I think your
Betta cam is awesome!!!!!!!! I really enjoyed watching your bettas spawn.
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Hello Faith-
this is Christi- and I have sent you quite a few emails in the
past stating how AWESOME
your betta cam is! Man you have gone over the edge
though with the spawn! I am on everyday to check on the
lil ones and see if anything is coming about with them.
Actually a couple of co-workers also are hooked! I wish I was
in the same time zone as you- so that I could watch longer!
Well- keep up the good work- you never cease to amaze us!
Best of luck with the new ones!
Christi
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Oh man- Faith-
can you believe it? It was awesome!!! I am so glad you
decided to set the cam up. I couldn't believe my eyes
when I saw them start to spawn. I gathered everyone
around the computer. Nice Job!!!!!
Christi
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Awww! I missed the spawning.
I live in the UK so your cam isn't always on when I am
awake. Will you be showing it again? I hope so! I think your
site is fantastic and very educational. We can't get the
varieties of bettas over here and in a way I'm glad that we
can't because I would want all of them! I only have one, he's
turquoise but in some light he looks lilac and he's marbled,
sort of, but not pedigree like yours, yours are just
beautiful.
Thank you for the site and
keep up the good work
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I like the betta cam! My
computer is a little slow so it always doesn't load, but
when it does it's well worth it! Keep up the great work with
your bettas, and when I get enough money, I promise to
buy from you!
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Ok, have you ever heard of
"fishical" therapy? Well yesterday I just got a
rescue betta from the LPS. I was looking for a fish for a
five gallon tank and saw in the corner of my a very
active fish. I walked over and saw this beautiful betta
swimming against the side of the rather better displays for
a betta. He was a big and strong fishy friend. He was royal
blue with red tipped fins. I thought he looked like a gas
flame, hence his name FLAME. When I took him home and put
him in his new tank, he was relieved. Then came the funny
part. He swam over by the power filter waterfall and started
to swim under it. Then he ran back and looked at me and ran
to the filter again. he swam under it and grabbed some air
and swam under and grabbed air and so forth. He had so much
fun with his "massager"! Then, he went to the
bottom and picked up some dirt from the gravel {which I
cleaned today}. Then he went by the wonder tube and got some
dirt cleaned off him. Now and then, he goes to the
"massager" and cleans himself off.
P.S.
YOU HAVE THE BEST BETTA SITE EVER!!!
Scott,
Pittsburgh PA
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Faith- A very nice Betta
lover, and cares a lot about Bettas.
That's my new word-Faith! It
should in the betta glossary! :))
From Helen, whose Betta
addiction too came from a pet-store betta.
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Hi there! I just felt I
needed to write and let you know how much I enjoyed your
site. I have been in love with Bettas my whole life....I
have 3 now that I just adore.
I have one that I bought at a
local pet shop that is just extraordinary. He is bright
orange with bright red spots through his veiled fins and
then he has turquoise throughout his fins and then red at
the tips. He also has a beautiful turquoise dot on each gill
cover.....I have not seen another like him anywhere. (...)
Thanks for your site--it is
extremely informative and I am just in love with Finley!
Sincerely, Theresa
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Damn Betta girl,
even betta humor.. .
I hope things are going well for you, as I would like to see
the episode on Animal Planet.. Not only is the site excellent
for information and tips, the catalogue is one of the best
I've ever seen. It took several days to absorb all it's info.
(...)
Thanks *Munee
Daytona, FL |
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I love your site! So
informative! Thank you so much for all the information and
pictures. I plan to order fish from you in the future. I
really appreciate all the time and effort you have devoted
to the well being and breeding of these beautiful fish. Your
jokes are very amusing and are added in appropriate places.
It gives people having problems a bit of relief. Again, I
thank you and think very highly of your gift as a betta
keeper.
Thank you,
Sandy
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Well, my dear, dear, Miss
Faith, I knew you would want to be the first to know that
our sweet little Phreddy made. . . . POOPIE
TODAY !!!!! The first time in well over a week.
