Originally Posted by Alyxx (Post 2552075)

I took my oddly bloated female betta out of qt since epsom salt baths were not doing her any good. I am just keeping watch on her and if she starts acting as if she is in pain or starts hacing issues swimming I may have to euthanize her. Being as the swelling is on one side, and epsom salts, fasting, and peas and brine shrimp have yielded no results, I fear she may have a tumor. I even tried floating her in with each of my males to see if yhat may spur her to drop eggs if she were egg-bound, but that didn't work either. Might try that again tomorrow evening.

Since I was taking her out of qt, I took a look at the bettas when I was in walmart getting groceries and made a lucky find.I had pretty much given up on finding anything special, especially after finding a nice lavender-grey crowntail with what looked to be a swim bladder issue. But lo and behold, after picking up and inspecting just about every cup on the shelf, I got to a cup that had been sat off to the side and stumbed upon a gorgeous crowntail. He has a light body with pale blue green iridescence and mostly light blue fins. But his dorsal and anal fins are yellow at the tips, almost in a butterfly pattern, exept all of the tail is blue. I like the shape of his fins as well. Instead of the typical long delicate fringes, his are more short and thick. He looks fringed. I love him! I will be decorating his tank in a week or so.
Here he is :

Originally Posted by Tetra1990 (Post 2554864)

I didn't 'do' anything today. In my 29, I've been fighting a bacteria bloom the last few days. When I got home today, I noticed it cleared up! And in both tanks, my plants are coming along nicely. Looked on my Facebook page and seen my LFS has a ton of different crawdads in stock. I need to rehome my male betta first or he'd become lunch real soon. Anybody in Omaha Nebraska want a blue male betta?

Originally Posted by vespasianus (Post 2554863)

Added 5 banded kuhli to my 20 gal project I'm working on. Right now the stocking is 2 Bolivian Rams and the kuhlis. Bear with the deserted tank as it's a work in progress lol.

Originally Posted by Alyxx (Post 2555304)

Didn't do much with my tanks today but I found a new one! my boyfriend found a 2' tall hex tank of unknown gallonage at a thrift store for $35. It looks to be in good shape, with a stand and an undergravel filter, lol. I can find a filter for cheap, but making or finding a lid may be difficult maybe I could try my hand at making a canopy... I am sending him with the $35 to buy it tomorrow if they are willing to hold it for me until either my car gets out of the shop next week or my neighbor can bring me to pick it up. From my quick research, being a 2' tall hex it is likely a 27 or 35 gallon. Either way it's a good deal and I am jumping on it! I love that my boyfriend not only accepts but encourages my MTS. And he did this the day after I told him my plans for this week include setting my currently empty 20 gallon again!