rollergirl Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Was browsing some pet shops with the boy today and came across an info sheet on Betta... Apparently "They like to live in small containers as this is their natural habitat" :lol: I'm thinking, where in the wild do they find all these containers? Fiance wondered if there is a "Lake Tupperware" somewhere where Betta live and breed.. :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Which shop was this? They should definitely be kept in a decent sized aquarium, never keep any fish in small containers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarimochi Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 They would be referring to the holes that water buffalo make with their hooves when they tred through rice paddies. They are a similar size to a small container and becuase bettas are labyrinth fish, the lack of oxygen and unclean water doesn't worry them. It is not their natural habitat though, only something they can cope with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Fiance wondered if there is a "Lake Tupperware" somewhere where Betta live and breed :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 lol, did you ask the shop if thats where they came from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollergirl Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 I felt like it might be too cheeky to say anything but had a great laugh in the store. I see what they were meaning of course but the wording was all wrong! :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub.z Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 I think nearly every pet store in Christchurch has them in those little containers/jars :-? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollergirl Posted November 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Yea...to me it's kinda sad but according to many internet sources it is fine for them. I guess what Yarimochi said is true.... and they aren't the most active of fish in the first place...Still personally wouldn't keep one like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 and they aren't the most active of fish in the first place... Virote would tend to disagree with you there. Virote is my fiance's betta and he DOESN'T STOP MOVING. EVAR. He eats like a horse (in a manner of speaking only) and we have not seen him lying on the gravel since pretty much when we first got him from the pet shop. He lives in a 29 litre and it still doesn't seem big enough for him. I doubt he'd be very happy in his "natural habitat." He'd be the one jumping over the dirt to get to a bigger puddle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 [. He lives in a 29 litre and it still doesn't seem big enough for him. ! Putting a fighter in anything less than an acre of rice field is cruel and unacceptable :evil: :oops: The biggest stress you can cause your fighters are putting them in a tank of moving water. :evil: ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Ron is right, fighters are found in rice paddies hundreds/thousands of gallons in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 They obviously lived in little cups BEFORE humans started making rice paddies a few hundred years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 i had one in my 4 ft tank & he never stopped swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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