Freshwater Beta - Page 3

Rich · 02-03-2003, 09:39 AM

this one is about 2.5 inches long , I think that is about the average size for fighters..
No yellow tang actually he is recovering from a bad bout of fin fungus which is a pain in the butt to rid, seems that one of my other fighters has it , so have him in my hospital tank..

they are a most peaceful fish to have in a tank, just as long as u dont put 2 in the same tank, as I once made that mistake, took all of 30 secs for both of them to be too badly injured to recover...

I am hoping to get a couple of females soon.. try to establish a breeding program ....

cjmaddy · 02-03-2003, 09:59 AM

From memory, mine normally looked like that!

Tiny, Yes ,I think that's the normal size! - My Derek McInerny book states, males 2.75in, females 2.5in.
I've just realised that he also calls the Lion Fish, a Dragon Fish. (I'd forgotten the book covered tropicals!

)
I've now got something new (well, old) to read.

Tiny Turtle · 02-03-2003, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by cjmaddy
. . . I've just realised that he also calls the Lion Fish, a Dragon Fish.

Odd coincidence:
The saltwater Lion Fish is called the equivalence of Dragon Fish [i.e. Drakfisk] in Swedish.

/Tiny Other Way Around

cjmaddy · 02-03-2003, 06:03 PM

Oops! - that should have been ... "I'd forgotten the book covered marine tropicals!" - (Even more

!)

cjmaddy · 02-04-2003, 12:39 PM

In the 1960's this was the book to have. Over the years I accumulated others, but this was the one I came to rely on. I seem to remember that it was also one of the first to have a good percentage of colour illustrations, which sounds strange by today's standards, for a book on tropical fish!

As you would expect, it covers all aspects of keeping an aquarium, but is principally about freshwater tropicals. Out of the 480 pages, only the last 17 pages cover marine tropicals. (Thats the part I had completely forgotten about!). And it's the very last page that caught my attention! ........... Dragon Fish, indeed! - mmmm.

Be it Lion or Dragon, it's a nasty little sod, isn't it?
............. and I thought we had a nice community fish in our presence!

Tiny Turtle · 02-04-2003, 04:14 PM

Nasty? – That's just what Spike and I refer to as personality

/Tiny Sod

Jav400 · 02-04-2003, 04:51 PM

Cliff,

Yeah thats about the size of it as far as the Lionfish goes. I have stood in an aquarium store and watched them put feeder fish in with them. Those things can move fast when they want too.

Rich · 02-05-2003, 04:19 AM

Hi Guys
bit of bad news today for me, found my red fighter dead on the gravel this morning.. makes me wonder how long pet shops have had them for before they start selling them.. only had him a month too...

anyways anything of any screenshots for the freshwater aquarium yet? just like to see what it looks like ...

Jav400 · 02-05-2003, 04:37 AM

Rich,

Check with the place where you got him. The really good places I have delt with in the past will replace a fish if it dies within 30 days of the purchase.

As far as the screenshots go, sorry, Jim hasn't released anything along those lines.

patscarr · 02-05-2003, 07:35 AM

Jim has previously posted this picture of the aquarium that he is working from.

Rich · 02-13-2003, 04:05 AM

hi guys
hope everyone is well, sorry not much in the way of posting, kinda had a hard drive crash last weekend, and finally back up and running... well my 2nd and oldest siamese fighter has died..
gotta get a pic or two up for u all to see..
Guess I better stick to Jim's aquarium huh, at least the fish wont die..
any news of when a beta is coming up... I read somewhere on the net about feb 15th is this correct?

drfish · 02-13-2003, 05:23 AM

I'm going to guess it's not.

If you didn't read it here it's probably not true, and you'll never get a date like that out of Jim.

Sorry about your hard drive.

bugsymcd24 · 02-14-2003, 05:25 PM

been away for a while when are new updates for either freshwater or origina aquarium comming out?

