Welcome to Gabriel

I got another new boy the other day, which was named Gabriel.


He is a lovely boy, and is very curious. I was setting up his divided 6 gallon today and he was watching everything I was doing. He is currently being stored in a heated 1.8gal tank at the moment.

Hopefully going to be getting a half moon breeding pair soon. Someone on a forum I visit is selling all his fry, and other bettas, so hopefully I can pick up a nice pair! I just need to pick up another 6gal tank (from Cheap as Chips) and divide that. I'm thinking I'll put the two boys in one 6gal (divided of course) and the two girls in the other... I'm still after a CT male, so I might have to divide my other tank.

Castiel has been moved up to the big 3 foot tank with Dean, and Sammy is in Castiel's old tank. Sammy is having some fin issues, so we are hoping to clear them up by putting him in a tank by himself, but we shall see.

Happy New Year guys :)

Update: The boys, breeding and life

Sorry about the lack of posts lately. I've been pretty busy with life.

Sadly Lilith died the other day :( She some how managed to jump out of the smallest hole :( I was pretty upset for a few days, she had so much life in her, and loved watching me clean the house. Will miss her.

The boys are doing ok. Sammy & Dean had a case of finrot, Deans went away when I took a log out of his side of the tank, and put it in Sammy's... however Sammy's tail, fins and just general well being looks a bit low. His fins/tail are shrunken, and his colour is not as vibrant, however he appears happy enough, swimming around, showing off, and still eating, so I'm not to concerned at the moment.

I have two new introductions to make:
First is a dragon VT named Castiel, and the second I purchased from Aquabid. She is an orange CT and I'm going to try and find a male CT for her as well as breeding her with Castiel.



I won't post a picture of the new girl until she arrives in early Jan, but I think I am going to call her Ruby. I've been looking at Aquabid for a male, but it is rather expensive. Ruby was $19.80AUS, but then it is going to cost $22 for quarantine and then $16.50 for shipping. So I might go look at the LFS and see what I can find in terms of another girl, and a CT boy.

I've also started to research breeding. I think we'll give Dean the first go, and then Castiel after I have raised the first spawn. I have a friend who is interested in one, so I'm pretty happy about that, and I might keep one if it turns out well. The tank I was going to use for Ruby was given away, so I'll have to invest in a new one, and then I already have one here to use as the breeding tank. It's about a 8 or 9 gallon tank, so hopefully that will work out ok.

For those in Australia, keep an eye out at FishChick's fish. She has some stunners! Fishchick youtube