Freshwater Fish Aquariums

Argie's Wife · 12-18-2009, 02:05 PM

All good advice - THANKS!

I separated the Bennie from the Barbs as soon as I learned they weren't compatible. I like to know exactly what I'm getting into with pets and glad I read up on the subject as soon as I did. They were together for less than an hour. Bennie is my favorite - he's got a lot of personality for a fish.

Bennie has done the bubbles show you mentioned. I'd put a plant in with him a while back and he nested all around it. He's the second betta we've had - the first one was Jerry Batfish and the oldest boy brought him home from Wal-Mart. Jerry always looked a little "off"... never really healthy. He lived almost a year. I sealed his fate one day when I dropped him as I was cleaning his bowl. He lived for three days and then was belly-up. I felt horrible.... the kids weren't too happy. Needless to say, I'm uber careful with Bennie...

12-18-2009, 02:05 PM	#5
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	All good advice - THANKS! I separated the Bennie from the Barbs as soon as I learned they weren't compatible. I like to know exactly what I'm getting into with pets and glad I read up on the subject as soon as I did. They were together for less than an hour. Bennie is my favorite - he's got a lot of personality for a fish. Bennie has done the bubbles show you mentioned. I'd put a plant in with him a while back and he nested all around it. He's the second betta we've had - the first one was Jerry Batfish and the oldest boy brought him home from Wal-Mart. Jerry always looked a little "off"... never really healthy. He lived almost a year. I sealed his fate one day when I dropped him as I was cleaning his bowl. He lived for three days and then was belly-up. I felt horrible.... the kids weren't too happy. Needless to say, I'm uber careful with Bennie...