Rich · 04-02-2003, 04:15 AM

Just got given a 30ltr tank not much but at least something
contains 2 sword plants
and got 5 fish too
4 shabunkins ( are they really classed as a fish? ) and 1 catfish

Lainey · 04-25-2003, 01:36 AM

Freshwater tanks are my first love. Don't get me wrong, a marine aquarium on my two computer screens make a lovely addition to the collection, but I'd realllllly love to see either the goldfish or the Freshwater aquarium. then, my *scene* in my little home office would flow from my little MacPlus Aquarium (real) to the two monitors that sit right beside it...

And fit right in with the other miscellaneous tanks scattered about...

...hopefully to the 110g that a friend is contemplating *lending* me...(in his dreams!, like it would come into the house and ever leave!)

feldon34 · 04-25-2003, 08:14 AM

Originally posted by Rich
I read somewhere on the net about feb 15th is this correct?

Can you please post the exact address where you heard this?

Otherwise, it's appreciated if people do not post invented dates.

I have no timeline for you on the Freshwater Aquarium. And snapshots of what is complete so far would not do it justice. The amount of animation created for something that plays back in 3 1/2 seconds is astounding.

The treasure chest seems done to me, as well as some of the terrain. Jim said he was going to get back to the fish now when I left him.

Lightfeather · 06-07-2003, 06:53 PM

Hahaha! When I first glanced at this topic I thought it was a thread for a 'Freshwater BETTA' and I got really excited.

Doh!

Darkness2k · 06-08-2003, 05:42 AM

...
This post is still here?
I ain't really visited since November 2002 and its still here lol

How is everyone?
I recently saw that goldfish screensaver... is that also created by Jim Sachs?

Jim Sachs · 06-08-2003, 08:43 AM

Nope.

Darkness2k · 06-08-2003, 08:45 AM

Oh ok :S its just it has the exact same interface, and I thought that was yours

No wonder it runs at half the framerate then :P Doesn't have your expertise

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02-04-2003, 12:39 PM	#45
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	More about the Derek McInerny book. In the 1960's this was the book to have. Over the years I accumulated others, but this was the one I came to rely on. I seem to remember that it was also one of the first to have a good percentage of colour illustrations, which sounds strange by today's standards, for a book on tropical fish! As you would expect, it covers all aspects of keeping an aquarium, but is principally about freshwater tropicals. Out of the 480 pages, only the last 17 pages cover marine tropicals. (Thats the part I had completely forgotten about!). And it's the very last page that caught my attention! ........... Dragon Fish, indeed! - mmmm. Be it Lion or Dragon, it's a nasty little sod, isn't it? ............. and I thought we had a nice community fish in our presence! Last edited by cjmaddy; 02-04-2003 at 12:46 PM.

02-04-2003, 04:14 PM	#46
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Nasty? – That's just what Spike and I refer to as personality /Tiny Sod Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

02-04-2003, 04:51 PM	#47
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Cliff, Yeah thats about the size of it as far as the Lionfish goes. I have stood in an aquarium store and watched them put feeder fish in with them. Those things can move fast when they want too. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

02-05-2003, 04:37 AM	#49
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Rich, Check with the place where you got him. The really good places I have delt with in the past will replace a fish if it dies within 30 days of the purchase. As far as the screenshots go, sorry, Jim hasn't released anything along those lines. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

02-03-2003, 09:39 AM	#41
Rich this is me,and only me. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 388	this one is about 2.5 inches long , I think that is about the average size for fighters.. No yellow tang actually he is recovering from a bad bout of fin fungus which is a pain in the butt to rid, seems that one of my other fighters has it , so have him in my hospital tank.. they are a most peaceful fish to have in a tank, just as long as u dont put 2 in the same tank, as I once made that mistake, took all of 30 secs for both of them to be too badly injured to recover... I am hoping to get a couple of females soon.. try to establish a breeding program ....

02-03-2003, 09:59 AM	#42
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	From memory, mine normally looked like that! Tiny, Yes ,I think that's the normal size! - My Derek McInerny book states, males 2.75in, females 2.5in. I've just realised that he also calls the Lion Fish, a Dragon Fish. (I'd forgotten the book covered tropicals! ) I've now got something new (well, old) to read.

