Boys in their New Tank

Well I finally did it I built my boys a divided tank, so now they all have a permanent home, few more kinks left to finish up like evening out water flow but its fully functional now :)
Also there will be a few new changes to the breeding line up.

Rainbow Bridge

Felt I should explain the Rainbow Bridge many people dont know what it is....

Author Unknown
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

No good news

Well I have nothing good to report over my vacation three little babies went to the rainbow bridge...
RIP Montey
RIP Worthless
and RIP Nadia the Dropsy female

I have no idea why Worthless and Montey passed... they just stopped swimming and died in a few short days after my return with no outward symptoms...The dropsy female ended up getting chlorine poisoning after declorinator was forgotten...

Hopefully I will have good news soon.
Keep on swimming...

Sick Babies

Well the little girl with dropsy is still alive I switched her over from Fungus clear to Maracyn-Oxy. So we will see how she does on that.
Montey has velvet but is doing just fine he is being treated with an ich medication because it has more chemicals that will affect the fungus vs. the other fungus treatment I have.
Uni I think is on his last leg of life and hasnt been eating and I am worried about him a lot. But he is old..

New Pet Project

I think my next pet project is going to be in re doing the VT. The poor guys have been over looked because they are asymmetrical which means that they arent a recognized fin type and cant show. They are viewed as mutts but I feel that they are a very important part of betta history and need to be recognized.
This is one site on the standards...
http://superbbettas.com/Bettas4AllShowStandard/Chapter3DVeiltail.html
However I feel the standard could change... just a little wider ventrals but they need to still be long, the tail also needs to touch the dorsal and anal when it flares but it should have that lovely downward swoop. the caudal should enhance the swoop of the tail like the HM has fins that blend to make one perfect circle the VT should have fins that merge into one graceful swoop down.
Maybe just thinking here....

Bubbles!

Well Gringo has built a kinda tiny bubblenest under the bubblewrap by filling in the gaps lol gotta love him the female I realized needs to be out of the cup and she keeps her vertical bars. He is doing real well I hope they breed :) and the spawn stays good.
The last fry is getting sick and i dont know why so is Montey... I'm going to heat them up more and add some aq salt we will see if that helps.
But all in all the fish are good.

Up coming spawn... hopefully...

Hopefully I can breed Gringo and my new girl Rossie sometime this month so far though he isnt building a nest and showing absolutely no interest in each other. I took Rossie out of the sorority and moved her to a container by herself. Hopefully she will be okay. Gringo is in the breeding tank at the moment and he hasnt been building a nest. Sigh. Silly fishies.

In Other News...

I moved the last remaining fry from the tank and moved him to the 5 gal so he can pick at all the wonderful growing water fleas and worms lol.. and he has the hugest pectoral fins! I mean for a 4 week old fry they are massive and I can see them when he swims I think I will call him Jazz short for jazz hands also I hope he is a male lol.
Little Ryan has been growing like crazy sense I moved back home. A steady flow of clean water is coloring him up fast. Some photo's to satisfy...



and in other news sorry i am not around so much... my life has been kinda shredding its self but heck this is why I have fish they keep me goin! Doesnt matter about whats going on in my world I still have to care about them :)

Photo Updates!

Bad news first the new girl got dropsy... ugh


One photo I snagged of the reamaining fry I think his brother might still be in there.


Some of the new girls all together!


Thats all for now!

New Fish In and Photo Updates!

The photo's of the male did not do him justice ! look at this boy he is stunning ! He reminds me of my old fish Moonshine... not sure what I want to name him




And the girl is everything I hoped for she is floating in the sorority now <3



And some of Splatter. Turns out he is missing half of his beard... poor boy lol but my little lopsided man is doing very well.