Abby

I picked the fish last week i saw him i wnted him i said get me that, he said i had too many and no. then on friday i was reminding him on where to find the fish and then he planed the suprise part.... so not many brownie points.

the "weed" on the log is Flame Moss

lol it is cause now im into the plants so deeply partners going to get another tank for plants and shrimp........

can hear the arguement now

Partner: WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?

me: Where did what come from?

Partner: THE BETTA IN MY SHRIMP TANK?

ME: OH wow howd that get there? -innocent look-

*fish eats all his shrimp*

Partner has 2foot x 18 x 18 (or something) for his salt water tank plus his sump two foot tank (where Pippin was hidden)

oh and pippin was LOVING the sump tank bf even gave him a pipe to hide in and was sneeking in each night when i was all submerged in the world of internet to feed him lol

xD THANKS SO MUCH SARAH! :bighug: :bighug:

Thanks guys, i have FOUR tanks up but ones a temp. I have Cinder, Bronxie and Scarlett (Agent 88) in the 5.1 tank which also has drift wood and plants, then Pippin, Fredrick (004) Sponge Bob, Cedric (agent 11) Dastan, Benny, Nero, Louie and Melvin in the 8 bay (nero is now living in the heater/filter section hes got more space and he can annoy the back FOUR fish instead of two lol)

Ailie, Lexi, Caela and Rayne are currently in an undivided 6 bay tank waiting on the 5.2 planted tank.

I also have two 4L critter containers and a 0.6L hospital tank if i need them for QT or anything.

so according to my partner, i already have too many. THIS all started with a tiny o.6 litre wall mountable tank for ONE fish. Pippin is my 17th betta this year, two in Jan; Dastan and Nero, 14 in feb; scarlett, Bronx, Cinder, Rayne, Ailie, Caela, Lexi, Fredric and Cedric, Louie, Benny, Melvin, Tamina and sponge bob, and Pippin in march. (tamina died and was replaced by Louie)

So I have 4 female bettas in a temp tank and had to get another 15wx8dx9h 18 l tank set up for them. So its planted and pretty and begun the cycle today.

Today is also my birthday, My partner hid a betta, i fell in love with last week at lfs, in his still freshwater sump of his soon to be reef tank. he gave me a pie of books i wanted and then sent me to look at his Light (his newly installed light) and there was little Pippin, hes a masked Cambodian veil tail butterfly.

Pics:

Pippin

Tank:

MORE IMAGES ON THESE TWO LINKS:

Planted Tank Edition 5.2

(5.2 meaning; 5 gallion, 2nd tank)

Pippin

Enjoy,

Abby

-chuckles- yes sarah thank you very much for correcting my horrible memory. Oh sarah im ABOUT to post new pictures of a tank i just started cycling (and planted) and MY NEW FISH! it will be another thread in the fish showroom

they're so shiny!!! :drool:

you can thanks Kendrum (gah i cant remember how to spell his username) for the copper spawnlings LOL

and i like to photograph anything different with the fishus, pitty they zoom around so fast :(

LOL at Jo and Sarah; that is not many pics LOL im doing daily photoshoots.

unfortuantly i came home from the farm after findig my 3 yr old colt with an absess, to find Benny had jumped the divider to fight with Agent 11 whos now sporting tattered fins so he will be babied till hes better :)

LOL you need to be a little more specific especially with 5 pics per post!

what i can do is give you links to pics ive posted on another site lol

agent 11 and agent 004

large all fish pictures

pic heavy thread

lol thanks, if anyone wants to see any mre photos of specific fish name him or her and ill upload the pictures :)

Thanks Busman

this is a few more of sponge bob:

Two things have pleased me this week

(Through no fault to Adam) Lexi arrived a little rough around the edges from another females "advances"

this was taken 17th feb

and this was taken today 2nd march

Shes coming along GREAT im so happy and shes bout 2nd in the pecking order

ad twice this week spongebob has left beautiful big nests heres todays:

lol thanks everyone i love my little crew of fish. I will be spawning in the next few months (i will most defiantly be keeping the spawns as small as possible for first spawns )

Im looking at pairing Rayne to Spongebob and 004 to either Cinder or Lexi if shes recovered FULLY and happy

Although Raynes not a vt and im aware ill get mainly vt spawn but my lfs sells mainly blue vt so if i can get a different colour (like i should with yellow parents) lfs will buy all and any fry :)

Note: new video being uploaded but it will take almost an hour lol

First i am so very sorry for the crap pictures some are good some i hate, but some of these fish are camera shy -happy face-

ok the count has gone from 5 fish to 15 quite rapidly, i lost poor little Tamina a week after bringing her home and she was replaced with a little CT male called Louie, then valentines day saw the arrival of Sponge Bob Fish pants, then all the fish kermadum sent me -happy face-

Males: Dastan, Nero, Melvin, Benny, Louie, Spongebob, Agent 004: Fredrick & Agent 11: Cederic.

Females: Agent 88: Scarlett, Cinder, Bronxie, Rayne, Lexi, Caela and Ailie.

