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 That tank look awesome. Great photos. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Thanks! I've been really lucky that there's little to no aggression so far. They all seem to be really cool with each other. There was no flaring even when I hung the new bags of fish in the tank to acclimatise them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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