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Here Ruth(less) showing her banding

They've had all the time in the world to get to know each other, I wouldnt say its any where near a success story yet though, still alot can go wrong i imagine. Shes very receptive but hes still trying to figure things out.

looks very nice well done indeed

So after much thought and consideration, I decided to let my fighters have a go at spawning. After Zev built a bubble nest last night I removed the bit of news paper blocking their veiw of each other. He flared and carried on but she stuck there watching him and within a few minutes her verticle bands started showing really nicely. So, I put her in a fish transport bag and sat her in there with him. Her bands got darker still and he was swimming around her frantically displaying, then nipping off to work on the nest some more, then back to showing off. Ive released her now and shes swimming around with her fins held back and her head held down, shes had a look at the nest a few times but he chased her away. So Ill be here watching them closely all day, its really just up to him now any sign that they might end up hurting each other Ill remove her. Shes a tough lil fish but I dont wanna risk loosing either one. Everything seems to be going by the betta book of lovin though, Ive been readin some times it can take up to 10 hours for them to finally try and then they need to figure out the embrace, both their first times.

thanks supasi

My sister says shes coming to see you tomorrow, make her help you or send her home lol. Get my number off her too, if theres something like that again or just anything you need help on give us a ring and Ill make time.

Hey I got a pack of these today and Im just wondering how closey I need to stick to the instructions, they are ideal for my ugf tanks as I can pop one down the tube. Im just wondering about the AR380, would it be ok to lightly bury 1 around the roots?, failing that stick it in with the noodles? I got some nice plants today so I wanna give them a great start, I wanted to get some flourish too but there was 2 kinds, excel and another one, I wasnt sure which was best so I left it till tomorrow after some quality advice from the guru's There was also a suprise with one of my plants, Ill get a pic of it tomorrow if the camera can pic up something so small, suprised it survived in a bag with only a lil water that came off the plants. I think I know what it is.... EDIT: Whoops one more thing I forgot to ask, at the moment I have my lights on 8am to 8pm, is that alright for aquatic plants? and alright for the fish? too much? too little? At the moment I want max growth. Thanks people

Looked everywhere for some indian fern today with no luck, anyone got any?

This is my AR380 at nearly a week old. Just added the driftwood today, wish it was just a lil longer to completely block the heater and filter. Only mod is the heater. Might try some flourish, see how it goes.

Well I guess theres my problem, I wonder why its so slow these days, I used to get over 2mb/s upload...

Everything on my end is fine as far as speed is concerned, Im always very particular about my uploads speeds because of my online gaming (wow and combat arms) Thats what troubles me about it, I think it will take a phone call tomorrrow Heh yeah thats lil Zev, he was kinda pinky when I got him, and with me liking albino's hes just perfect for me PS: I made a post with some good piccys of him, well as good as I can take anyway Topic name is Meet lil Zev

Welcome

Well a clue is I named him after the kind person who got him for me

Im unaware of any size limit on the email itself but I know maximum attachment/s size is 2mb, even with the picture attached I was well under that anyway. I think it just doesnt like me or something, because hotmail sends them fine and Im sure that your isp would allow a lil more freedom. Maybe I need to make a phone call tomorrow in one of my not so satified customer voices.

Im just wondering if anyone is with Kinect, so far they have been a great isp, and having the power and phone all on the same bill makes life alot easier. But a few weeks ago I tried to email some pics to Dad and today I tried to email one for the october photo of the month, for some reason they just dont get sent, the mail system seems to stall on sending and I get no where. Anyone have/had the same issue? or knows how I can get around this? Specially for the small tank competition and photo of the month, though im sure im well away from having a winning pic I wouldnt feel right if I didnt enter both....

Ok i dont know why replying to this made it move again, sorry....

Thanks guys, a few of those cameras are way way way over my budget even with my Nans help, plus I like a very active lifestyle when health lets me and something like that wouldnt last 2 mins chasing the dogs when they're on a pig. That tough one though Hans seems like a good choice, if they are lowe enough to fit my price range, thanks very much for all your help people, very appriciated.

aww well you did everything you could, my condolences.

I grew Carnivorous plants for years, specially vft's. They need very high light, good air flow, warm conditions and very very poor soil, many things will burns their roots, even tap water, although they are known as very hardy plants, theres a reason why most pot plant ft's never get too big, its the root damage, I would think that the waste from the frogs would burn the roots. Also the smaller frogs could get caught if the traps are big enough but Im thinking they will be stunted in terrainium conditions. Your better off cutting the flowering heads off too, it will make that plant alot stronger and develop more, after flowing they generally die out. I used to split mine at the root rather then letting them flower, sections of roots can be frozen and thawed out in spring and they will grow well. I used a 400w eco grow lamp to give them a boost before spring set in completely, I had some big traps, small bird and mouse worthy

2 more hes a lil bit flared in these

Im sorry once again for poor picture quality, Im starting to get better at it though, Ive been blaming the camera alot when its really me lol. I havnt flared him up for any of these pics either. Camera's batteries went flat just when I started getting the hang of things, Ill pic some more up shortly. Ill get one of him flaring, this guy finds his reflection everywhere he looks, it took me hours when I first got him in moving things around, if the light in the tank is more then outside it reflects enough to get him going as well.

Well could be coincidence, its about 15 mins after reciever water from my females tank, hes starting building a bubble nest.

The fight starts are 7pm for the live pay per view, its $40 theres about on sky. I dont know whens its free to air or what channel/time

Thanks cam I might experiment a little before I leave for the fight and see what has happened tomorrow. Lil Zev only got a slight glance at Ruth this morning before I put up something to block their veiw of each other and they both flared at each other as expected. She needs a water change done on her tank and I need to top up Zev's a lil so Ill use her old water to do that, they know each other is there now though, dispite not being able to see each other and being in seperate bodies of water. Ill see if theres any noticable change in behavior.

Another thing I would like to know is the natural alternatives to a poly cup for the nests. Ive heard Almond leaves are good and they add something to the water that strengthens the bubbles, is that right? Would they be dried or fresh almond leaves?