Dastan: is currently in qt for a fungus, doing great even started a nest today

Nero: is looking a little urgh, hes always had the urgh look but it seems to be worsening somewhat.

Melvin: his dorsal is growing back beautifully

Benny: finished eating his fins I HOPE!

Louie: is very showy his tail varies from completely see through to an aqua shimmer -happy face-

Sponge Bob: had the BIGGEST nest today and when I did a water top up and feeding it was all gone -sad face- i did get a photo though -happy face-

004: Seems to have bitten at is tail a little but was flaring up a bit today which was pleasing.

Agent 11: thinks Rayne is his soul mate lol unfortunately i think im going to pair her to Spongebob lol

Agent 88: is second on the pecking order in the planted tank, she wont go near cinder but annoys bronxie a little, got her self stuck behind the filter before i put the clips on it lol.

Bronxie is very happy shes always the first female to greet me -happy face-

Cinder: is top of the order if any female dares venture near her filter corner she leaps at them, but she LOVES to play in the filter flow, she swims up and lays on the magnet and flies off into the filter current lol

Rayne: Started as white and now is yellow, shes top of the pecking order of the other four females

Caela: seems to be Ailies best friend they are always together -happy face-

Ailie: likes to hide behind caela when Raynes on the warpath

Lexi: is recovering from her attack off i think rayne, fins are showing great regrowth, she looks happier and i think shes got a little crush on 004 lol, if she is fully recovered and happy she will be spawned to 004 otherwise it will be cinder -happy face-

I wont be spawning for a few months yet, im just setting up a third tank, i currently have a one 18.2 litre planted tank with Agent 88 Cinder and Bronxie in in a few weeks after the new tank is cycled the other ladies will have a tank the same size and the boys are in a 56.3 litre 8 bay tank -happy face-

Short crap video of the planted tank and the 8 bay

i will defiantly look into carding them, but as stated (if i did state it) they only flare up for 20-t30 minutes when the lights are first turned on and then they ignore each other :)

@ busman: Not carding im planting. Cant card the tank. Nero's not shy he was a little intimidated by them where he is now hes happy just to watch it all. When my barracks are built i'll spread them out a bit more maybe slip some ladies in the spare bays to mix it up a bit.

@ Yan: Yes yan, currently the flows off two small filters, when the eheim is put on it the rain bar will be pointed down at the base of the dividers to push the water through..... i know your all going to ask what happens if one gets sick, they will all be treated as well. because they have all identical water conditions if one were to get some sort of sickness then id be doing preventive medicating on all other tanks due to they all get same food, water and everything.

No more fish are entering the 8 bay for a few weeks, Ive bought some fish off kermadum, and the two males will stay seperate for a few weeks anyway until i know the filter can handle more fishies. the ladies will be split between the three remaining tanks.

ok so i rearranged the sponge bob into neros bay and put nero in the bay on the angle so he has an empty bay either side he seems happier there everyones happy now

thanks :)

yeh they are having a blast. next pay I'll add gravel and more plants Melvin may get some sort of cave as he hides UNDER his java moss lol its funny to watch him squirm under the moss.

All apart from nero he wasnt too happy in it so i returned him to his critter container. when the new filters on the 8bay ill put a filter on nero if hes happy as a pig in mud in the critter container then so be it. ill try him again in the big tank in a week or so

4 bays wide 2 bays deep and a filter/heater section at back:

(Sorry ahead of time for blurry pics but my short no like high tank )

sure just let me pu out the step ladder lol

Looks very good! Hope you have great success with this tank. Looks very solid too!

I saw that and thought; "I can breed a lot of killies in that!"

LOL my partners setting up a reef tank and was like hrmmmm im like NOOOOOO -shakes head- lol

Sarah, ita between a set of draws (clothing) and plastic draws (paperwork) but i woud love it as a display tank and it will be after my barracks are up ill put my pretty fishies in it :)

ok so after an entire month of building (and being screwed over for three weeks by the first builder) my 8 bay tank is finally here!

My young girl Tamina died on friday and was replaced with a little ct i named louie. valentines day arrived and i picked spongebob up for my own valentines day gift

so now i have:

Dastan

Nero

Benny

(whos eaten most of his tail and dorsal)

Melvin

(who destroyed his dorsal)

Sponge Bob Fish Pants

Louie

The Tank:

Some other pics to enjoy:

Sponge Bob Fish Pants tail

Loving the blue iridescent LOL

Melvins beard

upon putting these too in QT divided tank for both tail biting this is the face Melvin pulled at Benny LOL

Louie

Louie's tail varies from see through to aqua with black around the base

Louies see through blurry tail

louie top shot

Ill post more later Enjoy!

OH should mention:

My bf will be putting an Eheim Classic 2215 on as soon as he replaces the impeller, so for the moment its got two aqua one (clear view 100, and a clear view 280) with an aqua one heater 100watt. Temp lighting is a two foot aqua one 18watt T8, it will have two led lights put in by my bf in two or three weeks.