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Old February 4th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
My New Babies!!!! :)

On Tuesday, my beautiful new girls and boy arrived from Karen (MartinisMommy). The five girls will be in a 20 gallon sorority tank together as long as they can behave themselves, and the boy has a 10 gallon all to himself. So far everything with the girls has been going VERY well apart from the occasional flaring and chasing, but they seem to be settling in alright. They haven't been named yet, so any suggestions are welcome!

Unfortunately I don't have anywhere NEAR MM's awesome photography skills, I don't know how you get them to stay still!!!!!
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Old February 4th, 2009  
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Yay! They're cuties!!!
Hm... which Greek God names haven't you used yet?
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Old February 4th, 2009  
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welcome new betta babies , that brings you to how many betta's now? lol

Nice pics Alex and congr8s on the new additions when i said to buy some bettas to celebrate the steelers win i didn't think you would go and do it LOL JK
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Old February 4th, 2009  
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Yay! They're cuties!!!
Hm... which Greek God names haven't you used yet?
lol, i think i'm going with a different theme for the new fin babies. i'll have more pictures up soon.

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welcome new betta babies , that brings you to how many betta's now? lol

Nice pics Alex and congr8s on the new additions when i said to buy some bettas to celebrate the steelers win i didn't think you would go and do it LOL JK
lets see....i have ares, artemis, billy, cerberus, hera, the new boy, and five new girls....so that's 11? yeah, 11. I think that's a nice number, only I think I'll need one more actually to make it an even twelve, and so that the boys can have a fighting chance. The girls WAY outnumber them now.

Lol, you should never tell me to get more bettas unless you mean it, because i will! yay steelers!!!!!
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Old February 4th, 2009  
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lol, i think i'm going with a different theme for the new fin babies. i'll have more pictures up soon.



lets see....i have ares, artemis, billy, cerberus, hera, the new boy, and five new girls....so that's 11? yeah, 11. I think that's a nice number, only I think I'll need one more actually to make it an even twelve, and so that the boys can have a fighting chance. The girls WAY outnumber them now.

Lol, you should never tell me to get more bettas unless you mean it, because i will! yay steelers!!!!!
new theme?

Sheesh, most I've had at one time was 5......
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Old February 4th, 2009  
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new theme?

Sheesh, most I've had at one time was 5......
lol....yeah, i'm running out of greek names that i could use for their individual personalities, sure there are lots of names left, but do they fit? not really. so, thus, new theme!

well five of them are in the same tank, and they better be playing nice!!! *glancing over*
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Old February 4th, 2009  
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Alex!!!!!..You got 5 of MM's babies..You lucky devil I'm too jealous...Good luck with the sorority, I hope they are good girls and make it work. Keep up with the pics you have some beautiful bettas..I think MM sold her soul to get such good pics of perfect little baby babies..lol..

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Old February 4th, 2009  
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Alex!!!!!..You got 5 of MM's babies..You lucky devil I'm too jealous...Good luck with the sorority, I hope they are good girls and make it work. Keep up with the pics you have some beautiful bettas..I think MM sold he soul to get such good pics of perfect little baby babies..lol..
Lol, yes i did (six actually if you count the boy)! originally i was going to just get three, but i decided that five would be better and hopefully help cut down on aggression.

Thanks, those little girls are pistols but they mostly are too concerned with guarding their favorite plants or driftwood or whatever.

Oh I believe it!!! I sat there for over an hour trying to get pictures of these girls! The boy is a little slower too, but he's been pouting a bit and hiding in the back. When he does come out I try to get as many pictures as i can.
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Old February 4th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Lucky!
Keep the pics coming. as for names I would proably suggest a theme. How about Nymph names?
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Old February 5th, 2009  
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Lucky!
Keep the pics coming. as for names I would proably suggest a theme. How about Nymph names?
Lol, I'll definitely try but they're so darned fast!

Hmm.....I'll look into that.....
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Old February 5th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
Sorry...Brain isn't working right...Having 6 of MM's babies is awesome. Are you going to breed or you just love beautiful Bettas?
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Old February 5th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
oh gosh i can't even think about breeding right now! i wish that i had the time, energy, and resources to do it, but i've got my hands full now between my finbabies and college and everything. i though about maybe trying to breed guppies this summer but i wouldn't want to do it unless i had two really, really gorgeous guppies and even then i don't know. believe me, if i had lots and lots of money to spare and lots and lots of space, i would have so many tanks you would not even believe!
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Old February 5th, 2009  
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I get that..LOl..I think your doing pretty darn good to have as many tanks as you do now!!!..Like your siggy says...8 tanks 1 room..Your beating me with less space..lol
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Old February 5th, 2009  
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haha yeah i try. i just cant help it!!!! i blame my roommates and neighbors, whenever we're at wal-mart they always have to check out the bettas, and they always have to show me the poor babies...i can't help but bring another one home! the thing that's frustrating about them is that i have absolutely no clue how old they are. i have some guesses but that's about it.

i was actually not very happy about the last betta that i got from wally world. my neighbor in the dorm room was with us when we went to wal mart, and she saw a betta boy that she really wanted to get for whatever reason. well she said that she didn't have the space to take care of it, so would i? (keep in mind she already has a betta, he's such a pretty boy, she kept him in a .5 gallon bowl for the longest time, i twisted her arm for so long to make her get a tank, which is somewhat of an improvement even though its only about 1.5 gallons) well of course i said yes, but i really couldnt afford an entirely new set up so she was going to have to buy everything for him, but i'd take care of him. well she's trying to tell me that he's "my" betta now after she realized how much keeping them costs, luckily i've already gotten the 5 gal setup and the heater out of her, but i really think that she needs to take responsibility for him. she bought him, he's hers, i'm just taking care of him. it's a little overwhelming just to the extent that his poor tail is ripped to shreds. i don't feel comfortable giving him to her because she doesn't really take the greatest care of the betta she has now....
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Old February 5th, 2009  
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Yikes...She should def. take responsibility but since you have everything for him, the tank and setup you should just call him yours....She should take him but if she's not going to care for him I would just keep him. .I remember your thread about him and the "deal"...That stinks his tail is shredded. Hows it coming along?. getting any better.
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Old February 5th, 2009  
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More pictures, I'm going to try and get some more in a few days. these were taken fairly soon after they were introduced into the tank and everyone was still a little stressed from the move/shipping.
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Old February 5th, 2009  
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More of the girls....
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Old February 5th, 2009  
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A pic of the baby boy and more of the girls
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