Simeone Swims

A blog about betta and other fishy matters

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WHADDYA CALL A FISH WITH NO EYES!!!!!!

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Mexican tetra

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[simeoneswims]

About betta's wild vs pet traits

This is a bit of a ramble. So I’ve been thinking for a while about justifying pet betta’s behaviours with their wild counterparts, especifically about keeping female bettas together, and something seems off to me.

First of all, as I understand, originally pet bettas were indeed bred to fight, so the most aggressive individuals were chosen to mate. These traits are passed on to both males and females, not only males. Wild betta are not the same animal as Splendens, morphology aside, especially in their behaviours.

When you see female betta in the wild on documentaries and such, they’re more peaceful and give the impression that females would want to have company also in aquariums. But, but most of the times wild bettas are kept in PAIRS because Momma and Papa Wild Betta won’t kill each other after sex like Splendens do. And we’re also ignoring seasonal behaviours, like fish who seek each other only when it’s time to mate, and then will separate. We can’t do that in our tanks, they’re not big enough.

Soriorities are a complicated subject. I get that they can work because they reportedly do, but I’ve also read accounts where everything was peaceful for some time and suddenly the females started to attach each other. But when I read people saying “But wild female bettas live together in the wild” it seems to me as a really invalid argument.

If anyone has more info on the subject, I’d love to know!

[bufomancer]

i remember studies were conducted once on female domestic bettas and if they preferred being alone, with one male, with one female, or with three females once. and then another on if they preferred similar colors or different colors to them. if i can find the links i’ll message then to you!

[simeoneswims]

That would be great, thank you so much!!

[finnicky-art]

As a wild betta owner who keeps her wild females together whoooo boy let me tell you they are more aggressive then any of my males. My dominant female bullies both my sub-dominent female and my sub-dominent male like its a paying job, luckily the tank is big so they can get away and hide but honestly wild females are not as non-aggressive as people would have you believe. I can upload some videos of my female pallifina fighting/sparring if you like?

[simeoneswims]

Wow, I didn't know wild bettas could be that aggressive. My rasbora group kind of worked like that, too, with the biggest female being a bully and the males being much more passive. I definitely would like to see that sparring going on! Pallifina are so cool.

[simeoneswims]

About betta's wild vs pet traits

This is a bit of a ramble. So I’ve been thinking for a while about justifying pet betta’s behaviours with their wild counterparts, especifically about keeping female bettas together, and something seems off to me.

First of all, as I understand, originally pet bettas were indeed bred to fight, so the most aggressive individuals were chosen to mate. These traits are passed on to both males and females, not only males. Wild betta are not the same animal as Splendens, morphology aside, especially in their behaviours.

When you see female betta in the wild on documentaries and such, they’re more peaceful and give the impression that females would want to have company also in aquariums. But, but most of the times wild bettas are kept in PAIRS because Momma and Papa Wild Betta won’t kill each other after sex like Splendens do. And we’re also ignoring seasonal behaviours, like fish who seek each other only when it’s time to mate, and then will separate. We can’t do that in our tanks, they’re not big enough.

Soriorities are a complicated subject. I get that they can work because they reportedly do, but I’ve also read accounts where everything was peaceful for some time and suddenly the females started to attach each other. But when I read people saying “But wild female bettas live together in the wild” it seems to me as a really invalid argument.

If anyone has more info on the subject, I’d love to know!

[bufomancer]

i remember studies were conducted once on female domestic bettas and if they preferred being alone, with one male, with one female, or with three females once. and then another on if they preferred similar colors or different colors to them. if i can find the links i’ll message then to you!

[simeoneswims]

That would be great, thank you so much!!

[stygianterrorfish]

@elemental-kiss I’d love to see that too, if you find them? :)

[bufomancer]

here’s the study i was looking for: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635705002378

and here’s a bunch of other cool studies i found!!

http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4488&context=rtd

http://publications.lakeforest.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=seniortheses

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031938488901187

http://m.beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/6/1139.short

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0023969074900113

[bufomancer]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635708002593

this one too

[simeoneswims]

I have a lot of reading to do! This is fantastic, thank you so much.

[iantojonesthebetta]

Bubbles.

[simeoneswims]

This fish is so lovely that his tail resembles a heart. How cool is that <3

[leisurelywalker]

Progress on the 40 gallon breeder set up. Tank has been set up for a little over four months. Just added fish and the plants are starting to fill out nicely. Looking forward to seeing how this tank develops!

Current inhabitants: 15 shrimp 10 rummy nose tetra 1 pearl gourami

21/09/2016

[simeoneswims]

Aesthetics: a definition.

[fishtanklover]

colone vegetal aquaponie

[poseidon-the-betta]

Here is Calcifer’s photoset! He gets his own because he’s too magnificent to share! I rescaped his tank a bit. The crypts had used up all their root space where they were so I replanted them and spread them out more. I’m not sure how I feel about the little rock path so feel free to let me know what you guys think! I think I may try and get some frog bit or water lettuce for the top because all of these plants are pretty low light and get algae on them quicker than GW can eat it! George Washington the bristlenose pleco and the assassin snails are all doing well too for anyone wondering- I just didn’t get pictures of them.

[simeoneswims]

About betta's wild vs pet traits

This is a bit of a ramble. So I’ve been thinking for a while about justifying pet betta’s behaviours with their wild counterparts, especifically about keeping female bettas together, and something seems off to me.

First of all, as I understand, originally pet bettas were indeed bred to fight, so the most aggressive individuals were chosen to mate. These traits are passed on to both males and females, not only males. Wild betta are not the same animal as Splendens, morphology aside, especially in their behaviours.