Ain't ya' just soooo proud?? ( insert BIG
smiles and grins here) He refused all and any
assistance in eating,(ie: tweezers or eye dropper), so
I left a big pile of blood worms at his regular feeding
station, and when he thought I wasn't looking, I saw him
suck in at least two worms. He has learned to trap
them between the side/bottom of his bowl and his mouth.
Smart and resourceful, he is, he is. I'll keep
ya' up dated on his progress, but I think we may have just
turned the corner. Once his pray didn't try to
wiggle away from him, he quickly figured out how to use the
"trap" method. Thank you my dear, sweet
Faith for your help and guidance. And finally, if you
ever have some orange fishies that you need to cull, well. .
. you have my address. I won't ever try to breed them,
but I'd love to have the "bragging rights" to tell
people they came from FAITH, universal star of the
Betta world and television goddess of the Animal Planet. (
insert big grins and giggles here too). My many thanks
to you for all your help with my ol' pet store fishie,
Phreddy. I do love him so. Your biggest fan from
Iowa, Ol' Gramma Lynda
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Hello,
I would like to suggest the following new word be
added to our betta glossary:
Faith-
A very nice Betta lover, and cares a lot about Bettas.
That's
my new word-Faith! It should in the glossary!
From
Helen, whose Betta addiction too came from a pet-store
betta.
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Hello,
congrats, you have one of the most amazing sites, and the
most amazing bettas. THe web cam is awesome, and i really
enjoy it. I have 6 bettas, 5 beautiful veils, and 1
amazing looking CT. I would have ordered one from you, but
my parents refused to help me finance one. lol..
CONGRATS!!!!!!! THanks for putting time and effort in the
site, because thanks to you and that site, i was able to
make sure that i took care of my bettas the way they
should, and made sure i learned everything i could, thanks
a bunch!
-rissa-
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I
just wanted to let you know, you have a fantastic and very informative
site going on!
Thanks!
Lisa
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I
really enjoy the Betta Cam, the entire website for that
matter!
Thank you for making me and a lot of other people aware of
what it REALLY takes to take care of a Betta.
LOVE the Apaches and the White Crown with the black cheeks.
Just beautiful!
Thanks again,
Angie
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Hi,
Faith!!! I loved your blue half-moon male on the cam (I
saw him Friday)!!! I can tell your bettas are much more
healthier than I thought (and much much more
healthier than pet store bettas, I've never imagined a
betta that happy!)!!! Thanks for all the breeding info!!!
It's helped!!! Thanks, Felicity
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| Hey
again,
this
is your ultimate fan; Dean Slater from wicked savyor. You
are the ultimate woman!!!!! Not only do you breed spectacular
bettas, but you also have your music, that by the way
rocks!!!.
you have a
great web1
Deano |
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Hi!
When you
first buy a betta at the pet store, I can't believe how
unhealthy and sad they look. I know everyone's seen it,
but it's just so depressing Anyway, my best
friend gave me my first for my birthday and whenever I
would feed him, I would show him the food container and
he'd start trying to break through the plastic like some
lunatic fish. It was definitely a site!
A
few months later I got a little buddy for him. It was a
bright blue (again pet store) female and she was so
pretty. I put her in a separate tank beside him. He always
flared at her. At first I wasn't sure what it meant so I
did some internet research. That was when I discovered
this site. I checked out the breeding section and I became
interested. I always wanted to be a marine biologist when
I grow up (I'm 13) and I thought this would be good
experience. I also wanted to know what a fish looked like
growing up.
So
here I am, trying to breed my two fish, but my male won't
make a nest! I've tried everything! I've decided that I'm
going to have to buy another male, its the only thing
I haven't tried. But I am really disappointed in him,
but I still love him.
Sarah
Crawford
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Hi
there,
I
just wanted to let you know how wonderful your site is.
