A lesson in Keeping Wild Bettas - Brooklyn Aquarium Society

rdebonis · August 9th, 2009, 09:00 PM

A word of advice for anyone who keeps wild bettas. If you are using a Box Filter, make sure you have netting or some obstruction to prevent the Bettas from traveling down the Air Exhaust tube while allowing the air to come out. That is unless you don't care if the betta turns the bottom of your Box filter into his or her home. I found one of my Betta Rutilans moving in and out of the exhaust tube on the box filter and he was living happily in the small water space at the bottom of the the filter, so I dimantled the filter and removed him, much to his annoyance. These fish are so skinny that they can squeeze into almost any tight space so they require special attention to details. The fact that the filter air flow has to be fairly slow for still water fish like Bettas makes the odds of this happening greater with these types of fish. I'm not sure if the betta were to lay eggs in the bottom of the box filter and if they were fertilized and hatched how this would affect the fry. They would probably have plenty of microscopic food at least for a while. I am constantly amazed at the antics of fish.

Halfbeaks1 · June 4th, 2010, 07:34 AM

How do I keep my Betta albimargireta males from eating the eggs. Should I try to move them out of my main tank or would the move be to much. I have a trio in a 15 gal. planted tank.

rdebonis · July 23rd, 2010, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Halfbeaks1

How do I keep my Betta albimargireta males from eating the eggs. Should I try to move them out of my main tank or would the move be to much. I have a trio in a 15 gal. planted tank.

Send an e-mail to Tony Pinto, he was one of our speakers and he is an expert on Bettas.

Contact the BAS Speaker Chairman and he can get you Tony's e-mail address or contact me and I'll give it to you. I don't want to post it.

Bob D.

andrew15 · August 1st, 2011, 05:55 AM

Thanks a lot i was searching for this for very long time, actually i recently join this forum and i hope got lot of such useful information in future.

August 9th, 2009, 09:00 PM	#1
rdebonis Fry Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 120 Rep Power: 32	A lesson in Keeping Wild Bettas A word of advice for anyone who keeps wild bettas. If you are using a Box Filter, make sure you have netting or some obstruction to prevent the Bettas from traveling down the Air Exhaust tube while allowing the air to come out. That is unless you don't care if the betta turns the bottom of your Box filter into his or her home. I found one of my Betta Rutilans moving in and out of the exhaust tube on the box filter and he was living happily in the small water space at the bottom of the the filter, so I dimantled the filter and removed him, much to his annoyance. These fish are so skinny that they can squeeze into almost any tight space so they require special attention to details. The fact that the filter air flow has to be fairly slow for still water fish like Bettas makes the odds of this happening greater with these types of fish. I'm not sure if the betta were to lay eggs in the bottom of the box filter and if they were fertilized and hatched how this would affect the fry. They would probably have plenty of microscopic food at least for a while. I am constantly amazed at the antics of fish. __________________ rdebonis

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Halfbeaks1 Egg Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: S.I. Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	Betta albimargireta eating eggs How do I keep my Betta albimargireta males from eating the eggs. Should I try to move them out of my main tank or would the move be to much. I have a trio in a 15 gal. planted tank.

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andrew15 Egg Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Thanks a lot i was searching for this for very long time, actually i recently join this forum and i hope got lot of such useful information in future. __________________ Online Diploma

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