http://red1313.fishloreblog.com Home of Prairiefire Bettas Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:08:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well I have a bit of depressing news. After a long week I got home to my apartment to find that I lost two of my Bettas. Mama, one of my pet VT girls, and my remaining HM female, Darlin'. When I left I suspected that something was a bit ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/05/25/3-strikes-and/ Well due to weather conditions and current un-employment my spawning plans have been pushed back a little bit. Dad is over run with Mud at home some I went home on Wednesday to help. I'm back in the city today to do water changes and check the fish then I'm ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/05/09/splishing-and-splashing/ Well on the breeding front we're making some small progress lol. Bran and Darlin' are in the conditioning tanks and when I manage to find my camera I'll get a photo of that set-up on here. Bran is my royal blue, marble male and Darlin' is the green serenade female. They're ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/04/29/bran-x-darlin-spawn-prep-01/ Wow it really has been awhile since I last posted here hasn't it. My apologies will all the stuff going on with finals it can be hard to come up with a suitable fishy topic :p I thought I would make a brief ammends today by posting a video of my ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/04/19/breederqt-setup/ Well I have good news bad news and news that makes me want to pull my hair out. First the Bad news, sometime on March 27th while I was out of town for my Grandpa's funeral disaster struck at my apartment. Three of my breeders, Blaze my red Male, Heels, my ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/04/06/when-it-rains-it-pours/ Things are getting hectic around here now with finals starting to breathe down my neck so posts "might" be a bit scarce for a little bit. However I thought I should give an update since the move. I'm learning that the 56 will need a few... modifications, the sound of running ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/03/23/post-moving-review/ This post isn't going to contain much original content but I wanted to put in on the site for future reference.  I'm developing a bit of an obsession with betta housing right now just because it's going to be a fairly large issue for me to deal with in the ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/03/19/471/ Ok so I may or may not do more of these "How To" sort of articles but I noticed that google sent someone here looking for "what to do when you receive your fish from  a transhipper?". Now this shipment of betta's has been the first set of fish that ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/03/18/when-i-got-the-thai-bettas/ Well the new babies are finally here! Everyone arrived safe and sound yesterday and seems to be settling in without too much trouble. The RoseTail pair have been dubbed RT and Rosie respectfully and don't seem any the worse for wear this morning. RT is in a 5 gallon hex tank ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/03/18/day-1-with-the-new-kids/ The trans-shipper (Hung) sent me the tracking number for Thailand Babies and I'm trying to resist checking it since I suspect that I'll wear out my refresh button waiting for them tomorrow :D <Insert Wild Crazy Happy Dance> I haven't heard back from Ashley (the Ontario seller) about the pair/trio coming from her ... http://red1313.fishloreblog.com/2010/03/16/i-have-a-tracking-number/