Oh, twenty years ago I had Betta's but let's face it,
that was a long, long time ago. I just got 3 male
betta's because my dear friend passed away and I had
told her I would take care of any animals she had, of
course. I normally (if I ever get to normal?) stick to
the larger animals. Horses, dogs, cats, those
types, but I do love goldfish and betta's so I brought
them back home (from San Diego to Los Angeles) with me.
It dawned on me that I didn't remember that much about
keeping these beautiful fish. Not wanting to learn
by the school of hard knocks (i.e. dead fish, sick fish,
etc.) I jumped on the internet. Almost all
the sites were "pay for our book" sites or
uninformative until your site. Not only do I find
your site informative, straight forward and interesting
but it was easy to navigate (I'm a computer nitwit) and
fun, too. I feel like I found the oasis in the
Sahara.
I
believe that people should let others know how much they
appreciate the help and so on that they find on an
Internet site. So, THANK YOU very much for all the
help I found on your site. (I'm sure that the 3
Fishkateers here thank you also). For a novice, such as
myself, it was a goldmine of information. I
appreciate the time and effort it must take to construct
such a site. I'm a domestic and exotic animal
trainer, so animals are extremely important in my life
and I want to provide these fish with the best care
possible. Your site makes it much easier for me to
do just that.
Take
care and best wishes to you and your fin friends
Rachel
P.S.
The band sounds very interesting too. You must
have a pretty busy life!!! Good luck to you on that
aspect of life also.
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| I
got my multi Betta at a pet store in Oct. of 2002. He was
fully grown,
as far as I could tell (likely, from the info on your site).
I have
treated Mr. Fishy's water as you suggest since soon after
acquiring him
(aquarisol and aquarium salts after adjusting pH). I
haven't always been
diligent about changing the water, but he's still going strong
at 2-3
yrs! He has never been sick...knock on wood. He's
had a companion snail
for several months. I just moved them to a 10 gallon aquarium
and they
seem happy with the larger space.
I really like your site and eventually will buy some
fish/supplies from
you. Drool, drool. :)
Keep up the good work!
Pamela J. Betz-Baron
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Dear
Faith,
I
know you can put female betta together, and when I put my two
females together in a 10 gallon tank with a corydora catfish,
they loved it! They would play "Follow the
Leader" around the tank, switching positions.
It was like a fairytale come true for the first
week. About a week after I put them together, I
noticed at feeding time that they were flaring at each
other. Really flaring. I hoped it was a phase and
waited until the next day to see if things had improved.
I was watching them the next evening, and Baj was chasing
Suane around the tank mercilessly. It was really
sad, because in one day, Suane had gone from perfectly healthy
to having all kinds of torn fins. I separated the
two, and they're both perfectly fine now. I guess
some betta are just too aggressive to be with others.
Well, too bad...
Eliza
The
moral of the story: Even if your female betta seem like
perfect little friends, keep an eye on them after the first
few days.
P.S.
BETTATALK!!!!! BETTATALK!!!!! BETTATALK!!!!!
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Hi!
I don't know if you will read this, but I just wanted to say
thanks for the info on my Betta, he's doing a lot better! I
did loose a female Betta, but next time I know to put her in a
jar. I also splurged today and bought 3 pet shop Bettas, one
of which had a bladder problem, but he's feeling better now! I
also saw the Betta food package that featured your blue Betta!
Thank you very much for all your help! I will add to your fan
mail! My Betta, Flame (who had the bladder problem, and
is bright red) says hi!
Ginny
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| I
LOVE the cd...thank you sooo much...when you do your cross
country tour, do I get a back stage pass???? I'm having
soo much fun with my fish...I really appreciate your website,
and emails!!! Nice change from mucking the horse barn!!!
My son is in his 3rd year at college to be a music teacher...he
was pretty impressed with the sitar!!! Talk to you soon, I
won't be able to pass up having new Bettas come in for toooo
long!!!! Thank...pam |
07/20/05
Have
FAITH!
I
guess I started out like the typical fish
owner. Buy the fish, and all the
fish stuff to make them look good. Clear
water meant healthy fish. NOT.
