Elaine T wrote:
Gill Passman wrote:

Ok I know it was quick but I've had a fishy day. Maintenance on the
Community tank and finishing off the QT tank which this time didn't
find it's way back to the box.....plant friendly substrate and loads
of cuttings....in fact I still had to throw over quarter of a bucket
full away.

Went to a new place (mentioned by "Fantastic" Derek) and they had the
most wonderful bettas....couldn't decide between a red or a
turquoise/purple tinge betta so bought both. LFS guy had a bit of a
trauma until I explained they were going in different tanks. Both
settling in well although not eating yet. Boris is the red one,
obviously, and Bob the other one (got over-ruled by the kids as I
wanted to call him Ivan) :-) . The kitchen is now back to normal with
bettas coming to see me when cooking :-)

Also got too tempted as they had some fantastic Clown Loaches of
around 3 1/2 inches long and no sign of ich....the community tank is
now back up to 5 and it makes a big difference to their behaviour -
dancing clown loaches and scrums again :-). Don't think the Red
Rainbows were too happy though as they decided to spawn again in the
Java Fern...they left the fern and the Clowns were straight in there
for a snack :-( . Only problem is that now I really, really have to go
for the tank upgrade....christmas present perhaps :-) They are OK for
now but I can forsee me needing a larger tank pretty soon....

Just thought I'd share

Gill


Very cool! I'm so glad you found some new kitchen buddies.

I bought a betta today too. I decided a planted tank and herbivores for
the office was too complicated (filter, lighting, timer, ferts,
Excel...) and too expensive (I wanted a 6 gal Nanocube). So the new
betta's hanging out in a Kritter Keeper that I'll seed tomorrow with
some java moss and an anubias that should be OK on ambient light.

New Betta doesn't have a name yet, but he's pretty, with a turquoise
back, red belly and head, and white-tipped red fins. He's currently
alternating between checking out all the swimming room (compared to his
cup), tasting the gravel, and trying to scare away his reflection in the
tank.

Bettas are very special fish :-) Boris has scooped up the bloodworm from
the bottom of the tank so that's good :-) Bob is still a bit shyer but
he drew the platy buddy who I will now move - they don't seem to happy
together - Mr Bluey was far more tolerant....Know exactly what you mean
by trying to scare away the reflection - my two are busy flaring at
themselves in the glass - but nothing compared to the few secs they were
together in the bags (separate) at the LFS - he rapidly but a barrier
between them (so I'm thinking they might get more of my business).

My office project will be for hubbie and maybe a larger scale - although
I do believe that this is a ploy to get me to do more work for him -
lol. As he has a passion for tetras I'm thinking of filling a 30gall (or
perhaps my 200L when I upgrade it) with just neons....probably cause a
market shortage locally if I do this if NetMax's stocking levels are
sustainable....lol

Your office betta will keep you great company....

Gill