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They're displaying at each other. Is this a bad sign, or do male/female pairs also do this? Sorry, just nervous because the new one has what looks like a tiny hint of a dorsal spine and I can't find a good photo of a female to compare.

TMI!!! :sick:

Did I get you all excited? Hot Asian porn or something? lol

Thanks! My boy was about that skinny when I got him and is doing a lot better. Still not FAT but healthy looking at least. I also have a pair of Reidi in my tank! :D We may have already had this conversation about the seahorses, lol.

I was hoping someone could give me an answer before I release "her" into my tank... probably won't happen but I'm going to at least try. I'd hate to try to catch it if it turns out to be a male and tries to kill my other mandarin. Before I get the Mandarin Lecture, I've got three 10 gallons...

They should be fine but just keep an eye out for her becoming egg bound. Also, females are notorious jumpers so make sure the divider goes at least a couple inches above the water line. I had a male and female in a tank together with what I thought was a tall divider, and she jumped right over...

I wouldn't keep them over 82. You can cool a tank by keeping it open and adding a clip-on fan to increase evaporation, but you of course have to top it off a lot.

Kitchen sponges contain antibacterial agents that may kill your fish. Do you have any real or fake plants that will fit in the net? They will like having a place to hide and that may help keep them off the bottom of the net.

Usually each person will transship for many sellers. That's good for you because you can often buy from multiple sellers and have all the fish shipped to you together. Transshippers get their shipments from all the sellers on the same day (the one I usually use gets a shipment every 2 weeks) so...

The blue stuff is... now I can't think of the name! It's an antifungal medication. Keeping the water clean is a much better fungus prevention though of course. Are the cups always halfway filled or just sometimes? Bettas are often shipped in half filled cups so they may have just come in and the...

Same here. The Petsmart fish are in small cups but the water always looks clean and the bettas are always active and healthy looking, and the Walmart bettas are in larger cups but generally 1/4 of them are just lethargic, 1/2 of them are obviously sick and dying, and 1/4 of them are dead. Yes...

I recently got the Canon Rebel XT (not XTi) and I LOVE this thing. I got it primarily to take photos of fish and I already have a ton of great shots. I've just been using the 18-55mm zoom lens that came with it, on macro mode. You can find it for about $550-600 with that lens included. It's...

If you "feed" your tank (ammonia, flake food, or frozen food) this will ensure that you don't start to lost the beneficial bacteria in the live rock.

I use plastic needlepoint canvas for my dividers, and in my opinion it lets the fish see just enough of each other to keep them entertained, but not enough to make them stressed. It seems like they can only see each other if they come up really close to the divider. If you feel like they see too...

I'm so sorry to hear about that! If it's any consolation, I would have euthanized him too. I've never had a betta come back from that much fin damage, and it looks like he had injuries on his body as well along with a huge amount of stress. 77-78 degrees is fine. I only bring it up higher when...