Female Sority tank (Still waiting for the fish)

by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:07 pm

Ok, The female sority tank is all setup i have 3 fish in seperate jugs and just awaiting my final 7 to come tomorrow or monday. The tank looks so good in person but not as good on pics, tomorrow im getting more plants a few more cocunut caves, heres the tank [img][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.][/img]
Tell me what you think.

by **Netty** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:11 pm

Looks good so far thumbup

Make sure to get lots more plants tomorrow to bulk it out more and some tall ones too to break up their line of sight.

I'm sure it's going to look great once you've finished it all off :D

by **pippoodle** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:12 pm

looking good hun - will post out the frogbit to you next week Smile

by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:16 pm

Well i need tall plants as you say, so going out with some money tomorrow to get some good plants to make it like a busy jungle!
Do you think 10 females will be enough to have no fighting?

by **pippoodle** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:27 pm

there will still be some fighting when you add them hun as they need to establish the heirachy
but then should diminish

by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:30 pm

wel the tank wil be new to every single one of them, so soon they should all get to have their own bit lol.
It is big enough though for 10 of them?

by **pippoodle** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:33 pm

yes hun it is but they will still have minor squabbles at first i usually find it's a case of flaring and a bit of nudging though - nothing more serious than that

by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:38 pm

yes ok. I will keep an eye on them. (:
Do i float them all for the same amount of time then set them free straight after each other?

by **Netty** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:07 pm

Yep...float them all together and then if you know any of your exsiting girls are quite dominant then add them to the tank last thumbup

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:28 pm

looks good thumbup

they will fight a little but nothink that bad when i added my females they flared and nipped each others fins but nothink that bad.

by **lilacamy931** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:30 pm

Looking good hon! Best of luck getting them all in x

by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:57 pm

ok thanks guys!
Netty, I do have 2 quite dominant females! Angel and one of the new girls lol, hopefully the seller iwlle mail me soons aying if she can get them to me tomorrow if not ill have to wait til monday and its not fair on the 3 bettas having to stay in temporary small homes.

by **Netty** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:00 pm

They will be ok for a few more days...just make sure to do daily water changes on them. Also bear in mind there are still some postal strikes this weekend and possibly early next week in some areas. So they may want to send when they are sure they'll not be stuck in the postal system

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by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:04 pm

Oh! i never knew about the postage strikes i do hope i receive my bettas very soon im getting impatient lol!
Is it not possible to put in the 3 females and seeh ow theya re in the bigger tank or will they get sued to there home and fight off the new comers because they think it belongs to them?

by **Netty** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:07 pm

It's best to wait until you have them all and can add them together. As soon as you add any they will start their pecking order and then if you add more it all has to start from scratch again. It's the same procedure if you remove any too thumbup

by **pippoodle** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:09 pm

yup i find it a bit of a pain - now down to 30 ish girls in one of the tanks but everytime i add or remove any i always remove all the girls for an hour redo the tank and then add them back all at the same time

by **Netty** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:15 pm

This is why all our breeding females are housed separately.....then once retired they go into the sorority and live out their days in there.

by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:16 pm

Ah right ok thumbup

Well i cnat wait til they come, at this rate (if the postal strike isnt on here or where the seller is) i think ill be having them by monday, just hope the girls will be ok till then.
The tank looks awesome!

by **jasminek** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:18 pm

If i look at the tank in person it looks great! On pics it doesnt look so good lol" Well the apple snails have really took to the big centre peice bogwood and the java fern attached lol!

by **Netty** on Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:18 pm

If they are being posted I doubt you'll get them Monday as that would mean posting on a Saturday and the fish sitting in the sorting office over the weekend!!!!

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