I would buy them, they would live for a
couple months, and die. Only to
start all over. I noticed that this
one was going down the same road as I sent
so many down before. My betta was
floating sideways, and had no fins...
Only this time I didn't want to give up.
That evening, I found www.bettatalk.com.
That was three weeks ago. I am happy
to report that his fins are growing back,
he no longer floats sideways, and he is
now in a new tank with me at home. I
am so happy I was able to save his life.
But without this site, I know I could not
have! Now I will have to get another
one to put in my empty tank at work.
I have cleaned that tank, and it is ready
for another betta. Now that I have
Faith, I know what I am doing!!!!!
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Hi,
thought you would find this funny, Faith. In my dream
that I had last night, I was on the computer, and I
clicked the Home Page button, and my home page is
normally (in real life) Yahoo. But in the dream, when
I clicked Home Page button, it immediately landed on
your Bettatalk site!! LOL. Congrats Faith, I am
officially obsessed with bettas. I guess this has a
deeper meaning as well. Bettatalk has truly become my
Internet "home", now.
sincerely
Mark L.
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Hi Faith,
I received (2) betta's as a gift last week. They were decorating
tables at a family birthday party I could not attend and my
sister brought them for me from Florida. Did not not know the
first thing about these guys. Got them in a jam jar w/ small
bottle of water conditioner, bio-gold and was told "gotta
keep em seperated" or else. Since I like to do things very
accuratley I needed much more info and gOOgle directed me to
your way CoooOOoool site. 505 pages later :):) the betta's have
perfect water ph, temp, diet, etc. Also got a small crowntail at
the LPS while getting my initial setup for them. This young dude
swims alot and the other (2) are veiltail and pretty much take
it easy and relax. I keep them all in my office and out of site
of each other.
After reading everything on your site I now know there are LPS
betta's and there are Faith's (breeder betta's) - WOW. Now I am
really spoiled and only want to aquire this type betta. I am not
a breeder just want beautifull eye candy betta's with cool
colors and BF and have that WOW affect. So I will be checking
the stock page periodically - ok, every day :)to see what's new
and if any say Grab Me :)
Looking forward to receiving the kit and java moss next week.
Thanks again for doing such a great job w/ the site.
Sam |
| 3/8/2006 11:09:43 PM Pacific Standard Time
Hi, I have to thank you for creating your column on betta
diseases. My black melano double tail male (named Whisp)
was becoming a "belly slider" and I didn't know
what was wrong with him. So I visited your site (not for
the first time :)) and followed your instructions on what to do
about my problem. Now Whisp is doing great! Thanks!
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Just found your site and I love it. This is the best
information about Betas that I have ever found. I have
had freshwater aquariums for over 10 years and enjoy the
hobby. I have also had Bettas in the past and they
ususally do pretty good. After visiting your site, I
think I may get another one and get a 2.5 Mini Bow tank for
it. I have always just kept them in small bowls, but I
agree with you about it being too small.
Your website is great ! Love the Betta blowing the
bubbles on the home page.
Susan
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3/6/2006 1:55:51 PM Pacific Standard Time
I have a betta, and i was doin research on it today. Via
google, I found your website. So I checked into it, and it
helped me to pinpoint what was up with the betta (it is sick),
and I ordered medication for it. i should be getting it in a
few weeks.
then somehow, i dont know how, i got sidetracked and started
exploring your whole website, learned about flame, ladybug,
poopie, the pigeon, and so on.
At some point, you mentioned you were very deaf. Then I found
the alternate faith website. so I got confused.
Are you deaf, as in physically deaf? I'm deaf also, so it's
quite a please to meet deaf people of all kind of strains of
personality. yours is certainly an unique one. lol. :)
--
Regards,
Don Cullen
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| 3/5/2006 10:14:03 AM Pacific Standard Time
Hi Faith,
I'm writting from Costa Rica.
My girlfriend gave me a beta, my first fish in more than twenty
years.
I found your site through Google, and all the info you've posted
is incredible, I'm sure I can take so much better care of my
betta because of all of your hardwork and patience.
