http://www.healthybetta.com Your #1 Source for Betta and Tropical Fish Care Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:29:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Where’s your favorite source to purchase fish supplies from and why? Does a particular website or store offer superb customer service? Reasonable shipping costs? A great selection of hard-to-find supplies? All of the above + more? Contribute ideas to add to our Links & Resources page.  Comment below on your favorite fish and ... http://www.healthybetta.com/favorite-place-to-buy-fish-supplies Female Bettas are Everywhere! Whenever I walk into an aquarium shop or pet store in my area I find many fancy finned male bettas that have always greeted me from the shelves and tanks.  But a rather new trend is that there are a fair amount of female bettas to select from as well.  It used ... http://www.healthybetta.com/female-betta-popularity-has-grown March 22, 2010 – “Are Aquariums Getting Too Lifelike?” Saltwater Aquariums Spur Debate on Sustainability Source: NYTimes.com. On the reefs in the Florida Keys, plenty of snorkelers and scuba divers take in the sights, and others fish with spear guns for sport. But a small third group collects blue-legged hermit crabs, peppermint shrimp and ... http://www.healthybetta.com/aquariums-becoming-too-lifelik The Great Turtle Race - starting April 16th My love of creatures isn't limited to fish and for as long as I can remember I've been fascinated by turtles.  The Great Turtle Race is a nice event that was established to raise awareness of the endangered leatherback sea turtle and to help support research and ... http://www.healthybetta.com/great-turtle-race Windows 7 Betta…Err Beta? Microsoft recently made the Windows 7 Beta available for testing. When you first boot up low and behold, who’s the focus of the default desktop background? Why it’s a charming blue and red veil tail betta! Beta edition of Windows with a betta feature front and center. Beta…Betta. Hardy har ... http://www.healthybetta.com/windows-7-betta Winter is Here...Check Your Aquarium Heater! That's right, the change of the season is a beneficial time to make sure your aquarium heater is still functioning properly and keeping the tank at the appropriate temperature for your fish. I know at my house the ambient temperature tends to drop in the ... http://www.healthybetta.com/aquarium-heater Recycle your dirty fish tank water? You heard right! You’ve got a bowl or bucket of dirty water from cleaning your fish tank. What will you do with it? Well, that’s a silly question for most, as it’ll likely be washed down the drain. But why not put it to another ... http://www.healthybetta.com/recycle-tank-water One of the things I appreciate most about bettas is they're more interactive than other types of tropical fish I've had. If you come up to their tank, bettas are more curious and territorial in nature so they'll follow your finger or give you a flare, whereas other fish ... http://www.healthybetta.com/favorite-thing-about-bettas World Ocean Day is observed every year on June 8, as a reflection of the importance of our oceans, to value what they provide, and encourage people to help keep them thriving and protected. One visual support effort that caught my eye was as part of California’s annual Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup, over 8,000 ... http://www.healthybetta.com/world-ocean-day Looking to add a new food to your betta or tropical fish’s diet? Hikari Micro Wafers are a nice option. They are smaller than the usual pellet and fish such as Tetras can even eat them.  I feed my Harlequin Rasboras these a few times a week and they eat them ... http://www.healthybetta.com/hikari-micro-wafers-fish-food-for-bettas-and-small-tropical-fish