- Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:12 pm
#155970
Been a long while since I updated. Got a couple of things to share, first being the website. I still have plenty of content to add so it's a bit sparse right now but the vast majority of the betta spledens and stick insect care is taken care of: http://rachelssecretgarden.weebly.com/
I've also got some photos of random stuff to share. I finally got around to redoing the beetle tank and removed all the Hydroton left over from when it was a plant terrarium, the beetles have way more burrowing space now and have been making the most of it. Not the best image but one of the beetles was right at the front of the enclosure so I didn't want to open the door and find he chose to fly out or something.
The driftwood in Kaze's aquarium was destroying his fins so I tore it out last week (on my birthday of all days) and replaced it with lots of plants and a couple of smaller pieces of wood. The tank has come together beautifully and with the addition of fertilizers is bursting with life.
Kaze is showing signs of old age, he's a scraggly boy now and has been sulking a bit so I've got him in a quarantine tank to monitor the damage he's done to himself and to make sure that there are no illnesses affecting him. He's actually much happier in his quarantine tank than the big one, which is odd but understandable as he's always found it a bit difficult to swim so now he doesn't have to try as hard to get food and air.
Poor boy, but he's much much perkier now and he looks better than the above photo already. There is a possibility the quarantine tank (which is 15 litres/roughly 4 gallons) will become his permenant home, I don't want to put him back into the big tank and find he goes back to sulking so I'm going to do-up the QT tank, it already has his filter and my spare heater so all it needs is an extra hiding place (I've already got some live plants in there to keep him occupied and feeling safe). That leaves me with a free tank so I'm sure you can guess what'll end up happening
I never thought for a moment that I'd keep a betta in a tank smaller than 20 litres but this little old gentleman is really appreciating the smaller space, it also means I can do extra water changes as required and treat him if he develops any illnesses (common with older bettas... and other animals... and humans...).
No new photos of the sticks, have been preoccupied with the real world and haven't taken any recently. They're doing well though, Terra and Firma are still the lovely married couple they always have been though Firma is getting old; he probably has 4 to 6 weeks of life left, though he may exceed that. Both insects are wonderfully healthy and are still giving me tons of eggs.
Luckily I have 60 eggs to mail out tomorrow, hoping more sell soon.
I've also got some photos of random stuff to share. I finally got around to redoing the beetle tank and removed all the Hydroton left over from when it was a plant terrarium, the beetles have way more burrowing space now and have been making the most of it. Not the best image but one of the beetles was right at the front of the enclosure so I didn't want to open the door and find he chose to fly out or something.
The driftwood in Kaze's aquarium was destroying his fins so I tore it out last week (on my birthday of all days) and replaced it with lots of plants and a couple of smaller pieces of wood. The tank has come together beautifully and with the addition of fertilizers is bursting with life.
Kaze is showing signs of old age, he's a scraggly boy now and has been sulking a bit so I've got him in a quarantine tank to monitor the damage he's done to himself and to make sure that there are no illnesses affecting him. He's actually much happier in his quarantine tank than the big one, which is odd but understandable as he's always found it a bit difficult to swim so now he doesn't have to try as hard to get food and air.
Poor boy, but he's much much perkier now and he looks better than the above photo already. There is a possibility the quarantine tank (which is 15 litres/roughly 4 gallons) will become his permenant home, I don't want to put him back into the big tank and find he goes back to sulking so I'm going to do-up the QT tank, it already has his filter and my spare heater so all it needs is an extra hiding place (I've already got some live plants in there to keep him occupied and feeling safe). That leaves me with a free tank so I'm sure you can guess what'll end up happening
I never thought for a moment that I'd keep a betta in a tank smaller than 20 litres but this little old gentleman is really appreciating the smaller space, it also means I can do extra water changes as required and treat him if he develops any illnesses (common with older bettas... and other animals... and humans...).
No new photos of the sticks, have been preoccupied with the real world and haven't taken any recently. They're doing well though, Terra and Firma are still the lovely married couple they always have been though Firma is getting old; he probably has 4 to 6 weeks of life left, though he may exceed that. Both insects are wonderfully healthy and are still giving me tons of eggs.
Luckily I have 60 eggs to mail out tomorrow, hoping more sell soon.
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I hope many of the eggs you are actually keeping hatches and carries Firma's genes on.
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