To make it short, just wanted to say THANK YOU (I really thought
I had to!!!).
Cheers from Costa Rica, pura vida!!!
-Mauricio
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3/1/2006 2:05:06 PM Pacific Standard Time
I just felt i needed to say this: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THIS SITE!! By the way, don't be afraid taht this is a long
e-mail, i tend to get carried away...alot LOL
last sunday, my old betta, tetris, was horribly sick and
a good friend sent me the link to a site, i recall it was
something like 'fish experts' or so, and on one of the replies
there it had a link to your site and i clicked it...i don't
think i favorited a site so fast LOL! Sadly though, later that
night tetris died because he had dropsy (and i only had him
for 4 months!) , you're probably wondering 'why is the
thanking me?!' well, i am going to that now :P or eventually
LOL
This past thursday, i got a got a betta from walmart (BLEH!
NEVER AGAIN!!!), which is where i got my old bettas, i admit
with my first two that my dad got me, i was a bad mommy for i
knew nothing, yes shame on me! well, since i was distraught
with my loss of tetris mom took me to get a new fish, where i
find a cute lavendar/purple with fuscia and blue, absolutely
colorful! I dubbed him 'Lord Ipallazzo' from a japanese
cartoon show (i told my friend i would name my next fish after
him lol) . One problem, HE HAD VELVET! ):< I ran
to petsmart, got the WRONG medicine (i thought it was a fungal
infection) but came home with another baby , who i call
Amentis (he looks like he has some CT in him!), becuase
petsmart takes so much better care than walmart, i was
impressed...except i almost slapped the person when they said
'We don't carry bettamax' LOL!!
But due to the meds and your disease page, and alot of
research i was able to get some coppersafe yesterday, and
i came home from school today to see he is already doing
better! Instead of sitting at the surface he is never still
and swimming happily, wee! i have thier tanks next to
each other so they don't get lonely, plus Ipallazzo seems to
know Amentis can't hurt him, so he swims and sits right by his
tank just to make him angry, its so funny because it's
like he is saying "can't get me!!"
By the way, in case your wondering 'how old is this kid?' i
turn 17 at the end of this month, and within a week your site
has turned me into a smart, decently knowledged, and loving
mommy for my two babies! so thank you! without this site i
might have lost one so i send my appreciation! keep it up!!
i'm sure if my Lord Ipallazzo could talk he'd send you kisses
(: and one more for the road: THANK YOU!
- 'Dobby' , GA
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| 2/28/2006 12:55:21 PM Pacific Standard Time
Your web page has been very helpful to me. I received
two Betta's as a birthday gift a year ago. Unfortunately
one died unexpectedly last weekend, and the other has now gotten
sick. Your page has helped a lot with water treatment and
feeding my guys. Of course I had to go out and buy new
ones right away the empty spot was too much. Your satin flame
betta's look beautiful, I wish I had the
room for four more betta's. Of course then we would have
the issue of shipping to our frozen state(ND).
thanks for all the useful advise on your pages.
Beth S.
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2/28/2006 12:35:53 AM Pacific Standard Time
Hi Faith!
My fiance and I were introduced to our first betta this passed
Christmas - with a little help from a secret Santa. Since we
are both animal lovers, our blue crown betta, Alphonse,
quickly stole our hearts. I immediately slapped betta into
google to find out more and bettatalk.com came up. Since then,
we have relied on your site to find answers to all of our
betta-related questions. It is surprising how little you can
find out at the local pet store. We are now interested in
acquiring some friends for Al - each in a seperate tank of
course - and are considering breeding.
Thanks for creating such an informative website. With pet
stores reducing the betta's reputation to the level of the
goldfish, it is important for betta lovers to spread awareness
about this beautiful fish. We will do our part from now on as
you have done yours!
