Betta Dragons X3

Astra · Post by **Astra** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:04 pm

Heh ... sorry, didn't even realize these were finished XD

here's mine:

http://www.moon-struck.net/draco_prime/ ... driss.html

Midori · Post by **Midori** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:35 am

Have a Betta
Name:
Photo of betta!fish: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/m ... hefish.jpg (Roca doesn't like his photo taken so I understand if you can't get it right x.x)
Comments? Can I have another since I have Roca now please?

Omniwite · Post by **Omniwite** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:40 pm

Is the Uny still taking forms? If so, I'd like to do one as well. o.o

Midori · Post by **Midori** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:26 pm

I wasn't sure I was kind of hoping she was or'd do just this one I love my little Roca...

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Shard · Post by **Shard** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:53 pm

Holy crap, this was a year ago... :/

I am going to be putting mine up, but I really would like to know: size? breeding restrictions? intelligence?

etc!?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:52 am

I like water dragons, and that one is a very pretty one. I don't know what a Betta fish is though :p As far as fish all I had were goldfish and guppies. I soon realized fish are better kept far away from me since I apparently provide a stressful environment

Asha Wermyst · Post by **Asha Wermyst** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:23 am

Actually, bettas seem to work better in a stress-filled area. Otherwise, the stupid cat would've sent mine to their graves a long while ago.
You can get bettas in little plastic cups at Wal-mart or PetsMart for 3 bucks...put them in a glass vase with bottled water and they live forever. Very cheap fish, and pretty. They've got longish tail fins and come (mainly) in shades of red or blue.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:46 am

Unless they're already diseased when you get them from the pet store...

I have 2 in my office, the first of the pair died but the other lived, so I bought him a female, though they're in separate bowls. They really are gorgeous. Even the female without all the floofy fins, she's quite colorful.

I don't know how well they'd get on where you live, Trix, but my office is *really freaking cold* 5 days a week because the office building's air conditioning can't be turned off or on from my room. Normally they're warmish water fishies, but they seem to do well there.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:05 am

I think i stressed my guppies by cleaning the tank too much :p But they really do look nice (just clicked the links). I think I've seen them sitting in very little cups in my pet store. I shall investigate.

Asha Wermyst · Post by **Asha Wermyst** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:53 am

At WalMart (which is where mine came from), the diseased ones are by the sink, and the healthy ones are grouped together seperately.
The bettas only have to be cleaned out about twice a month. I need to to do mine, actually.

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:27 am

Me too. It's an excuse to get off my bum and go to my office, but then I have to.. you know, clean em lol. I put marbles with complimentary colors to the fishies in each bowl. The blue boy has blue, black and green ones, while the reddish girl has red, orange and yellow ones.

And a bit of fake greenery.

Post by **StarFyre** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:47 am

From someone who's mom worked in a PetSmart warehouse, in their Fish DC, Bettas are like... the wierdest/hardiest fish EVER.

When they recieve a shipment from overseas - remember, we live in the middle of Illinois - the Bettas are packed, not in bags, but in SHEETS. Think bubble wrap, but with the 'bubbles' about the size of two of those condiment packs you get at restaraunts set side by side and half filled with water and half with air. There's about 20 of these bubbles per sheet and in the neighborhood of 100 or more sheets per container. It takes three people between 3 and 5 hours to 'recieve' the fish (take them out of the sheets and put them into the cups) depending on the number of boxes they get in. Sometimes, depending on the schedualing, sometimes the boxes sat in the recieving section of the Fish DC for over a DAY before someone could start unpacking them.

And through all of this, their DOA count never exceeded 15 per box.

They were bred to be hardy - they're fighting fish, as you'll realize if you accidently put two or more together.

Nearly the only thing that can kill one is disease, and if the one you have gets a disease and dies from it, I'd suggest getting rid of the tank if it has plastic parts, or cleaning it very, very carefully if it's glass.

Unyko · Post by **Unyko** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:08 pm

That is... very strange. *blink* And it might exlain a few things. I've only ever had one betta, and he died within a month of my buying him. (And I haven't been able to keep a single male guppy alive since then, presumably of the same illness. All my females are perfectly fine; the males never last more than a month or two. o.o) But the other fish that live in the same aquarium, and were there when he died, even, are still alive and well, and this was... oh, about a year ago. I started with the guppies after he died, 'cause -they- were supposed to be hardy.

Fish confuse me so. x.x;

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:29 pm

Ooh so while we've got you here?

Size? Powers? Anything about the dragons you want to share or is it all up to us? I'm assuming they're unrelated.

Unyko · Post by **Unyko** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:34 pm

Oops, sorry! XD I knew I forgot something. ^.^;;

These guys are all completely unrelated, yes. So size and abilities are completely up to you. My own bettadragon is medium-sized, though I think I also gave him sizeshifting, but I can't remember for sure.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:47 pm

Had a Betta (or two, or three...)
Name: Yakima
Photo of betta!fish: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ ... CF5848.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ ... CF5850.jpg
Comments? Just wanted to join the crowd 'cause I love these fish. Don't need dragon, just had to show off.

(wouldn't say no to dragon, though.

)