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Azrael_Darkness Fish Addict Posts: 547 Kudos: 420 Votes: 8 Registered: 26-Oct-2004	I've been keeping fish for maybe 2 years or so now and i never once have owned a betta fish. So today i decided to get one and wow did i get an active one. This little guy wont stop zipping around his 2.5 gallon tank. Is this normal? i heard bettas aren't really that active. Maybe he was happy to be out of that little cup in the petstore or something lol. Also why does marine labs bio blend betta food sink instead of float? If he doesn't see it falling he will never see it on the gravel.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Azrael_Darkness Fish Addict Posts: 547 Kudos: 420 Votes: 8 Registered: 26-Oct-2004	I also have another question.....would 1 little dwarf african frog be able to live with a betta in a 2.5 gallon tank?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
pugperson Fish Addict Posts: 877 Kudos: 953 Votes: 293 Registered: 16-May-2003	Possibly your new guy is young and vigorous. Also it maybe very young and his fins may not have fully developed. I don't know about the sinking betta food. I have always used a floating food for mine. By the way, Congratulations! Bet you can't keep just one.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	sometimes bettas are really in destress when they zip around the tank, but maybe he is just happy. good luck with your new betta.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	Im not up too date with betta food so could you post a pic of what your feeding your betta. I've always used betta bites myself
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
MegTheFish Banned Posts: 167 Votes: 1 Registered: 03-Aug-2004	An african dwarf frog would be fine with him...the only concern I would have is him getting enough food, because your betta would prolly eat it (or try to).
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	If you have some sinking frog pellets then your betta shouldnt be able to find them leaveing them for your frog. I would feed the frog aften dark too IMO
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Azrael_Darkness Fish Addict Posts: 547 Kudos: 420 Votes: 8 Registered: 26-Oct-2004	the food is called bio-blend betta from Marineland. go to marineland.com and type it in the search...for some reason my firewall is being difficult and i cant view it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	It says on the site that they are supposed to be floating. Not sure why yours are not. How are you placeing them on the water.?? heres the link is this what you [link=found]http://marineland.com/products/mllabs/bioblend/bioblend_betta.asp" style="COLOR: #0000FF[/link]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Azrael_Darkness Fish Addict Posts: 547 Kudos: 420 Votes: 8 Registered: 26-Oct-2004	yea i belive that is it (i cant see the picture because my firewall wont allow it. i know it should be floating because i got another food and it sinks to.....i just drop them in. I have a very small whisper filter on it which is turned to lowest setting i cant imagine that knocking a little pellet downwards.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17


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