Nicholas and Alexis (and Alphonse)
Philadelphia, PA
February 28, 2006
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| 2/26/2006
11:29:32 PM Pacific Standard Time
Dear Faith,
Your website has proved invaluable and I just had to say thank
you. I just had my first spawning about 30 hours ago, and now I
have a tank (10 gal, of course) full of fry, and a very devoted
dad to watch them. The
way you saved them though is that somewhere (I don't
remember exactly) I read that the male should be
removed as soon as the fry hatch because he would
immediately eat them all. I checked bettatalk just in
case, followed your advice to leave him in there, and
you were right; he is gently (but frantically) tending
to the million or so fry that seem to be in there. So
thank you; I am very confident that when I check in
the morning, I will still have little ones zooming
around. Bettatalk.com is the most complete, and in my
opinion the bes and most reliable, betta resource
there is.
Again, thank you, from the bottom of my tank, and
from my heart.
Jennifer M. Forte
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| 2/11/2006
10:32:49 PM Pacific Standard Time
Somebody
gave a betta to my mom and it died like 2 days after that, and
then she got another one and decided to take care of him i named
him "ichi the killer" lol, though he died a week after
i "rescued" him, it frustrated me soo much i searched
the web and found your website, i thought you were like a 40
year old freak when i saw all the info you have until i saw the
"meet me" section, i admire all you´ve learned and
share about bettas, i tried to find the reason why "ichi"
died, and it was probably because he was already infected or
something because he never ate!!
The thing is, i have a much more stronger conscience on animals
because of your website, and now i´ve got two males and a
female, got one for my bro too, in mexico it´s really really
hard to find females and other kind of bettas beside the common
ones, but i decided to try and breed just to get caught in the
bettamania, guess ichi is like "flame" was for you.
I wanted to show my appreciation for the care you take with all
your bettas and i wanted you to know that if you ever want to translate
your website to spanish, so more people learn how they should
take care of their fish i´d be
glad to do it for you, i´d love to have some kind of collaboration
to your website helping people in Mexico get the closest items
and products, food etc that you recommend, because as you know
we don´t get all the things you have on the US, thanx for
taking the time to read this.
*Redpilljunkie*
ps. you never mentioned your name or nick in the "meet
me" section
(or did i miss it?)
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| Subject: |
The
coolest site I have ever run across |
| Date: |
2/13/2006
5:47:39 PM Pacific Standard Time |
This
site I found by mistake, but this site and faith are the coolest
I have ever found. I enjoyed reading about you and your band. I
will be purchasing a CD after listening to your music (awesome
music). How you find the time to run a site, work your band and
work a job is beyond me. You are a great inspiration to me and
others. Keep up the great work...
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| Subject: |
Great
website! |
| Date: |
2/14/2006
11:29:57 AM Pacific Standard Time |
Hi
Faith,
Just
wanted to write and say Thank You for such a great website! It
is really thorough and informative and you cover ever topic I
could think of!
I
just bought my first Betta last weekend...i had been planning it
for a while and I finally commited, prepared and did it! I am so
happy with my little buddy! His name is Lloyd, and he's just
great. He seems very happy in his new home...at first he
wouldn't eat the food I was feeding him and then I read your
site and realized he might just not like it, so I went and got
some freezed-dried blood worms and they are a huge hit!!
Thanks
for the webiste...please keep it up!! It's an excellent service
to people and to Bettas!!
Louise
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| Subject: |
Love
your site! |
| Date: |
2/14/2006
7:07:25 PM Pacific Standard Time |
I
love your site I've been going to it for a while now, I've got a
blue male betta whose name is BubbleGum lol, I bougt him petco
and hes been alive for almost 3 years now :), were big fans of
your site!
