I need information on beta fish such as the sailfin mollie, ASAP becasue all of my adults keep getting sick and then die off no matter what I try.
2006-08-25 00:25:39 · 8 answers · asked by Upnorthgal40 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
i am totally against people who buys beta fish thats part of our campaign in peta street team pls. visit go veg.org or peta.org for more info.
2006-08-25 00:29:01 · answer #1 · answered by ~Vegan~ 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm really confused. I own both betta, and lyre-tailed molly (which are a hybrid sailfin). They are completely different fish with different needs.
A betta is a member of anabantidaes and is well known for it's ability to live in small containers with no filter or aeration. Unlike most fish betta breath air from the surface, and drown if they can't reach the surface. Betta are aggressive to other betta. Males must be kept alone, and females can be kept with other females in large tanks. (1 per 5-10 gallons) Note that in tanks tank larger than 5 gallon betta get along with peaceful community unless the look like betta. (IE fancy guppy)
A molly are members of the same group as guppy, and platty/swordtail. This group is generally referred to as the livebearers. (They pretty much the only group fish that bear live young you can put in tanks.) Unlike betta molly need a well filtered large tank of at least 30 gallons. Unlike betta molly are easily effected by ammonia levels so a tank needs to be cycled before adding molly. Throwing 3-4 molly into a new generally results in 3-4 dead molly. Molly have a great tolerance for salt, and can live in salt water if the change happens slowly over a week.
2006-08-25 12:04:17 · answer #2 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bettas by Robert J. Ph.D. Goldstein is good. It's less about care and more about biology and their natural environment. It covers several betta species not just B. splendens.
I have also heard good things about Caring for Betta Fish by Marcus Song. It's the newest Betta book and just came out this past May. It has gotten good ratings but I haven't had the chance to pick it up yet.
Keep an open mind when you read books about fish care. It's based a lot on opinion and very few scientific studies have been performed to back up claims. I frequently find things I don't fully agree with in fish books and online but usually the basics are there in a written publication. (I would agree with 98% of Goldstein book) Online, you can get advice that is completely wrong and even dangerous to your betta. I say this even as a webmaster of my own Betta splendens site.
2006-08-25 09:58:13 · answer #3 · answered by Nippyfish.net 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your best and fastest source of information is the Internet highway. This way you can access several sources without buying several different reference books. They are a difficult breed as they fall ill when they are unhappy just as much as when they have an actual illness. The males are very temperamental. Good luck.
2006-08-25 07:40:34 · answer #4 · answered by pamphetamine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First...PETA sucks. Second you have the internet, obviously you are on yahoo. Google it...you will get TONS of information for FREE. No need to buy a book...Good luck!
2006-08-25 07:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here is a site . Hope it helps.
2006-08-25 07:34:39 · answer #6 · answered by Diana 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
flippersandfins.net
check out this site, they've helped me!
2006-08-25 17:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by Seerah327 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here are a couple web sites to read.. http://care.betta-fish.com.ar/
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/livebearers/molly.php
http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-Mollies.htm
2006-08-25 07:42:31 · answer #8 · answered by just_libs 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