dyson83
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has anyone had any experience with siamese fighters i have read the are quiet placid but a friend says his kills his guppies?
Siamese Fighter Good Or Bad
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You will have more success with this thread if you post it in the Bettas section of the forum (siamese fighting fish are also known as betta's). Given that though, here's some general info on male betta's/siamese fighting fish;
a. They are territorial and agressive fish, particularly towards each other and other fish which look similar in shape or colouring (guppys are often targets of betta's as they have no sense of territory and often constantly stumble into the male betta's personal space without realising, their bright colouring and fancy tail types and patterns also aggrevate male betta's). So male betta's should never be kept together nor should they be kept with female betta's (usually in the wild females only socialise with males when looking for males to breed with, other than that they are not found together in the wild and when forced to live constantly together in aquariums, aggression/violence often breaks out between them).
b. Although quite agressive/territorial fish, they are also very slow swimmers (this is particularly true for the longer tailed varieties). Male betta's often get picked on by other fish in community aquariums because they are not fast enough to defend themselves or swim away from fish that pick on them- this is a problem since most community fish are faster than betta's and even normally peaceful community fish will soon realise that male betta's make easy targets.
c. Because they are slow, they find it difficult to compete for food with other aquarium fish at feeding time and can often end up not getting anything to eat most of the time, and thus start to lose weight and energy and then fall ill and die.
d. They don't thrive well in well filtered aquariums, although a little filtration is good, most aquarium fish demand filtration much more stronger than what is comfortable for betta's to live with.
Basically, male betta's are solitary fish that do best when kept on their own. There are a couple of fish and other critters that have been known to work well with betta's, but basically offer nothing positive for the betta in question, they simply live together with no interaction between the betta and fish in question- this is as much as you can hope for with betta's in community tanks. Betta's can live in anything 2gallons or larger, and can live in an unfiltered aquarium (if water changes are done on a very regular basis) or filtered aquarium, but need a heater to help keep the tank temp stable. Female betta's have similar requirements to the males, except females can be kept together in reasonably sized tanks in all-female groups.
a. They are territorial and agressive fish, particularly towards each other and other fish which look similar in shape or colouring (guppys are often targets of betta's as they have no sense of territory and often constantly stumble into the male betta's personal space without realising, their bright colouring and fancy tail types and patterns also aggrevate male betta's). So male betta's should never be kept together nor should they be kept with female betta's (usually in the wild females only socialise with males when looking for males to breed with, other than that they are not found together in the wild and when forced to live constantly together in aquariums, aggression/violence often breaks out between them).
b. Although quite agressive/territorial fish, they are also very slow swimmers (this is particularly true for the longer tailed varieties). Male betta's often get picked on by other fish in community aquariums because they are not fast enough to defend themselves or swim away from fish that pick on them- this is a problem since most community fish are faster than betta's and even normally peaceful community fish will soon realise that male betta's make easy targets.
c. Because they are slow, they find it difficult to compete for food with other aquarium fish at feeding time and can often end up not getting anything to eat most of the time, and thus start to lose weight and energy and then fall ill and die.
d. They don't thrive well in well filtered aquariums, although a little filtration is good, most aquarium fish demand filtration much more stronger than what is comfortable for betta's to live with.
Basically, male betta's are solitary fish that do best when kept on their own. There are a couple of fish and other critters that have been known to work well with betta's, but basically offer nothing positive for the betta in question, they simply live together with no interaction between the betta and fish in question- this is as much as you can hope for with betta's in community tanks. Betta's can live in anything 2gallons or larger, and can live in an unfiltered aquarium (if water changes are done on a very regular basis) or filtered aquarium, but need a heater to help keep the tank temp stable. Female betta's have similar requirements to the males, except females can be kept together in reasonably sized tanks in all-female groups.
double-trouble
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My experience of Bettas is that they are incredibly beautiful and placid. I had one for about 3 months before I got some angel fish. He never went anywhere near my guppies and got bullied by the angels and got all his fins ripped off by the angels after a while. (not the best fighter I've ever seen!!)
My advice would be DONT put them with any fin nippers and if you are worried about aggression put them with fast fish. people say Bettas dont like heavy filtration but mine used to jump in and out of the flow of the filter he used to love it!!!
they are great fish and I would recommend them to anyone!!!
My advice would be DONT put them with any fin nippers and if you are worried about aggression put them with fast fish. people say Bettas dont like heavy filtration but mine used to jump in and out of the flow of the filter he used to love it!!!
they are great fish and I would recommend them to anyone!!!
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