But I was wondering if you needed help with your site, I know
html, css, php, mysql and I've owned a website before. I thought
maybe I could make a script for you to easily upload new bettas
for sale, and supplies with some other cool features. Email me
back if your interested, oh and did I say I'll work for free?
lol
Mark
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| Subject: |
Pet
Store Bettas |
| Date: |
2/16/2006
11:06:48 PM Pacific Standard Time |
Hi,
My name is Lindsay and I was at Wal-mart.....worst fish place
EVER and I saw that they had probably 30 bettas and I was mad
because they keep them in those nastly little half full
cups...swimming in their own poo. I decided even though pet
store bettas are not the best quality I decided to buy ALL of
them
and I got a petition going in my town to try to get wal mart not
to sell bettas...at least at their store. They really don't know
how to take care of them AT ALL...and I felt bad. So now I have
30 bettas....I have been giving them to good homes and I'm
interested in them now. Since they are pet store
bettas I assume they are all veil tail although one I have have
has a huge tail that is very wide and I have one that has very
wide pointy fins. Just wondering if you had anymore pics of veil
tailed ones so I could make sure that is what they are. I am
very interested in bettas and would like to have
some that are not cheap walmart ones. :) It's not their fault
idiots at wal mart made them that way. I sitll love them....and
I am proud of myself I had never had a fish before this and
after reading through your website I have managed to keep 30
bettas alive and healthy for about 5 months now. One of
them was pretty bad off when I baught him too. His fins were
tore up and one of his side fins was missing...but he is good
now after some skin care medacine and lots of water changes to
keep disease out. Your wesite was lots of help. I didn't know
there was so much to know about a fish. Even though they are
cheap wal mart fish they still have some pretty colors:).
thanks
Lindsay |
| Subject: |
thank
you, thank you, thank you! |
| Date: |
2/26/2006
6:50:13 PM Pacific Standard Time |
I
see you have many letters of thanks, and mine is no different. I
bought my son some goldfish, and went back to the store for
supplies, and there was some beautiful fish stuck in just a tub.
He was gorgeous! Mostly blue, some red on the body and tail, and
when you look at him just right you catch purple. Needless
to say, ‘Frank’ now has a home. And he likes being
photographed! He swam right up for pictures! Definite
personality.
After reading your site, I feel that I can take care of
him. And the goldfish. J
Mary F. Joyner
New
betta lover
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| Subject: |
Hello
:) |
| Date: |
2/24/2006
9:34:17 PM Pacific Standard Time |
I
just wanted to say; this is the best website for anyone who has
a betta, wants to learn about bettas, or anything dealing with a
betta... I knew almost nothing about bettas a few weeks
ago, and I have read for hours and hours and hours, about 90% of
the reading was done here (other 10% was on other random bettaa
information sites, history, etc).
I
just wanted to say thank you for providing such a great
website. You made me and my betta pal very very happy :) As
well as educate me to the fullest on bettas. Thank you very
very much for this, I can't tell you just how much I
appreciate this website and all of your help. Thank you very
much!
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| Subject: |
Thanks |
| Date: |
2/22/2006
7:28:11 PM Pacific Standard Time |
Thank
you so much for the betta health page. I found your site
searching for any info on bettas. it turns out that my very
handsome mutt betta PurpleFlame had dropsy ...( i really miss
him) but your page saved my other 4 bettas from getting it. once
aagain thanks,
P.S.
i love the virtual betta
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| Subject: |
(no
subject) |
| Date: |
2/19/2006
6:39:46 PM Pacific Standard Time |
Okay, so my husband thinks I'm nuts. We recently moved
into a new place and were given a beautiful scarlett-colored
betta as a "house warming gift" from his sister.
We've never had a betta, or any fish for that matter, and
were amazed at the whole "fish in a vase with the plant
out the top" idea. OK, so it was pretty...and we
were just inthralled.
Not
knowing ANYTHING about bettas, I turned to the internet
where I immediately found your website. I must say,
THANKS TO YOU we have a newfound respect for these
incredible creatures, and have invested more time in making
sure the little fella is healthy, happy and well taken care
of.
I
have to tell you what happened though...and please, no
judements here. We were, after all, just doing what we
THOUGHT was best for our little buddy. During his
first water change, I think we did EVERYTHING wrong.
