Facebook Stole The Love

A long time ago, I was a writer of fiction. I wrote a number of short stories, of which some were lucky enough to get published, and a few novel length manuscripts, of which none are worthy of seeing the light of day.

During that time I blogged, because that's pretty much what writers did.

I had a number of followers and a pretty constant stream of readers and commenters.

Now I breed Betta. I still blog (obviously). I still have a number of people who read my posts each time I publish one...but only if I publish the link on FB. Nobody comments on the blog :( A number of people post a comment on FB where I publish the link...which is nice, and appreciated, but it's not the same.

So lets run an experiment...

I'll post this shortly and I wont publish the link on FB. In a weeks time, I'll check the stats and publish how many have seen it. If you come to this page via any means other than through FB, please leave a 'Hello' in the comments.

If you have your own blog - let me know. I'd be happy to trade links.

But onto business...

Ghost is in the spawn tank with a turquoise CT.

He's very busy currently constructing his nest. This makes me sad, as no successful spawn in my Fishroom has come from a male who has built a bubblenest...but there's always a first time...

My week 11 CTPK F1 spawn (7 remaining) have been successfully moved into a bigger tank. They now look so small in there. Lots of plants and lots of places to explore, but nobody comes to the front of the tank for dinner time anymore. Hopefully they really start to put on some size now.

My 12 day old fry are also doing well. Their tank is almost full now and water changes are happening every second day, soon to be every day once I setup the second storage container. They are completely on live BBS now, and growing well.

If Ghost can get his act together, that will give me the three CTPK lines I want to work with.

After moving the week 11 fry, I now have another spawn tank free. I still want to get a line from my yellow CT, but the jury is still out on whether it is male or female. It definitely has a prominent ovipositor. It is definitely slim enough to be female, but it has a beard big enough to be male. It has had three shots in the spawn tank with Ghost of which all have been unsuccessful.

So I'll try to match it with another female and see if that works. If not, I'll try with another male...

What do you think? Male or female?

***Update***

4 days have come and gone and nobody has read this post :( So, I guess, this becomes my diary of things to remember as my fish-keeping journey continues, but if I want others to read it, I must share the link on FaceBook...sign of the times.

Why didn't I wait the whole week? I has news, which needs a new post...which will have to be tomorrow now...

***Update - part II***

On posting to FB - 8 viewers and 1 posted reply within the first hour or so... :)