shadoh Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Lol I swear I must be under a gypsy curse. No sign of illness. His munched on tail wasn't showing any sign of rot, no bloating, normal behaviour last night. No major water changes etc... Feng Shui huh? Now where did I put that compass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 If it's a gypsy curse fung shui will do nothing for it. I've google searched for you and found a cure. You need to read this and follow instructions! http://www.lolstream.com/v/669/how_to_remove_a_gypsys_curse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I'm actually considering it Paul Just had ANOTHER death. This time one of the 2 remaining black dragon boys I have on the classifieds. He tried to jump and got stuck between the tank edge and the new lids I made for them. He must have been like that sometime after I had my lunch break and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 oh no , jarrod u not having a good run. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 It was the boy you initially wanted Jennie... I guess he wanted to try and follow you home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Oh no, that's terrible! I'm so so sorry about all these deaths! Hope it goes well soon. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 i feel bad now poor little dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 DOn't feel bad. It's just one of those things. Mind you I think I have had my fair share... OK - whoever you are, you've made your point, now lift the curse already <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Another jumper. This time a promising young juvie. Dont know how he got out, as I have mesh over the top. So over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Mate, I am frightened to open this thread every time it pops up. Can't believe the run your having at the moment. Sorry to hear this mate. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 It's getting to the stage where I am frightened to get out of bed in the morning and walk into the fishroom... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 One of the dividers was pushing the cover up slightly between the barrack jars. I have just gone over all the dividers and trimmed them down to prevent this happening again. Going to join all the pieces of mesh so they are one long piece as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kertaz Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Very tough time you're going through. I'm not even sure what to say anymore other than 'hope you hang in there and hope the wheel turned around soon'.. :alright: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumofthehoarde Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 :alright: not much you can say. I feel for you. Once you have lifted your curse...reckon you can shift mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 It was a run like this that made me ditch the bettas and fly like a bat outta hell. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Yan, I think if one more thing goes wrong, I may be doing the same :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm sorry to here that Jarrod. Don't give up! I gave up after a run like that. You can't resist for long though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv_my_fish Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 I really hope things start turning around for you. I know what it's like to lose so many fish at once (a supposed friend who owned an aquarium killed/sold all mine on me) I quit for about 2 years and have just come back...it just shattered me. I hope you don't quit, but if you do, I hope you will be back sooner then I did :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Don't give up Jarrod! Everyone goes through tough patches - hopefully yours will be over VERY soon. At the beginning of this year, I had about 30 odd Bettas... they all died, only in a matter of a week or two. They were all separate. This, I believe was due to water issues.. and I'm now VERY paranoid with water, I THINK I have it now, though.. thankfully.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Jarrod... as a keeper of wild types that have a well deserved reputation for jumping - forget lids for your tanks and get a roll of cling wrap - haven't lost one through jumping since I started using it.... wild types don't have to be mature to jump either - I left the lid of a fry tank of patoti once and eventually found all of the jumpers from one night - 20 fry about 2cm long!!! Cling wrap stopped that little caper though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara_01 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Sounds like you're having a pretty rough run at the moment Please don't give up, look at all the gorgeous bettas you've managed to raise; they're a credit to your betta keeping abilities That said, it was this sort of thing that lead me to quit betta keeping a few years ago, you always come back to it though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_troppo Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Don't give up where will I get my cheap betta's from D: I once was cleaning out my communal tank and without thinking put them in the baths. Only 3 survived that day had about 24+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Wayne, gladwrap would be so much easier, but can't seal up the tops of the jars in the barracks as the water trickles in from overhead. I think I have the problem sorted with the plastic mesh now though... Sorry to hear about your jumpers. That would have been devastating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 plastic mesh will work well - most splendens won't get up enough speed to dislodge that I would think.... wilds get up a lot of speed and one actually knocked a large block of sponge I had over the hole about 6" away from the hole when she jumped through it!!! Always bad to lose a fish - at least I had over 100 fry but losing a breeder and a unique fish is worse I think - hope the mesh stops the escapes for you mate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Thanks mate. I find 95% of my jumpers are newly jarred juvies. Once they get used to being jarred (about a week) the jar hopping and suicide leaping incidents drop dramatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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