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One of the few Hurricane Ike fish casualties I had was my daughter's old betta, Nemo. It never really recovered after 5 days of no power/filter, stopped eating and eventually died 2 wks later. Much tears were shed by the little one:tear:. I promised to get her another one soon.
My question is how do pick the "best specimen" at the LFS (I was not involved in picking Nemo initially)? The bad ones are pretty obvious to the eye - they are pale and sort of mope at the bottom of the jar. Should I get a younger, smaller fish that is more adaptable? Would you use a mirror to see which one takes an interest in his own reflection?
His home will be a 6 gallon low light heavily planted low tech tank with pea gravel substrate (Java fern Winedlov, Amazon sword, Anubias, and crypt parva), Ehiiem Aquaball filter. Tank mates will be some tiger shrimp, 4 frucata rainbow fish, 2 otos. Nemo got along just fine with them.
Thanks in advance!
PS: She has her eye on pea puffer or figure 8 puffer but I think we will have compatibility issues.
My question is how do pick the "best specimen" at the LFS (I was not involved in picking Nemo initially)? The bad ones are pretty obvious to the eye - they are pale and sort of mope at the bottom of the jar. Should I get a younger, smaller fish that is more adaptable? Would you use a mirror to see which one takes an interest in his own reflection?
His home will be a 6 gallon low light heavily planted low tech tank with pea gravel substrate (Java fern Winedlov, Amazon sword, Anubias, and crypt parva), Ehiiem Aquaball filter. Tank mates will be some tiger shrimp, 4 frucata rainbow fish, 2 otos. Nemo got along just fine with them.
Thanks in advance!
PS: She has her eye on pea puffer or figure 8 puffer but I think we will have compatibility issues.