yaya... agreed.. it is hard to snap the photo.. may b u can use video and upload to youtube.. it willl b easier...

share some of my fish..

marble HMPK


Red HM

Hi guys, I recently bought a betta with a small aquarium 5 -6 inches long and 4-5 inches tall. I dont have a filter or a pump. Besides feeding and changing the water, what else can I do? This is my first time having a fish as a pet.

You can train him/her to fight

nono.. dun encourage ppl to use betta to fight althought that is their natural habits.. but.. dun do that lah... vr cruel u know... if we are singapore.. we will jailed and fined...

a few quick questions... can betta live in strong water current??... currently i have a small pico size tank housing my betta... plans to get a HOB water filter and do some low tech planted tank inside for it... (lazy to do water change twice a week adi)... because previously i did the same setup for my guppies and all of them didnt survive the strong water current....

2nd question... can 1 male n 1 female betta live together??....

for betta, u dun really nid a pump, juz do more WC enuf.. and somemore they are surface breather.. u can try to spawn him/her... it is really fun.. but, b4 u spawn him/her.. must ask urself.. can u dedicated for the young frys... but, it is really fun to see the frys growing~~

gd luck for ur betta keeping ya

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Added on March 5, 2009, 3:44 am1st)no... dun give ur betta live in strong water current.. i think they prefer dead water(no water movement).. a single HOB.. i think shud not b a big problem if u housing it at big aquarium~~

2)a male and a female.. will normally end up the dominant one(mostly male) kill the weaker side... if u playing to keep betta together... female is ur best choice... u can keep them in the large number.. they can stay well(may ocasinally flare, but wont cause serious injured~~

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: Mar 5 2009, 03:44 AM

oh okay... thanks for the info... i guess i'll maintain what i have for now... dead water without filter with single male betta in it....

How often do you feed your betta? I feed it once a day. Seems that I have to chnage water every 3 days becoz dirty.

i will feed them once a day as well unless is weekend. Twice.

change water every 2 days will be better yah.

feed daily... change water twice a week...

Finally got myself some java moss for my fish after weeks on hunting. Been to a local Aquatic plant shop yesterday, saw the shop owner keep 3 wild macs in a 3 feet tank with aqua plants as deco. Very nice color!

Anyways, just wander can few wild betta been together in a tank? Cause i saw the LFS do that and the all the 3 betta live peacefully. Dont see the fish is biting each other.

erm... wild betta are not that aggresive than show betta.. they hav no problem staying together...
i hav more than 10 pcs of mac... they stay together peacefully...

here is the lovely adult pair~~


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@spirit

Nice setup there bro.. Whats ur water temp and water PH? Yeap. That what i've found about wild betta. That are seem to be calmer then show betta. Anyways, water pump is a must for keeping wild betta?

no lah.. cuz wildtype... especially MAC, are not that hardly compare to show betta... so, the water fluatution cannot be too much.. so, if u cannot do WC frequently.. u have to rely on all this filteration system lo... in fact, they dun like the bubble and the prefer the calm water... so, wat i can do is to keep the air bubble at low or moderate lo...

erm... water temperature is at 25 celcius wif 2 fans directly blowing from the top... no chiller is using here as it cost a bomb.... water ph is 4.5 lower down using seachem acid buffer or ocean free ph down~~

here i show some of my show betta that i took their picture today..



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demon, those betta in the pictures u shown r they for sale?

It seems tat betta are very fragile(?)
My fren betta tat bought from pasar malam juz passed away
Dunno wats wrong also but suspect fin rot as the find is getting smaller and smaller each day
Color also slowly fading and died at the end hmm...
I plan2 buy a betta but need2 learn alot first
I wan2 ask hw frequent do u guys change the water and did u all change all the water or 80%of it?
And does a healthy betta swim with their fin open as in demon's vid?

3 days once is the best.
they flare only when they ternampak other betta. wanna fight like that

is it normal for betta to be active??... mine seems to be crazy whole day swimming left n right around the tank...

i m selling them. but the picture is for ilustration only.. if u wan to choose the fish, u can visit to my house..

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Added on March 13, 2009, 3:54 amit depend of the fish.. if the fish are healthy are not dirty, u no nid to change the water.. if ur betta is HMPK, u can even change the water once every 2 weeks... if ur betta is HM, u are required to change the water twice a week.. if u betta is CT, u have to check the water parameter more often as the fin will curl...
for a healthy betta, they shud have a full flare and very aggresive when they saw only opponets(a mirror will do). beside that, the healthy fish will alwiz blow bubble nest.. it also indicate they are ready to breed...

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Added on March 13, 2009, 3:57 amerm, normally they are inactive at night, as they need to rest.. for ur case.. i m not sure.. if the fish are newly bought, if the fish showing bar on the body and colour fade away.. they fish consider stress.. get some ketapang leave for him and put him under a place that only have a dim light or no light at all..

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: Mar 13 2009, 03:57 AM

Good info, my fren betta is a CT and she change the water like only once a week
The fin did curl up as soon as she got it back home
If the condition prolong (Fin curl up) will it lead to death?
If so i guess its the reason my fren betta passed away