Fin2you

it's pretty normal for a male to guard his hard efforts of building a bubble nest in hopes of attracting a female. My old male betta Fin used to, chase his cory tank mates away from his whenever he built a nest!

Hey Fishclubgirl! I'll PM you, I'm not 100% sure what I want, you know how I roll, if they catch my eye either in picture or in person & scream "I belong with you", they come home with me! I don't care if they are "runts", dwarfs, show quality, or just your average pet store betta in a cup!

I am finally done grieving the loss of our old boy Fin (he passed away about 6 mths ago). I will be setting up my own home office within the next mth & have decided my tetra cube tank that has been in storage I want to set up on my desk. I am ready for another male; but not a veiltail. I want something "showy/flashy" but hearty. Suggestions? anyone in Calgary area got some for sale? This is 1 of my old old boys I'd like something like this again!

& 9 outta 10 times I have found my fish are a highlite! Especially my idiot goldfish who are dead set on proving which of the 6 is the stupidest! LOL

My Clown Pleco has choosen tonight to grace me with a rare display! Despite being sure it never eats it is bigger than when I got him/her! I would say 1/4" bigger lengthwise in the past 2+months since bringing it home from Pisces barely the length of my pinky finger!

Yep all the others were just there & this girl was flaring & swimming around her container! How much more could she do other than flashing a neon sign "take me home"! She's fit in just fine & I love her coloring!

I ventured into live plants a year or 2 ago in all my tanks & failed miserably. Killed off $200 & accepted I just am no good with aquatic plants

finally figured out how to get photo's attached So this is the community tank I've been working on establishing; tank basic's: 10gal filtered with a large tetra whisper (20gal) filter & heated Tankmates: school of Rasbora's; 5 scissortails, 5 harlequin, 3 redtail/brilliant Trio of African Dwarf Frogs 2 betta females 2 Habrosus & 1 false juilii I think cory's 4 Otto Catfish 1 Clown Pleco

& came pretty much face to face with a beautiful girl; (the blue/green); I wasn't going to get any more but she was just so striking! I had to introduce her to the community tank slowly & ended up giving the 2 year old (red girl) a couple hours in the floating cup of shame, as she got a bit snarky. But now they seem to have accepted coexisting in the community tank with Rasbora's, cory's, pleco & frogs! The new girl is terrified of the frogs, & swims in among the school of 13 rasbora's! I was doing so well until I needed more tank chemicals.... Thankfully I should be good now for the rest of the year LOL (toonie Tuesday; buy 1 get 1 for $2!)

So this tank houses; 3 African Dwarf Frogs, school of harlequin & scissortail rasboras, 4 Oto catfish, some misc corys, & a baby Clown Pleco! For some reason the photo won't load will try again later!

So I told my girls when our last male betta passed away, we would get ADF for them. Well Fin passed away a few mths ago, & after some time to grieve (what can I say he lived on my breakfast bar for 4 years-pretty good for a veiltail from Pisces hey?) we have a new set up. it's a 5gal overfiltered (20gal Whisper), heated, but I am seriously considering digging out a 10gal tank from the storage room but for now this is just the old betta's tank which after Fin died just had the snails in it. It's a bit of a hodge-podge right now; it was originally going to be my Nerite snails, 2 ADF & a school of Rasbora's. Well the frogs came home 1st (wasn't impressed with the rasbora's at Pisces so I decided to wait for a new shipment). well within the 1st week all 12 of my snails were dead & the girls said they'd seen the frogs picking on them. then a friend said she wanted to get rid of the last of her rasbora's so I said I'll give them a new home; 2 harlequin(but 1 didn't survive the move) & 2 scissortail. Anyways so the tank needs some sort of algae/cleaner. I have a small school of 2 habrosus & 1 julii Cory's in the goldfish tank but the pleco does a better job of cleaning that tank of algae. I'm thinking of moving them over to the ADF tank & getting probably 3 more julii. I guess what I'm wondering is the 2 habrosus hang out together but the julii is often alone, would I be better to get bigger schools of both & have 1 variety in each tank, or can I just get more julii & let the habrosus stay as a pair. The harlequin rasbora's are the girls fav, they had 1 with more blue on it's belly (that's the one that died) & 1 with less. & while I had my eye on a school of redtails (blackline depending on who you talk too), the scissortails are pretty cool & I've caught these 2 in what I'm pretty sure is mating behaviour. so I was thinking if I got say 2 more harlequin, & a couple redtail as "showpiece", would they all school together (most of the time these 3 are all together but occassionally the 1 lone harlequin is off by itself). Hope that all makes sense, LOL I'm so busy these day's that I'm so tired I feel like I could fall asleep standing up which is the reason I haven't been around the forum much!!! But everyone gives such good advice I wanted to ask here b4 I head into Pisces & still really have no idea except what my gut is telling me!

