Bren MacFish Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 This is where the boys live. A two foot tank in the kitchen where they can watch all the human comings and goings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted September 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 This is Pakpao, a purple marble bf ct, via someone (and Mishy), (great branching and ballooning in person): Mongkut, a lavender red bf ct, via someone (and Mishy): Kulap and Dred, both fish shop fish (reasonable branching and ballooning): Of course, they all look much better in the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Great setup and the first male is gorgeous, absolutely brilliant finnage and colour :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Wicked set up. I can see what you mean bout the shot glasses, will have to give it a go my favourite would have to be Mongkut, that colour on his back and dorsal :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted September 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 The shot glasses are $2.50 for six down at any junk shop. They have half a JBL clay fert ball stuck in the bottom. Very easy to whip them out and wipe down the tank, and trim the plants. You notice I haven't managed to capture any of them in a proper flare... d'oh. Photography skills leave a lot to be desired. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 When I grow up, I want to be a betta in your tank, Bren! It looks really inviting. Even to a human! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
najrick Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Very nice Bren. I agree with Lisa. Can I put down a deposit for a retirement home with you Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted September 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Oh but this is the old barracks... you should see where the girls live. They have Teenie's old 4ft Hilton kitted out with driftwood and java moss with its own sump. Girls need a bit of luxury. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 That looks fabbo. I want to tank on my kitchen window sill :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishy Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 wow... they settled in well bren! well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 awesome looking bachelor pad Bren! The inhabitants are none too shabby either!! :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Shot glasses, fabulous idea...... i'm going to get some today! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 It makes it so much easier to keep clean. There's two box filters to keep the good bacteria going. Yes, Mishy, the fish you brought down from someone were in excellent condition and didn't mind the switch to freeze dried food. The red DTCT girl is still full of eggs. She is meant to be the red bf's partner but he is looking the shabbiest at the moment, so I just bought some live food to perk them all up a bit. I guess if he's not ready for the breeding tank then I can substitute one of the other males? Hmmm... I wonder how that would work out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBred Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Nice setup Bren luv planted tanks and u have some great looking CT's. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettabegood Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Oh but this is the old barracks... you should see where the girls live. They have Teenie's old 4ft Hilton kitted out with driftwood and java moss with its own sump. Girls need a bit of luxury. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree with you about girls needing a bit of luxury, Bren! When do we get to see where Da Girls hangout?? Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 I guess if he's not ready for the breeding tank then I can substitute one of the other males? the Lavender one or the LFS boy on the left :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 RB, the fish shop bf is the one I wanted to put with the red DTCT. They both have the black stripe thing happening. He was all gorgeous and indigo-striped and lavender reflecting a couple of weeks ago and then he blew a gill frisking around in front of the banger sisters (two mad red girls) who were next to him so I put them somewhere else so he could have some quiet to let his gillcover mend and he went a bit drab. The lavender red has a huge bubblenest although he's quite placid about defending it. The others have all made smaller nests and are very interested in fighting to defend them. Thanks, Steve, you'd know. Da Girls? Hmmmm... will have to get the camera out again. The girls are in the middle of my office which is darker and they dart away when they see the preflash... so I've already deleted lots of photos of apparently empty tank sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Guess who got his mojo back? So they're both looking enormously fat and bright and gorgeous. Ms red dtct has been in the spawning tank checking out all the hidey holes for a couple of days, so she has gone into the bottle and Kulap has gone into the spawning tank. He checked her out... she barred up with great yellow bars (on a brown-bodied fish!) straight off... and he obviously approved so he raced off to the corner and started building a bubblenest. I knew reading them the text books would pay off. Actually, all the fish got their mojos. Kulap's black stripes went indigo and his body turned lavender. The purple marble butterfly has grown purple stripes, even the red cambodian girl has grown some red spots on her body. Those blackworms are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Good luk Bren, spawning bettas can be a frusturating thing, but just think of the final pay off :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 What? More bettas to look after? Maybe I haven't thought this thru. My local pet shop might want the surplus fry tho... I got Kulap in very lucky circumstances: the owner's flatmate was minding the store on the day the new bettas arrived. The owner wanted to display Kulap for a week or two and then give him to her friend... but I snuck in and caught the poor flatmate unaware of the owner's plans. She told me how I destroyed her plans later tho and that she hasn't been able to get one like him since... mwahahahah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted November 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 These photos of the boy's tank just won me a $20 gift voucher over at the Boronia forum. I know they're not the best photos, but the contest guidelines seemed to indicate they were looking for something interesting and wanted lots of explanations about what was going on so I did that. I got second out of some very posh looking tanks and good-looking tropical fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 way to go, Bren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Congratulations Bren! thats awesome :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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