They'Re Here!

[ellena]

Apparently, royal mail are guaranteeing special delivery on friday to arrive saturday as the managers are doing the collections themselves.
So my 2 are being posted tomorrow
Pics in this post

 

[razer121]

wow....your white betta is very nice! i thought id just post here instead lol make sure you post some more pics when you get them in!!

 

[Honeythorn]

That white boy is a real beauty. I'd love a white one eventually , where did you get him if you don't mind my asking?

 

[ellena]

They're both from betta bred Tanks are all set up-I'll post pics in a mo. Just sat here waiting now.....

 

[Gill]

Woooooooooo Hoooooooooooo
The waiting for the Postman is the Hardest part, isn't it.

 

[ellena]

Certainly is Gill!
Right, here's the tank for the white one, who I still can't decide on a name for.
Just the cat litter and sand in. The sand is a bit too wet, but I didn't realise that until later.

Might have gone a tad OTT on the plants! But you can never have too many plants right?

Half planted

Fully planted

And a few of the finished product

The coconut is temporary, I have this idea of a cave made from a white christmas bauble, but I haven't found the right one yet.
Because the sand was a bit wet, the plants kept coming out and I've had to hold one down with a strip of lead
It's in the bedroom and I had to turn the filter off last night, it was so noisy So, need to find a way round that today!

 

[bae1994]

wow thatb tank looks great

 

[ellena]

And here's Dijon's tank-similar to how it looked when I had Tango, but the wisteria never picked up so I've replaced it with Ludwigia (?) and put some more cabomba and elodea in as that wasn't doing too great either.

 

[bae1994]

looks great aswell

 

[karigupi]

Both tanks look amazing, they are going to be a couple of very happy betta's in there. Hope postie is on his way

 

[Knox213]

Why dont my LFS have halfmoon betta's


Good luck on keeping them!

 

[ellena]

Mine don't either knox, these were ordered online. The postie has been with no parcel and he said he'd have it if there was one. That really panicked me and I was on the phone to royal mail for about 15 mins. She said some parcels will be on the van so it should be here soon

 

[ellena]

They're here!!!! And both alive! I can't believe how little water they're in. I'm just floating the bags atm, anyone know what the best way to acclimatise will be? I normally get them up to temp and then exchange water every 15 mins about 4 times then net them in. Maybe I should get a bigger bag and transfer them?
Dijon is completely

 

[Knox213]

Float bag for about 15 minutes open bag up put some of your tamnk water in there leave for another 5 mniutes admm more water then another 5 minutes later release them ( Also i would'nt recommend Netting as it can stress them)

Just tip the bag slightly
and wait for your little beutys to swim out

 

[Gill]

Yep they are sent in tiny amounts of water, My Giants had enough to cover them.
Looking at the tanks I would just pour them into plastic cups or tubs and just add water slowly.

I Really Like the White Shells for "Whisps tank"