Looking nice!Yeah bettas jump.At least these are not as bad as the wild counterparts.They search for holes and them being a tad slimmer than the splendens,If the can get their heads out they can fit through.Hence the reasoning behind my crazy cover the whole top and tape any holes or add craft canvan/jam anything down the holes routine.

Sorry for your losses,and I hope things stay smooth for the rest.One concern though.The fish in post 44.Do you have a better shot of her?Hard to say,but the way she is swimming makes her anal fin look a little long.If it is,and tapers to a point,be sure to watch for her being bossy and a different sway when flaring at the girls.She may be a he.

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Unless males can have an ovipositor too, they are all females. If I can I'll post a picture of "Red" she's my original female who can't be in the tank because she gets picked on so much. She has really long fins; so long you would think she's male but she's not.

Just realize that the very last picture is an old one. My tank doesn't look like that any more. The one right above it is closer to what it looks like now. Since those pictures we taken some of the plants have been moved around.

Actually,yes males can have a false oviposter.That throws many people off.

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Call (800) 925-6278 and speak with Walmart customer service.

You will be on hold for 5 minutes at most and then you will speak to a CS rep. Tell them about the problem and give them very specific details. I did the same thing with my local store, told the rep very specific things: Piles of fish bones in all the larger tanks, bettas never get water changes.

Less than a week later all the piles of fish bones are gone and the bettas they have left are in clean(er) water.

It looks like they culled a bunch, but I can't be sure. I can say that personally, I'd rather be culled than slowly poison myself to death with my own excrement.

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Hello Everyone,
I know it has been several weeks since I last posted. Much has changed since then. I ended up moving and had to give most of my tanks to friends and family. I only have my 29 gallon saltwater tank now. I ended up giving all of my girls to my older sister and her family. She has a house with two 100 gallon tanks, so the 20 gallon I ended up giving her wasn't much a problem.
I just wanted to tell you guys how nice you have been and that I appreciate all of the advice you have given me. Majerah, you are amazing! Thank you so much for all your knowledge.
I hope that I will have the opportunity to return to this aspect of fish keeping in the future.

Thanks again!

Sincerely,
Mary

Awww,Mary,you flatter me,lol.I am sorry to hear the sorority is not with you any more but it seems to be in perfect hands!


I hope one day you will get another betta tank setup(I am sure itll be soon to haha!)and share with us here.I for one enjoyed all the pics you had posted.

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Hi I am new to the forum and just started a sorority tank about a week and a half ago. I am using a 10 gal tank with a few live plants and some plastic plants. I started out with 3 girls and ended up loosing one to the other two stronger fish. I instantly went out and go three more so now I have 5 girls and one dwarf frog from a previous venture. Anyway all five seem to be doing well on day 7 and plants not showing any signs of growing yet. A couple of my girls have fat bellies ...not sure if I am feeding them too much. I feed them twice a day ...a couple pinches of flake food and I drop in some frog pellets in the hopes my lone frog will find them....then I give them frozen brine shrimp probably twice a week...like wed afternoon and sat afternoon as a treat.

Welcome Hawk!

Sororities are alot of work and can be successful or fails.The females could be getting full of eggs,which is normal for healthy mature girlies.

I suggest you look for some pellets instead of flakes though,as flakes are not a good betta food.It can cause constipation.
Frozen foods is a great treat.Get them some frozen bloodworms and they will love you forever!

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some pics of my tank and girls

the blue one with the white on her gills seems to be the boss.