Heloo I just bought my betta yesterday. Mine is actually a community planted tank of albino corydoras and neon tetra. today I added in some ghost shrimp too.

I know that people always say do not mix betta with anything because it's aggressive but my betta, YC (NAMED AFTER MY BF LOL) seems very comfortable with others. He doesn't chase nor flare at other fishes even when they are right beside him.

I actually bought him out of sympathy. He looked really depressed in the small bottle in my LFS. I know that betta CAN live in small containers and all but I believe if they had a choice they'd live in a much open area. I wouldn't be happy if I'm living in a small prison either.

I have no idea what type my betta is but he's not the short-tailed one.

I never had any luck taking pictures of my fish. How do you guys get those amazing shots?! It's either too dark and I can't use flash because of the reflects or the fishes just choose to swim when I'm taking pictures of them.

SERIOUSLY does the betta knows i'm taking his pictures?! Everytime I dont he sits still but when I do he just choose to swim around

Is there such thing as fake betta =_= my dad says that betta likes it at the top of the aquarium and they are aggressive but my betta is the opposite. He seemed to enjoy swimming between the plants at the bottom of the aquarium. my dad said i bought a sissy betta

as for the picture, his tail and fins get broader when he stops but he just wouldn't stop =/ so the fin actually look broader than this.

haha I bought it in those uncle-uncle LFS. cuz he always give me free stuff and tons of discounts i will never tell them how much i spent for my hobbies I learnt my lesson last time. but i think my dad is tired of scolding me I looked up on super delta and halfmoon. they look the same to me. hahaha... i guess its because i'm not an expert. =/

the special tanks are usually empty is it? means you just put the fish in >> take picture >>> put back to normal aquarium? maybe i should try that one day and get a beautiful picture of my fishes.

oh i wanna ask right, they say that bettas are top dwellers... but this betta seems to be swimming from the top to the bottom. Sometimes he's in the middle but most of the time he's at the bottom of the tank swimming through the 'holes' on my driftwood and hiding near the grass. is this normal or is he sick? O__O

but he'll ascend to the top of the aquarium sometimes. but when I feed he doesn't seem excited like other fishes i had (tetra, cory, guppies, danios & etc). He just so... simply...chill... and slowly swim to the top and eat.

and then he'll spit out whatever he eat after chewing it or something. I read somewhere that bettas are sometimes picky eaters. if so, then the normal fish flakes wouldn't be appealing to him right? if he's not sick and he's picky... what should i feed him?!

oo... area ar, you know setapak? some kampung area in kl. LOL. Ok not very kampung la but not so up-to-date like damansara or something. theres a lot LFS here wan... but most of them are those uncle uncle types =/

Oh okay, do you use fish pellet or fish flakes? Mine is flakes, maybe thats why he doesn't like it ><

Betta ar.. i used to have 2 bettas when I was in primary school. but obviously when I was young I have no idea what I was doing also Now also still feel kinda guilty for keeping them in the small container. bettas are really beautiful. I always wanted to have one again but I had a few guppies. I always feel very kesian at them when I see them in the shop. Small containers, sometimes even cloudy water. they deserve better home than that!

I'm very attracted to fish. when I was very young I LOVE to go chinese restaurants cuz i will keep standing infront of the aquariums and watch the huge fish (not knowing that they gonna be eaten by me LOL )
I beg my dad to buy me an aquarium when I was in secondary school that was when my aquarium craze starts growing. when I look at my aquarium it feels like i'm transported to underwater world. So peaceful and quiet. And fishes are cute whaaat no meh? maybe cuz i'm a girl den i keep decorating my aquarium also but when i see the final works and the fishes are happy, I feel happy.

i think my betta is a halfmoon! i keep looking at it just now HAHAHA. it was staring at me =_=

i really dunno much about cameras. i am one of those 'lomo' ppl. i'll try to borrow good cameras from my friend and try but i don't wanna torture my fish so much so maybe i try it on the original tank first. ><

oh thanks will check it out but probably this sunday gotta visit my sick grandma in klang

maybe not everyone stare at the aquarium in restaurants la but hahaha! i thought there are plenty of people that loves fish? when I was in secondary I wanted to open an aquaria okayyy. HAHAHA. well big dreams never gonna happen.

wah u can carry glass tank by yourself when u were in 2ndary? i can barely lift up the tank u noe. but mine bigger than 2ft though. even now honestly i'm like dying trying to change the water cuz i have no long pipes. so i use buckets instead. so tiring but at the end of the day feels like its worth it

p/s: actually i asked for a cheap plastic guppy aquarium but my dad bought me this huge one HAHAH. so whatever lor. Its not that i can't buy with my money but because my mom will scold me. XD if my dad buy then my mom don't dare to scold ma. HAHAHAH plan succeeded!

i think guys can do that but i cannot lor. if i buy something that put in living room and i never tell her she confirm will throw wan

but if i use hose then i would be putting in chlorinated water. if use bucket can mix the anti-chlorine before putting in aquarium wor

oh okay haha i so blind i never see the date. will see if i'm free. but i'm like so newbie

um... as wide as my arms xD i'm just scared they sensitive to chlorine only >< someone told me before certain fish if i add anti-cl late den it will get affected or smth.

yea yea. HAHA. cuz the fish is so friendly and my bf is so friendly xD. now that i think about it the name is kinda ridiculous lollll.

i go sleep first kay nitee

AHAHA. actually i thought of that before. Because I used to have a cichlid with my name. and then it died....... i felt so sad the whole day.

i asked my bf when i bought the fish also. 'what if YC die?' den he said 'if that YC die then this YC wont die lo' anyway he's not a fish person

I officially give up in taking my betta's picture liao. I CAN NEVER SUCCEED IF HE KEEP BULLYING ME

instead i think drawing is a better option for me.

aiya i never thought about that

@edmund btw my betta starts eating after I give pellet and now he got eat a bit flakes also... curi my neon tetra's food so i give him less pellet tomorrow xD he seems to wander around the tank now... but sometimes still hide in the hole. I think it's his territory or smth now

@luqee: Thanks

hi boys, I was wondering if anyone successfully put a few bettas in one tank without a divider.

I read quite a number of success from other fishcomm forums like http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showt...nk-!-!-!

And about female bettas, is it common? The LFS near my house doesn't sell females. That's what the uncle said... and I do not have the ability to identify female fish.

nice... I have a 20 gal tank and IDK... ever since I got him he always seem so sad... lying on the sand. I don't even know how to feed him because he's always lying down, not interested in eating. I can see his eyeballs rolling here and there watching other fishes though.

He looked so sad i thought of finding him a wife or a friend =/

I've been monitoring him for some time. Other fishes didn't really care about his existence neither did he. He swim at the top sometimes, stoning at one corner, then swim down but most of the time he's hiding behind the stone. I can see that he's not shy.

The only problem is feeding him. Even when he's at the top he's not interested in eating pellets nor flakes. He just stare at the food only (or was he looking at somewhere else?) Should I just leave him like that and let him eat when he's hungry or should i force him to eat? :S both doesn't sound very nice.