My Newbie Bettas

[garethusa]

it may look like a small circle but it really is big. at least he graduated from a 1/2 gallon marina betta tank to a 4 gallon biOrb so it's certainly a more amazing space for him.

i don't know why people assume the fish will swim in a circle as they can zip in the middle, as in the diameter, of the sphere, which in peaceful's case, he does, or zip up and down.

i think it is in the curiosity of the fish to come up with ways to entertain themselves as long as we provide them with some plants or obstacles that can help them establish their own favorite ways of swimming.

if they can swim in a straight line in a rectangular tank or even in a mini bowl, which would be a smaller version of a bigger sphere, i don't see why people would think one would be more exciting over the other.

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so far the boy betta is having a great time in there. which would make me be inclined to buy another two in phases for the other girls.

 

[mommyof2bettas]

The 2 females are vt's... I'm not too sure but I don't think roundtail is actually a tail type... I'd say your boy is a delta, since he has 4 rays, and the girls only have 2 so they're vt's
They look great :thumb:
btw, Pearl is an orange dalmation (the colors).

 

[SoCalMom]

it may look like a small circle but it really is big. at least he graduated from a 1/2 gallon marina betta tank to a 4 gallon biOrb so it's certainly a more amazing space for him.

i don't know why people assume the fish will swim in a circle as they can zip in the middle, as in the diameter, of the sphere, which in peaceful's case, he does, or zip up and down.

i think it is in the curiosity of the fish to come up with ways to entertain themselves as long as we provide them with some plants or obstacles that can help them establish their own favorite ways of swimming.

if they can swim in a straight line in a rectangular tank or even in a mini bowl, which would be a smaller version of a bigger sphere, i don't see why people would think one would be more exciting over the other.

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so far the boy betta is having a great time in there. which would make me be inclined to buy another two in phases for the other girls.

Calm down, I was just kidding around...

 

[lisie]

Are you sure Peaceful is a boy? Looks awful girly to me...

They are all beautiful.

 

[garethusa]

hi lisie,

to be honest, i think sometimes isabel is a boy!!!!

but you know, i have thought sometimes that peaceful could be a girl but since i have got that betta, the fins have been growning.

however, all three, peaceful, isabel, and pearl, all have like that little white spot on their belly below. but i was reading that males could have that too.

on top of this, peaceful, has made atttempts to make his own little bubble nests in his smaller little tank which led me to believe that he indeed is male.

he does flare at his mirror image.

i put him and isabel in a big bowl once when i was cleaning their tanks and well, he would flare at isabel a lot. and then she got to flare back. they did a little dance (there was no bubble nest around). but then it was like isabel started to really chase him around and she tried to dart at him a couple of times, perfect timing to put him back into his clean tank. this is what led me to wonder if isabel was really a boy.

none of them seem to have the flare gills coming out as a little beard when they are not flaring. but i tend to think that these are still very young fish. i got them when they were really small. they were the smallest fishes in their betta cups.

in the end, i am just going along with what the cup on the betta label stated; the blue is male; and the other two were females.

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and socalmom, sometimes when i write, it isn't necessarily right back at you, but in general, and as an afterthought to create discussion.

for instance, why do we believe swimming in circles is any more boring than swimming in a square/rectangle for the betta?

from another posting, the pros and cons of fasting your betta. if it is so good for them, would it be good for us as well?

with regards to the baby biOrb, it may look small, but it even looks smaller due to the acrylic that doesn't make the width of the tank seem that big. even with the fish is swimming, he appears way bigger and blurrier when he is at the back of the bowl and then normal up front. interesting how optics/type of plastic/glass affects the size of things.

*****

but personally, i do get a sense that there is always something wrong for you with what i am writing, as if you are judging me.

for instance, i never wrote about water changes directly at you, but to demonstrate that i had been doing them in these non-filtered tanks. however, you wrote back as if i was directly telling you and that wasn't the case.

please ease off my comments. with sugar on top.

 

[SoCalMom]

and socalmom, sometimes when i write, it isn't necessarily right back at you, but in general, and as an afterthought to create discussion.

*****

but personally, i do get a sense that there is always something wrong for you with what i am writing, as if you are judging me.

for instance, i never wrote about water changes directly at you, but to demonstrate that i had been doing them in these non-filtered tanks. however, you wrote back as if i was directly telling you and that wasn't the case.

please ease off my comments. with sugar on top.

Um...when you reply by either personally addressing me (like above), or give a response to something I said (even without using my name)...then yes, you are writing back to me.

As to the water changes, it sure seemed like you were saying it to me. After replying to someone, you can't just stick something in there that was meant for the general public without letting them know

I have never judged you. Please show me where you thought I was judging you


Anyway, there is no need to "ease off your comments" since I haven't been rude to you...

 

[garethusa]

Anyway, there is no need to "ease off your comments" since I haven't been rude to you...

socalmom, i am not saying you have been rude - this is a perfect example of you trying to 'color' my replies -, but i am perceiving that you are taking everything reply i write as if i am replying to you when i am not and then you come across as if i am trying to lecture as with the water changes or that i am being hypersensitive with regards to fishes swimming in a circle vs a rectangle. as you can see, if i address you in particular, i will specifically point it out to you......you can look back at my writing and see when i am addressing someone in particular and when i am not; hence individual response vs. general. i guess what i am trying to ask here from you is that don't assume what i am feeling or tell me to take a chill pill when you don't know from what point of view i am writing from. hence 'ease off on my comments'.

so as i said, you weren't rude but please be a bit less judgemental about how others write.

 

[SoCalMom]

socalmom, i am not saying you have been rude - this is a perfect example of you trying to 'color' my replies -, but i am perceiving that you are taking everything reply i write as if i am replying to you when i am not and then you come across as if i am trying to lecture as with the water changes or that i am being hypersensitive with regards to fishes swimming in a circle vs a rectangle. as you can see, if i address you in particular, i will specifically point it out to you......you can look back at my writing and see when i am addressing someone in particular and when i am not; hence individual response vs. general. i guess what i am trying to ask here from you is that don't assume what i am feeling or tell me to take a chill pill when you don't know from what point of view i am writing from. hence 'ease off on my comments'.

so as i said, you weren't rude but please be a bit less judgemental about how others write.

Mmmmmmk. You are taking this wayyyy more in depth then it needs to be lol

I'm still waiting to be shown where I was judgemental

There are a few things that you said that are hypocritical, but I'm just gonna let this one go as there is no point anymore