Recent content by PhishyPhriend

I can't really get a friend in, as most of them are also going home for the holidays. We don't really know what caused the dropsy, he was transported in the summer, so he didn't get a chill. It was just really traumatic with Fish Fish. What kind of heatpacks? and what are fish boxes?

My problem is this, I'm going home for Christmas and ordinarily I would only be gone for less than 2 weeks, and I feel OK leaving Artemis alone for that long, however, my mum is having surgery in January and needs me to be there so I'll be gone for about a month. It's a 5 hour drive to where she...

Looks like I have to eat my words. :blush: Whilst out running errands I popped into the local Petsmart to buy cat litter, I stopped by the betta area and saw the most gorgeous blue female halfmoon. She was exactly the same color as the blue betta in the 1st post. Unfortunately, due to being in...

Wow those fish are gorgeous! :drool: I wish they sold ones that looked like that around here! :crazy:

I know they almost always have a DOA refund policy, but just reading a blurb and seeing a picture really doesn't give me enough information. I'm a college student so money is very tight, if I'm going to spend oodles of money, which I have no problem doing for the pets in my life, I like to...

I've had bad luck with betta's as the only places I am aware of around my area is the larger pet stores, Petc, Petsmart etc. I bought one betta at Petco and one at Petsmart, both died tragically. So now, I'm on the lookout for a place to get good quality betta. I'm not against ordering online...

Recommended Breeders would be great! It's hard to tell online sometimes when all you get is a picture and maybe a sentence about the betta. Thanks!

I've been poking around websites to see about ordering online, it's a definite possibility. Yes, I've been sterilizing the tanks and all of the equipment used since he passed yesterday, I'm doing my best to make sure all the little nasties are gone, if there are any left at this point than...

I know that it was the right thing to do, I was a wreck while I was doing it, but once it was over and done, I was OK, because I knew he had been suffering, and now he wasn't. I would love to go through private breeders, and have searched a couple times for anyone near either of my places of...

Having literally just gone through this myself, I suggest epsom salt baths and maracyn 2. Check out the thread of mine called 'Sick Betta' It has all sorts of advice and information that people gave me. I wish you lot's of luck.

As with many things, it may depend on water quality. If water where you are is very good and clean it might be possible, although I would definitely get more opinions on the matter. However, I live in the land of water not fit for human consumption, so I would never use un-conditioned water for...

I've never heard of allowing Tap water to 'age' in order to make it safe for Bettas. I'm not quite sure how ageing tapwater would remove chlorine and chloramines and all the other nasties that need to be removed to make the water Betta-Safe. I would be of the opinion that it's better to be safe...

He's very handsome! Congratulations!

One of my past betta's, Starbright, used to flare at pens that were outside his tank, nothing else, just pens.

He just wasn't getting any better, and it was clear that he was really sick and suffering. He wasn't moving, and wouldn't eat, and everytime I tranferred him to the salt bath he was clearly in pain during the transfer. I euthanized him about 10 minutes ago. I'm going to miss him alot, but at...