06 December 2013
hidden fishies
You might think that in a bowl that's just a over a gallon the fish have no place to hide, but usually when I try to take a photo of Pinkie and Flash together I get this over and over:
It's so hard to get them in one shot! Takes lots of patience.
(Part of their hiding is just from the curve of the glass bowl- sometimes you can't see them for the bend. Also, I took these photos a few weeks ago, when Pinkie didn't have his skull decor yet, and Flash still had medicated water. His scratch seems to be healing- it looks smaller now).
I've noticed that you have Pothos Ivy in one of the fish's bowl; I've read/heard that pothos is poisonous... Please tell me how what you think and noticed from having ivy with the fish. Thank you... You have lovely pets and plants
ReplyDeleteI have never seen any negative effects on the fish from keeping pothos cuttings in the bowl. If anything, I think there is benefit from the plant consuming nitrates and ammonia. (I do not expect the fish to feed off the plant- they get regular fish food). As far as I understand, the plant is poisonous if you eat the leaves, I don't think the roots leach poison into the water. I do think it is not the best way to keep the plant- eventually the roots start to decay (or get too long) and I had to regularly trim them. However, I have an arrowhead plant I have kept in a vase with aquarium wastewater for over a year now and it is doing fine.
ReplyDeleteJust so you realize, I don't keep bettas in bowls anymore. My betta now has a ten-gallon filtered, heated tank. With regularly water changes, light feeding and live plants to help keep the balance, this tiny system can work, but I don't think its the best life for a fish. My bettas were much more active (and got sick far less often) once I moved them into regular tanks.