When you see female betta in the wild on documentaries and such, they’re more peaceful and give the impression that females would want to have company also in aquariums. But, but most of the times wild bettas are kept in PAIRS because Momma and Papa Wild Betta won’t kill each other after sex like Splendens do. And we’re also ignoring seasonal behaviours, like fish who seek each other only when it’s time to mate, and then will separate. We can’t do that in our tanks, they’re not big enough.

Soriorities are a complicated subject. I get that they can work because they reportedly do, but I’ve also read accounts where everything was peaceful for some time and suddenly the females started to attach each other. But when I read people saying “But wild female bettas live together in the wild” it seems to me as a really invalid argument.

If anyone has more info on the subject, I’d love to know!

[bufomancer]

i remember studies were conducted once on female domestic bettas and if they preferred being alone, with one male, with one female, or with three females once. and then another on if they preferred similar colors or different colors to them. if i can find the links i’ll message then to you!

[simeoneswims]

That would be great, thank you so much!!

[ronbeckdesigns]

50-gallon Planted Riparium. Found on hydrophytesblog.com

(via Pinterest: Discover and save creative ideas)

[simeoneswims]

Riparium must go for RIP I'm dead this is too beatiful bye

[skies-of-salt]

Got Tequila a new light. The Pothos kept biting itself on the old one and it glared into the TV a lot.

Does his body condition look ok? Little booger begs for food non-stop…

The snails did an amazing job cleaning. I’ll have to start feeding them soon. What’s a good snail food for nerites?

[simeoneswims]

That light stand though. *stares*

[skies-of-salt]

It is actually just an L-bracket for the swanky wooden closet shelves at Home Depot (or maybe lowes) ;)

[simeoneswims]

Even better! Here I was thinking it was some sort of high-end ADA stand xD Good thinking, love the hack!

[iantojonesthebetta]

Stunning Honeymilk.

[iantojonesthebetta]

adeadmanagainstyou:

okay I feel like an idiot for asking this, and I’ve seen pictures of this fish a lot on my dash. how can you tell that this is a female? Because to me, what I always look for is that slightly different shaped body, that bulgy egg region, and shorter fins. maybe her dumbo ears are blocking her egg region and I just can’t see it? idk man. pardon my idiocy

Hey, there. :) Aw, no, don’t feel like an idiot! Sexing bettas can be very tricky. <3

Honeymilk’s dumbo ears cover it but she does have an egg spot. While the rounder body is common for females, it’s not necessarily always really prominent either. I’ve noticed a lot of females that are much more round typically are more eggy and just better for breeding.

And large-finned variety females can have long fins (including ventrals) that rival males (and usually disqualify them from competitions because they consider that to be a fault). Halfmoon and delta females can have impressive finnage. Below are examples of other dumbos (both females and males) to show how they look (and how they can be trickier to sex than other types):

(Male on the left; female on right – this female looks a lot like Honeymilk)

(Male on left; female on right)

(Eggy female on left; male on right)

I hope this helps!

[simeoneswims]

About betta's wild vs pet traits

This is a bit of a ramble. So I’ve been thinking for a while about justifying pet betta’s behaviours with their wild counterparts, especifically about keeping female bettas together, and something seems off to me.

First of all, as I understand, originally pet bettas were indeed bred to fight, so the most aggressive individuals were chosen to mate. These traits are passed on to both males and females, not only males. Wild betta are not the same animal as Splendens, morphology aside, especially in their behaviours.

When you see female betta in the wild on documentaries and such, they’re more peaceful and give the impression that females would want to have company also in aquariums. But, but most of the times wild bettas are kept in PAIRS because Momma and Papa Wild Betta won’t kill each other after sex like Splendens do. And we’re also ignoring seasonal behaviours, like fish who seek each other only when it’s time to mate, and then will separate. We can’t do that in our tanks, they’re not big enough.

Soriorities are a complicated subject. I get that they can work because they reportedly do, but I’ve also read accounts where everything was peaceful for some time and suddenly the females started to attach each other. But when I read people saying “But wild female bettas live together in the wild” it seems to me as a really invalid argument.

If anyone has more info on the subject, I’d love to know!

[becleefishkeeping]

Thought i’d show the 3fts humble beginnings……The tank is now approx 5 months old

[gimfc]

it’s so amazing! that red lotus at the corner is stealling all the atention haha! what carpeting plant is that?  :o

[becleefishkeeping]

Thank you :)

I love the lotus, never had much luck with them before, but they seem to love this tank :) The foreground plant it Hemianthus micranthemoides (HM/Pearl weed/Pearl grass)

[xchandlerbongx]

@becleefishkeeping i have a question , how do you clean under the sand with all those little plants all over the bottom ? that’s one thing i could never figure out .

[becleefishkeeping]

The substrate does not get vacuumed, only thing done is water changes. Anything under the plnts will break down and get used by the plants themselves :)

[aquariumrookie]

This is definitely one of my favourite EVER Aquascapes. So unbelievably good. And seeing the way it has grown out is amazing too.

[coryadorable]

This is stunning. What substrate did you use? Any fertilisers?

[becleefishkeeping]

Thank you

Substrate is unwashed propagating sand mixed with some laterite. I used Fertz. Excel daily, Trace twice per week, Flourish weekly

[animalsrcool]

Just found out what baby land hermits and horseshoe crabs look like and I’m in love😍❤️

[skies-of-salt]

Got Tequila a new light. The Pothos kept biting itself on the old one and it glared into the TV a lot.

Does his body condition look ok? Little booger begs for food non-stop…

The snails did an amazing job cleaning. I’ll have to start feeding them soon. What’s a good snail food for nerites?

[simeoneswims]

That light stand though. *stares*

[jenbcampbellart]

Endler’s Livebearer - colored pencil on mixed media paper. Trying to get back into the swing of arting and the sharing of my stuff.