I can vouch for both Female BN & hillstream loaches for algae control! I have 4 (1 adult, 1 juvie, 2 baby's) loaches & 2 BN baby females in my 30gal that gets alot of sunlight therefore tons of algae growth. I agree with you the male BN's "face spikeys" are creepy! So far my algae "crew" has had plenty of food that they don't eat the "bottom feeder" foods I offer. I keep offering b/c I know I am "overstocked" but they prefer the real stuff. LOL maybe once they are all full grown (even the BN's are baby's LOL) I will need to supliment more. I got my darker "common" BN at Big Al's for $6 (was only 3/4" long) & the albino who was about 2 1/2" was $12 @ Pisces. I was going to get some special guys from Harold but I couldn't justify the price to my husband so we went the more "common" route.

Oh ok cool thanx!!

ok so baby Douglas is barely 1.5" long but Ghost is easily 2 maybe 2.5" so I'll have to seriously look next time I get a glimpse. LOL

I can't believe how much these guys have grown in just 2 weeks. It's hard to get a picture of Ghost (the albino) b/c we're only getting rare nano-second glimpses. But the darker one .... will hang out in plain view a few times a day. This one is from Big Als, they said these baby's were brought in by a local person & they're a cross between a common & something else. Now I'm curious about the something else. anyone got a clue? I thought maybe starlight b/c of the white on the fins, but lots have that.... Also how long big usually b4 I'll be able to tell if I have male or female? I'm pretty sure Douglas is a female LOL I see no bristles at all. But Ghost maybe....

I had a school of dwarf cories, habrosus, julii & panda's & they happily munched on sinking pellets for bottom feeders & the occaisonal dried bloodworms that my betta missed. the tank I'm working on resetting up will most certainly have a school of these 3 again (I usually go 2 of each).

No there is no way, hubby works wknd shift & daught has baton practice for provincials.... Guess a trip to Pisces & BigAls is in my future.

I was just thinking I also have a 2gal cube I bought for my 1st female betta who was less than 3/4" when I got her.... I could put 2 frogs in it for the girls on their nightstand. Then wouldn't have to worry about the corys hogging the food.... Hmmmm

Both of those rasboras sound neat! Any chance you need to make a wknd trip to Calgary w/a bathroom stop in Airdrie? LOL I have had a bunch of schools of cories b4 & those 3 are my favorites.... Good point on the possible feeding issues. Especially seeing as the kids help feed

Yep what is wrong with this picture??? My male crowntail betta has been showing his age recently so he's been moved down to a 5.5gal. But now that means I have an empty 10gal tank sitting on my downstairs counter.... I have no idea what to do with it. I could get another betta but I'm happy with my 2 males & then the 6 females in their sorority. So what I've got: 10gal tank w/heater, 20gal Whisper filter, air pump, plenty of extra plants to do another planted tank. Only fish that's a must is another school of cories; panda & julii for sure, maybe a couple habrosus again too. & 1 of the kids likes african dwarf frogs.

Very cool Krista!!!

HA HA HA I already know; the 1st batch of plants I bought the goldfish tried eatting the 1 green & red plant as well as the little grass cover plant & the corkscrew val, so I rescued those & have used them to plant my 2 male betta's 5.5gal tanks. Still wondering if I feel up to heavily planting the female betta sorority tank.... LOL I have spent my fish budget for awhile though so until I sell the extra tanks I need to just be happy with these 3 planted!

Yesterday the common pleco went to a new home with a fellow AA member, so this morning I took the kids into Calgary... Sierra fell for a Starlight bristolnose x common bristolnose baby pleco.. kid you not its less than an inch long & Kathryn an albino pleco... So here is a picture of Baby Douglas & Ghost in my kritter keeper while I put the new decorations in the tank. Also attaching a picture of the whole tank, I am pretty pleased with it! the moss covered tree was made by another AA member & I just got java moss today to cover it!

I finally got to Pisces & Big Al's today for Java Moss for the tree, also found some cool rock/wood style decorations that were the right size for the tank. I had to accept defeat with the Corkscrew Val & the dwarf narrow leaf sword plants, so the only plant aside from the moss in here is the 1 solid red plant that i have a small snip & a big bunch. I think the bristolnose pleco's, hillstreem loaches & goldfish will be very happy. I know I am pleased with the look of the tank!

Oh right I forgot about toonie sale! Guess where I will be tonight?