02-03-2003, 01:19 PM	#43
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Originally posted by cjmaddy . . . I've just realised that he also calls the Lion Fish, a Dragon Fish. Odd coincidence: The saltwater Lion Fish is called the equivalence of Dragon Fish [i.e. Drakfisk] in Swedish. /Tiny Other Way Around

02-03-2003, 06:03 PM	#44
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Oops! - that should have been ... "I'd forgotten the book covered *marine* tropicals!" - (Even more !)

02-05-2003, 04:19 AM	#48
Rich this is me,and only me. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 388	Hi Guys bit of bad news today for me, found my red fighter dead on the gravel this morning.. makes me wonder how long pet shops have had them for before they start selling them.. only had him a month too... anyways anything of any screenshots for the freshwater aquarium yet? just like to see what it looks like ...

02-13-2003, 04:05 AM	#51
Rich this is me,and only me. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 388	hi guys hope everyone is well, sorry not much in the way of posting, kinda had a hard drive crash last weekend, and finally back up and running... well my 2nd and oldest siamese fighter has died.. gotta get a pic or two up for u all to see.. Guess I better stick to Jim's aquarium huh, at least the fish wont die.. any news of when a beta is coming up... I read somewhere on the net about feb 15th is this correct?

02-13-2003, 05:23 AM	#52
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,357	I'm going to guess it's not. If you didn't read it here it's probably not true, and you'll never get a date like that out of Jim. Sorry about your hard drive. I don't watch commercials.

02-14-2003, 05:25 PM	#53
bugsymcd24 PC Professional Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: virginia beach, va Posts: 147	been away for a while when are new updates for either freshwater or origina aquarium comming out? I use to skinny dip, now I chunky dunk!

04-02-2003, 04:15 AM	#54
Rich this is me,and only me. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 388	Just got given a 30ltr tank not much but at least something contains 2 sword plants and got 5 fish too 4 shabunkins ( are they really classed as a fish? ) and 1 catfish

04-25-2003, 01:36 AM	#55
Lainey Registered Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: British Columbia Posts: 10	Freshwater tanks are my first love. Don't get me wrong, a marine aquarium on my two computer screens make a lovely addition to the collection, but I'd realllllly love to see either the goldfish or the Freshwater aquarium. then, my scene in my little home office would flow from my little MacPlus Aquarium (real) to the two monitors that sit right beside it... And fit right in with the other miscellaneous tanks scattered about... ...hopefully to the 110g that a friend is contemplating lending me...(in his dreams!, like it would come into the house and ever leave!)

04-25-2003, 08:14 AM	#56
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Originally posted by Rich I read somewhere on the net about feb 15th is this correct? Can you please post the exact address where you heard this? Otherwise, it's appreciated if people do not post invented dates. I have no timeline for you on the Freshwater Aquarium. And snapshots of what is complete so far would not do it justice. The amount of animation created for something that plays back in 3 1/2 seconds is astounding. The treasure chest seems done to me, as well as some of the terrain. Jim said he was going to get back to the fish now when I left him. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-07-2003, 06:53 PM	#57
Lightfeather Occupation: Nerd Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: California Posts: 314	Hahaha! When I first glanced at this topic I thought it was a thread for a 'Freshwater BETTA' and I got really excited. Doh! Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

06-08-2003, 05:42 AM	#58
Darkness2k The Lord of Darkness Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Torquay, Devon, England Posts: 51	... This post is still here? I ain't really visited since November 2002 and its still here lol How is everyone? I recently saw that goldfish screensaver... is that also created by Jim Sachs? Welcome to the Darkness http://www.darkness2k.dsl.pipex.com/Shared/TagMini.jpg (Visit it manually)

06-08-2003, 08:43 AM	#59
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,787	Nope. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

06-08-2003, 08:45 AM	#60
Darkness2k The Lord of Darkness Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Torquay, Devon, England Posts: 51	Oh ok :S its just it has the exact same interface, and I thought that was yours No wonder it runs at half the framerate then :P Doesn't have your expertise Welcome to the Darkness http://www.darkness2k.dsl.pipex.com/Shared/TagMini.jpg (Visit it manually)