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posted 08-24-2003 10:07 PM         

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I had a betta for a year and while i was in school I went a while without cleaning his cage and he got fin and tail rot because the plastic betta bowl got moldy. I gave him some medicine and my mother bought him a twenty gallon tank before we found out that might stress him out then we bought a glass bowl. About a month and a half ago I went to my cousins in wisconsin and my mom was fish sitting. She called saying that she couldnt find him. When I came home I looked, he wasnt in the bowl, he was all dried up by my closet. Does anyone know why he may have jumped out of the bowl???

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posted 08-24-2003 10:50 PM         

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It's possible that the ammonia level got too high. When the ammonia level gets high it burns their skin.

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posted 08-26-2003 10:47 AM         

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i had a suicidail columbian shark ....somehow he managed to jump out of the tank through a space that was 1/2 inch wide

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posted 08-26-2003 09:04 PM         

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rhomba, sharks are just naturally jumpers even when tank conditions are good. Something else I've always found interesting about newts. When you have a newt climb out of the tank, go straight to the refrigerator. Don't ask me why, but when a newt climbs out for some reason they always get under the refrigerator.

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posted 09-11-2003 09:37 PM         

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Thanks for the enlightenment Kc5gvn.

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posted 10-11-2003 03:57 PM         

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plants will help betas not 2 jump out, sumtimes they just do that. 1 of mine did it, 1 day she jumped in2 her neighbors bowl so i took her out, put her back in hers, and put a lid on. a few days l8r will i was @ skewl, i 4got 2 put the lid oon and she jumped out and died

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