Lilith

Darling Lilith is turning into a photo whore recently, so I decided to show off some new pictures of her. We have decided that she is a Cambodian VT. Such a little stunner!

The Tanks and The New Girl

After all the searching, my brother has finally found me a female! Yesterday he went to the Gawler aquarium, and they had just got an order of female bettas in. He said that they had a lovely white one with a redish tail, and a blue one, and I went for the white. She currently has a tank underneath Dean and Sammy. The tank needs some doing up, but I think she's happy at the moment.

So introducing Lilith:

The tank set up

Dean's tank (yes, the outside glass needs a clean!)

Sammy's tank

I missed out on a beautiful marbled crown tail the other day. My brother said it was ugly, so I didn't get it, got home, and then wanted it, so I drove back, and they had just sold it. :( It was white with black spots over it's tail, and a green tinge to it. Hopefully I find one like it again soon!

No Ladies for these boys

There has not been much to update in the ways of Sammy and Dean recently. They have managed to get into the same part of the tank twice. Sammy seems to be the dominate one, flaring up at Dean and chasing him away. They have both built new bubble nests, and they seem rather happy.

Went around Adelaide today to try and find a female. The only ones I saw were very boring looking, and I'm thinking of resorting to buying one of the internet (probably from here). I gave up on a beautiful crown tail. It was white, green and black, and I so wish I bought him now. I think I might head back on Saturday, and if he is still there get him, because he was a stunner, and would have beautiful babies!

I really hate shopping for bettas, because half of them look dead in their tanks. It's horrible!!

That is really it for today. Will post pictures of the tank next time :)

The New Tank

The boys got a new tank yesterday. I decided to get a 3 foot tank, and divide it in half for them, it ends up a bit smaller than the tanks they already have, but it frees up the other two tanks for a female, and an eventual breeding tank.

Obviously I had to divide the tank, and as mentioned before, no one had ready made dividers. However the other day I stumbled upon a valuable source of information on making a divider.

DIY Aquarium Tank Dividers

All I did was get two A4 sheets of plastic mesh from a craft store (Spotlight, around $3.50AUD a sheet) and two A4 clamp files like above (Coles, $2.09AUD each) My tank is a bit higher than the A4, so I just sewed the two pieces together with some clear fishing line, and then ripped the clamp off the folder, and put it on either side of the mesh. After that I just put it in the tank, and cut to size. Stupidly I didn't think of taking any photos for here, but everything is above in the link!

My tank itself, as mentioned is a three footer. It was about $250AUD for the tank and the stand, I got a heater for about $30AUD and my brother shouted me a new light ($100AUD), and two plants for each side, so hopefully Sammy & Dean are happy with that!!

Made a trip down to PETstock. They had new male bettas in, but none of them really appealed to me, I think I was incredibly lucky with the colours I got in Sammy & Dean, however now I know where they keep the females, but I'm going to wait until I see a stunner before I get one. I might even buy over the net.

I hope to have Sammy and Dean in their new tanks before Saturday, so once they have settled and it all looks pretty, I will post some pictures!