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October 6th, 2007
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Sorry to hear you lost a betta  .
We have a red and pink too... in my daughters room. |
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October 6th, 2007
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thanks. Sora was a great Betta, we lost him a couple months ago. So the dalmation was extra tempting because of that & he's the coloring Stacy always wanted & he was the liveliest of them all.
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Originally Posted by theessigs
Sorry to hear you lost a betta .
We have a red and pink too... in my daughters room. |
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October 7th, 2007
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i saw a betta at my walmart (when i went to get roscoe a heater) it was royal blue, & pink multi color w/ a dark red butterfly
i would have soooo many bettas right now if i had the money
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October 8th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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ain't that the truth!
how's that 20g redecoration going, theessigs?
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Originally Posted by Kevin
i saw a betta at my walmart (when i went to get roscoe a heater) it was royal blue, & pink multi color w/ a dark red butterfly
i would have soooo many bettas right now if i had the money
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October 8th, 2007
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple
how's that 20g redecoration going, theessigs?
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A slight change. We are going to move the 5g, to where the 2g is. We just dont like that 2g... its way to small for us... so we are going to put the betta in the 5g and use the 2g for a QT. Then we will move the 20 and hopefully we will have the new set up by then. I am going to get the 20 in place, then redecorate it.
Its kinda a little quandry cuz the 2g is all girlie because it was in my daughters room, with pink rocks and stuff (but its still cycling - so no big deal) and the 5g is cycled but with brown rocks becuase it was in my sons room... so, to move it to my daughters room means the redecor of the 5g which I didnt want to do cuz I just hate wrecking a cycled tank!!
Am I babbling? sorry... |
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October 8th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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 maybe you can add the new stuff to the brown tank and basicaly let it seed the new stuff as the bacterial colonies spread to the new. i guess you'd have to 'feed' the tank or have fish in it to keep the cycle going while you waiting for the new stuff to gain the bacteria, removing some of the old weekly, but this should allow you to keep the tank cycled and still redecorate it for your daughter. i hope that makes sense?  |
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October 8th, 2007
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Yea!  We were thinking that too.
But... What we might do, which will dealy the whole process but might be the best option for cycling, is wait for the new new tank set up, use the 5g brown ugly rock to seed the new tank (youll never see it cuz the tank is so big and we can bury the rock easily), then clean the 5g out take out the stuff from the 2 which should have some bacteria on it for the 5g. If we have to, we can use some seed from the 20g (because the rocks are a neutral white/tan) and we can bury it under the pink stuff to create a cycle there.
AHHH -  |
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October 8th, 2007
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could you follow that... I seem to be babbling this morning...
(new tank going where 20g is, 20g going to where 5g is, 5g going to where the 2g is and the 2g... just in limbo for QT)
Last edited by TheEssigs; October 8th, 2007 at 10:16 AM.
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October 8th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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yea, i follow you so far, but if you start talking about clicking my heels together and saying "there's no place like home" i'm going back to bed. 
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Originally Posted by theessigs
could you follow that... I seem to be babbling this morning...
(new tank going where 20g is, 20g going to where 5g is, 5g going to where the 2g is and the 2g... just in limbo for QT)
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October 8th, 2007
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I wish I could go back to bed, but someone has to be the ref with these kids.... (2yr old twins and a 5yr old) |
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October 8th, 2007
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I think after this tank jumble, my MTS might very well go into submission!
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October 8th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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lol.. sounds like a quiet, peaceful job. just remember, if you don't want a tank to be overstocked, just 1 child per tank. 
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Originally Posted by theessigs
I wish I could go back to bed, but someone has to be the ref with these kids.... (2yr old twins and a 5yr old)
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October 11th, 2007
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October 11th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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 cool!  |
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October 12th, 2007
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Ok... the new tank is up and running.... now we watch and wait for the cycle to begin.
20g is moved, 5g is moved and redecorated, 2g is broken down to substrate and moved. Now we just need to redecorate the 20g (which, Im gonna put off for now...)
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October 12th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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why not? it sounds like you haven't had anything to do. 
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Originally Posted by theessigs
Ok... the new tank is up and running.... now we watch and wait for the cycle to begin.
20g is moved, 5g is moved and redecorated, 2g is broken down to substrate and moved. Now we just need to redecorate the 20g (which, Im gonna put off for now...)
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October 12th, 2007
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple
why not? it sounds like you haven't had anything to do. |
yea, thats just what I was thinking....  |
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October 13th, 2007
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Hey CO.... now that my betta is in his new 5g... he looks kinda lost in there... I want to add a fish to keep him company or occupied - (or at least interested) - any recommenations?
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