(this was before I found your website!) We used
DISTILLED water and just used our fingers to
"feel" the water temp!.."hmm...feels about
right to me." We didn't own a net, so my husband
just transferred him by cupping his little body in his hand
and being as gentle as humanly possible, placed him in the
fresh vase of water. As I'm watching him float in
circles to towards the bottom of the vase, I noticed a
slight blood trail following him!! We PANICKED!
OMG, we've killed him!! Then I saw a piece of his tail
fin floating to the bottom of the vase...Oh...My...GOD!!!
Well,
that's when I frantically turned to the internet to get
help....and found your site. It's been two weeks since
the "incident" and "Chip" is doing just
fine. Sure, he was pissed at first, but I think
somehow he knows we were just learning. Since then, he
gets fed healthier food, to include the Hikari Betta
Bio-Gold with the occasional freeze dried blood worms.
We have purchased an extra vase so that we can treat the tap
water with those fizz tablets that de-chlorinate and treat
the water then set it aside so it becomes the same temp as
the other vase, a net so that he can safely be transported
from one vase to the other, and feed him regularly.
We've
even purchased another betta...a blue one (named
"Blue"...pretty ingenius, huh). Blue is a
bit spoiled, as he didn't have to go through the pain of our
idiocracy like Chip did. He's a vivacious
character...always flaring and zipping around in the vase.
We put his vase close enough to Chip's so we could see how
they would respond to each other. We were a bit
surprised to see that instead of flaring, Chip just stared
at the seemingly hyperactive youngster. This has now
become something he seems to enjoy...visits with his
"room mate."
Anyway,
the whole point of my writing to you tonight was to THANK
YOU. Because of you and your oh-so-informative site,
we have a lot more confidence in our ability to care for our
bettas and ...I've got to tell you this... I will sit here
on the laptop reading your website for hours on end!!
So
from the bottom of my betta's wee-wittle hearts, thank
you. And good luck with your band! :)
Patty
Cross
Indianapolis,
Indiana
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| Subject: |
Hi
& Thank U for your Site ;0) |
| Date: |
2/18/2006
10:37:23 PM Pacific Standard Time |
Hello,
Just
wanted to say Thank You for your site ;0) It has helped me in
making sure our Newest Member of our Family is going to be
Happy & Healthy! We just was given a Betta from my
Mother-In-Law due to she works @ Wal-marts & is sadden by
seeing them in such Poor conidtion! She has had hers now for
about 2 yrs.
But
once she called to say she brought us one I went right out
& brought a 3 gallon kit so when He moved in he had a Nice
Home ;0) Not knowing much about them I did pretty good ;0) He
has moved in & seems to like his Home ;0) altho it has
only been a few hours lol He is very protective of it &
flares @ us as if to say back off lol. Plus he is very active
which now I know is a Good thing ;0)
Altho
I wished I would have found your site before I got the
tank for it has the under gravel filter which has me alittle
worried. But he seems to love the bubbles it makes & seems
to like the plants even tho they are plastic. But now reading
I think after he gets more use to his new digs I will replace
them with real plants. I will be getting him a Mirror so he
won't get alonely. He does have a nice rock house to hide or
sleep ;0)
Plus
I'm going to get him the frozen foods after reading about him
on your helpful site. We have not named him yet waiting get to
know him better so he has a name that fits ;0)
Thanks
so Much,
Cheryl
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| Subject: |
RE:
THANK YOU |
| Date: |
2/22/2006
6:40:41 AM Pacific Standard Time |
DEAR FAITH,
YES
I AM A VERY BIG FAN OF YOURS.....BUT THE ONLY THING I WANT TO
KNOW IS WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU THAT WOULD BE REALLY SPECIAL FOR
YOU AND ONLY YOU. YOU SAW ME THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT
TIME AND MOST PEOPLE I COULDN'T TALK TO BECAUSE TO THEM
"IT'S ONLY A FISH"........I WOULD LOVE TO DO OR GIVE
OR LET YOU EAT OUT ONE NIGHT.....SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU......
PLEASE ANSWER THIS EMAIL......
THANK
YOU SO MUCH,
SUSAN
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