Re: Hi, new to keeping bettas

by **teeny** on Mon May 24, 2010 7:11 pm

Netty wrote: to the forum Teeny. Feel free to browse around and if you need anything just ask away. There are lots of helpful people here

BTW.....Are you Teeny from RFUK?

Thanks Netty, no I'm not the same person, sorry whats RFUK.
My granny used to call me teeny , even when I was an adult. Smile

I thought I was the only one.

by **teeny** on Mon May 24, 2010 7:14 pm

kizno1 wrote:Glad i could help . how big is your bettas tank?

The betta tank is just 21 litres , its one of the marina cool tanks .

by **kizno1** on Mon May 24, 2010 7:16 pm

Ok thants a good size thumbup

if you want you could add some shrimp or pygmy corys to the tank. ember tetra, galaxy rasbora and endlers can be fine but some bettas take a disliking to them

by **Netty** on Mon May 24, 2010 7:17 pm

RFUK is a reptile forum and there's a member called Teeny on there too, so thought you might be one and the same lol!

by **teeny** on Mon May 24, 2010 7:19 pm

kizno1 wrote:Ok thants a good size if you want you could add some shrimp or pygmy corys to the tank. ember tetra, galaxy rasbora and endlers can be fine but some bettas take a disliking to them

Thats good to know, have corys in my comunity tanks, they're great fish to watch. Smile

by **kizno1** on Mon May 24, 2010 7:24 pm

If you do get corys make sure there one of the pygmy types or they will get to big. You could have 6 in a 5g tank.

by **teeny** on Mon May 24, 2010 7:27 pm

kizno1 wrote:If you do get corys make sure there one of the pygmy types or they will get to big. You could have 6 in a 5g tank.

I will do thanks Smile

by **Dreaming Moonlily** on Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:58 am

I love panda corys they're soo cute!! One of my LFS has tiny ones for $2.99, I'm going to pick them up once I'm sure my tank is stabilized.

by **teeny** on Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:32 pm

Dreaming Moonlily wrote:I love panda corys they're soo cute!! One of my LFS has tiny ones for $2.99, I'm going to pick them up once I'm sure my tank is stabilized.

I love the panda corys too, but they are quite hard to get in my area and when my lfs do get them they are snapped up quite quickly. Hope you get some soon. Smile

by **kizno1** on Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:19 pm

Cant you ask you lfs to hold some back for you? most lfs will.

by **Dreaming Moonlily** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:59 pm

Will panda cory's be happy kept in pairs??

by **kizno1** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:00 pm

No you need atleast 4 but i would go for atleast 6 if you have the space.

by **teeny** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:43 am

kizno1 wrote:Cant you ask you lfs to hold some back for you? most lfs will.

Hi kizno, yes I should, I'm going to ask when I come back from holiday , and see if they will keep some for me. I've been wanting some for ages. Smile

by **kizno1** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:29 pm

teeny wrote:
kizno1 wrote:Cant you ask you lfs to hold some back for you? most lfs will.

Hi kizno, yes I should, I'm going to ask when I come back from holiday , and see if they will keep some for me. I've been wanting some for ages.

Fair enough. Did you buy any of the plants in the end?

by **teeny** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:38 pm

kizno1 wrote:
teeny wrote:
kizno1 wrote:Cant you ask you lfs to hold some back for you? most lfs will.

Hi kizno, yes I should, I'm going to ask when I come back from holiday , and see if they will keep some for me. I've been wanting some for ages.

Fair enough. Did you buy any of the plants in the end?

I got some java fern just now for the betta, there is a couple of silk plants in it as well, that my son chose, its quite colourful so is keeping him interested.

by **kizno1** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:56 pm

Sounds good :]