Got My Self A Rescue Case

[Haych]

a crowntail? i didnt think it was spikey enough

 

[Rezatii]

Hmm, don't think crowntail, doesn't look at all spikey enough, I'd have said a veiltail female

-Rezz

 

[aly_starh]

yeh, its a Veiltail female!
very nice too

 

[Haych]

lol are all bets in??!

 

[Oscar Betta]

Nice betta! Looks like a female veiltail to me.

 

[loraxchick]

so much for trying with a few glasses of wine down the hatch
cheers

 

[Big_eyes]

Just a quick update. She's in my community tank with my many loaches and doing rather well. She's very active and nosey, mainly spending her time with her head in the plants looking for the khuli's which she's yet to decide wether she likes or not lol.

On another note, I mentioned that in the pic she looks sore around the gill on that side. She definately does as the other side is only a slight pink tinge and not as swollen/sore looking. The best I can think to describe it is like a severe case of eczema. Doesn't seem to be bothering her though, she's feeding and swimming around happily enough.

I'm amazed at how good/smooth a swimmer she is! She seems to glide without any sign of movement from her body, it's fascinating! The overall noseyness is the funniest though.

 

[Amberleaf]

XD Well, good luck to both you and her, thens! ^^; 8D

 

[loraxchick]

just keep clean water and watch her sore gill. should clear up with a nice tank and clean water. is there any way she could have burned herself on a heater in a previous tank? this injury happens more often than youd think.
in any case, sounds like she is settling in nicely. and i LOVE khulis..hopefully they will be buddies
cheers

 

[Big_eyes]

is there any way she could have burned herself on a heater in a previous tank?

Turns out that when she arrived in store she was housed with another female that apparantly lost the fight. Silly ****ers! you'd think a shop that supposedly specialises in fish would know not to put only two in a tank together.

Anyway she is making good progress, her tail is pretty much fully recovered but her fins are taking a little more time. I have a sneaky feeling that my 2 chain loach are nipping her recently though. They seem to have become rather vicious with everybody since the third fed itself to the filter.

I was hoping to give her some tank mates of her own kind if I can find some. I presume she'll have to be taken out of the tank and some rearrangements made to disturb her 'territory' to allow her to accept other ladies?