Prep And Being A Fish Grand Daddy...Again

Been a busy Saturday. I think I watched a whole quarter of the grand final...had much more important things to attend to :)

First cab off the rank was to head to Bunning's and pick up a couple of six outlet power boards, a couple of 24 hour timers, and some aquatic slow release fertiliser.

Then we walked down to the pet shop not far from there to shake our heads in amazement at the three poorly looked after VT's they had in a barracks system capable of holding 36!

We picked up a few bunches of Pennywort and a few bunches of Water Sprite while we were there, and a dual compartment breeders net.

When we arrived home, I promptly set about detangling the bird's nest that represents all the cabling in and around my tanks. This is the second time I've done this and I again ended up with a spare four-outlet power board...for now.

Then some of the Water Sprite and some of the Pennywort went into the sorority tank, along with the breeders net, now known as the naughty room. If any of the girls are overly aggressive from now on, up to two of them can be kept in the naughty room, but still interact with the rest of the girls. I have Ashlea to thank for that suggestion through the AusAqua Forum (an excellent Betta, Killifish, and Guppy resource).

 

The Sorority - current population 3

After new arrivals on Tuesday (after quarantine period) - population 15

(including a couple of Bristlenose Catfish)

I then setup all the containers I need for the next week or two to quarantine the new arrivals I'm expecting on Tuesday.

 

These 10 containers (the tank is only an emergency if need be)

 

Plus these 7

I'm expecting 10 girls, I think, 3 Bristlenose, and 3 boys, I think. It's been a while since I organised them all, but I don't want to go back and check. That way I may surprise myself :)

Just in case there are a few more, I've organised these containers as well:

Any more then that, and I'll be scrambling for space...

Who really knows what I'll end up with...the Victoria Betta IBC auction is tomorrow and I've expressed and interest in a fish or two from there as well...

But once these are all in, I've got three weeks to sort things out before the Betta Australis IBC show, and there end-of-show sale...might need to buy some more tanks...

Lastly, is the current fry. I have at least 70+ convict fry in one tank, and, after taking photos and doing a count of the CTPK F1 spawn (the first generation of my Crown Tail Plakat project), I have a conservative estimate of 60+ fry in there as well.

The first goal, is to get these Betta fry past week 5, which is when my last spawn decided to all explode at the same time :(  This time round, I'll try to be a better grandad.