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 Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:36 pm
I have a betta, and I've heard it's gentler and less stressful on them to be caught by hand to move for water changes and such than it is to catch them in a net. Is this true?
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:10 pm
I dont move my bettas during water changes, unless I'm doing more than a 75% water change. When I do have to move them, I use a betta cup (like they come in at the store), and I bribe them with the hopes of food, then suck then up in the cup, before they even know what happened.
Touching a fish can disrupt its slime coat, and potentially leave it open to disease.
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:38 pm
Akari_32 I dont move my bettas during water changes, unless I'm doing more than a 75% water change. When I do have to move them, I use a betta cup (like they come in at the store), and I bribe them with the hopes of food, then suck then up in the cup, before they even know what happened. Touching a fish can disrupt its slime coat, and potentially leave it open to disease. Thanks for the tip.
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:32 am
I second not moving them during water changes, although that does depend on what size tank you have. If he's in a betta death cube, you should be doing 100% water changes pretty much every day, in that case I would move him, lol. Look for a brine shrimp net at the pet store, they are soft nylon nets and it won't hurt his fins like a normal net might.
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