And I don't know a thing about betas. LOL it bothers me that they have to live alone.
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Let us know what you find out!
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The pretty ones are the male. The females are just plain. Pale, no long fins.

Lara, you have 2 males.

I had one live for almost 3 years. His name was Princess Jasmine.
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My BF at the time had Beta's for his sons. Their fish were all named after the guys in Alladin.

We got one for Lil'Monkey. She was just a tot. Jasmine was a transvestite in a red dress.
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He sure was a pretty fish.
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Ours never liked change. They liked to stay in the same spot. I'm not sure, but it might have to do with the water temp.

I hope he perks up.
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Hey, thanks for replies.
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He's looking chirpier today. Maybe he was just resting.
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They're in a split tank, side by side. They mirror each other's movements.

I'm also thinking it's a water temperature problem although I see the blue/teal one is making more bubbles so maybe he's just annoyed that he couldn't mate (or something). No chance of that with a male in the other side of the tank and no females in sight.

I changed 1/3 of the water yesterday and cleaned the pebbles and so I'll just wait and see.

If they didn't live alone they'd kill each other I think, Doody. LOL
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Lara..I kept Bettas for quite a while. I know of a good web site called Fish Lore.com Bettas like to have their water at 78-80 deg. There are many details that if followed will extend a Bettas life span. Check out the Betta section on that site..tons of info!

Of when I was a mere child/teen who raised, and got babies from the betas and mollies and tetras...we were a three/four tank family?
Go out to a specialty store and find each of these guys a Girl or two! Then get all the trappings, the nest thing-where the babies once out are dropped down to a safe place to live [these guys can be carnivorous?- think it's called a trap?] and plan on another tank for the babies to grow up in.... They can be sooo neat! Watching little ones who are pale and non-descript grow and become beautiful is a pleasure.
They are beautiful graceful creatures in their own way, appreciate them for just what they are! - j

Thankyou, just drea. Yes, they're probably a little warm really. Hard to do much about it in my climate. It's been a few hot weeks. I might move them to an area that has less actual light (I don't mean sun, just light). Air temp is around 30C which would be about 86F.

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out indeed.

dahlek,
As tempting as it is, for the moment I'm over watching them raising babies right now. LOL Thanks for the idea though! I would have done that when my children were young. My daughter particularly loved all the fish we kept.

They sure are beautiful and I've always loved having fish. There's that constant fluid movement going on which I find very relaxing.

well, off to check out the new fish site and I'll see if there's anything different on that one. I just think it's too hot but they're from a tropical climate, so would have thought they'd be ok. I'll move them to a cooler spot if I can find one for a while. I just don't like changing too many things at once.

thanks everyone.

I love how we have members who know Betas!

They are so beautiful!

Hee. I know they have to live alone but it still makes me feel lonely looking at them.
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