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Sorry about the dead fish Shadoh.

Hope you get get it down. Sometimes sinking the ice bricks (preferably over an air-stone) can help it get down a few degrees.

Hey, you should make a button of your logo. It will display the HTML code underneath it, and people can easily link to your site.

It is super easy - I do it in like, 10mins. :)

I'm kina new to the world of blogging, how do you do it?

This is the link I used first - http://freedomtobark.blogspot.com/2009/07/adding-text-area-box-to-display-html.html

What a shame.

I really thought it was that pastel boy. Hope you caught them all now.

Just caught a 3rd. THe only thing that makes them stand out is their long ventrals, which they kept hidden by keeping them tucked up. I know their game now...

Having a bad run mate?

That sounds nice. Interesting pairing, maybe you'll get another spawn of mixed-colours. :)

I will for sure, as he is a marble. They both carry DT too!!! :)

Wow.. I'm impressed already!

He seems to be more like himself today. Just have to wait for him to heal... Mr Lavender is sold, but I am "babysitting" him until Cathy comes back from holidays up north. I get to enjoy him for an extra 3 weeks!

That's good to hear - both about Jeckle, and fishsitting. )

Hope he comes good for you mate. No-one likes losing fish.

Oh no!! That's terrible.

Oh I'm sorry Shadoh!

That is such horrible news. (

Oh no! Sorry Shadoh :(

Looking for the like button, cannot find. Sadness.

What a great night. Glad I went!

Oh Shadoh! That is such.. so horrible. Was the sand in with her?? If so.. you should take it OUT. Good they don't share water. I wonder what it is.

All the fish have been in with the sand for the past couple of months, so I had assumed it was safe. Last couple of weeks I have had a brown algae appear in the barracks and have been scrubbing that off every couple of days. All my fish are now safely in jars until I can empty, clean and sterilize the barracks. Going to keep the floor bare from now on. Easier to keep clean anyway.

Yeah, bare bottom is easier to clean. I would blame that brown algae. Good luck, I hope it won't strike again.

Not that it should make a difference in this warmer weather, but I discovered I had left the heater off after yesterdays water change...

Go with your gut. If you suspect the sand, remove it.

I go with bettarazzi on this..The quality of sand being River or Ocean., has a lot of undesirable elements that can not be tested for. Including some forms of algae that are toxic. Case in point is the Brown Algae bloom that remains dormant in a dry state and has devastated NZ rivers.

That's good. Can you get a male without another female, or are you going to buy a new pair, and have a backup female?

That is lucky... do you have a replacement partner for the female?

No, not yet. Keeping an eye out though.

Sounds like an interesting design there... don't forget to share pics when you're finished :)

Hmmm, didn't work... Back to the drawing board...

Oh sorry to hear that. The next idea will be even better.

Maybe you could put them in their own tank (if you have one to spare) and watch them carefully. Though I would be worried that sooner or later they would be "big Bettas" and not like each other at all.

I had two females like H&J, they got really depressed when they were apart. I thought it kinda creepy, so slowly weened them apart, and I'm glad I did as one was killed by a male. At least H&J can see each other, that ought to count as something.

LOL... I didn't want to go to the tank one day and discover they had turned on one another. Besides, this means they will grow with pristine finnage... Sorry Sarah, tank space is pretty tight at the moment, so coke bottle torture chambers it is until they get bigger...

Too bad. They'll just have to suffer. :P

lol oh do! ehehe

:D I love this forum... makes me feel more normal by the day... LOL

lol as Oscar Wilde said "the only normal people are the ones you don't know very well" ;)

When I woke up this morning, I was confused as to why I wasn't in the fish room. This is really getting out of hand!

Aww.. I've had dreams in the past with huge nests, lots of fry.. waking up - WHERE ARE THEY?!?!

Though my tanks are actually in my room, so I didn't need to go far. :)

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

Somehow I knew you wouldn't stop at 1 pair! Congrats :)

lol I had to restrain from more than two ;)

Yeah, I remember the only thing that was stopping me buying more last visit to JL was the contents (or lack there of) of my bank balance...

Don't worry, they lost the red-wash before, they can lose it again. All part of the marbles I guess. :)

That's no fair.. can we have a clue? Pretty pleaseee??? With a cherry on top. :P

A clue...hmmm... let's see... They are bettas

OK it is my black lace crowntail and my black dragon female (Tara).

Sounds great! Thanks for sharing.. see when you add a cherry you always get a really good clue. ;P

I've decided to hold off and wait until the yellow dragon female has healed. I'm going to put Tara with my black orchard CT male instead...

Noice - what colour combo on the black orchid?

Black/blue

I haven't heard that before Sarah. I would say it would be more a case of NR being harder to produce. I guess we'll find out soon enough if I have a yellow boy :)

Cool. Hopefully you will have a nice yellow male & female.

I think I read that somewhere on Betta Talk.. but I'm not quite sure. Something about how any breeder will be super impressed if you bred yellows. I'll look into it. :)

Sorry, I've been looking heaps, but cannot find it. :(

A watched fish never grows ;)

Nor does one boil! ;p

Well thats good! Keep watching them then! lol