My babies are growing!! Here are some updated shots of them. Bear with me if you're getting bored, but I loved wuv's spawn diary and am sort of trying to do the same thing. They have grown a lot since the last pics though.. at least I think they have!


Excuse me algae... the babies HATE the scraper... so I leave it be in the hard-to-access places.

Here's one of the bigguns, who are a week older than their other tankmates. Look at the size difference between him and the one hiding in the plant above him! (Though that's a really small one...)

Something interesting I've noticed... there are a few dark ones in there, and a few lights ones. And then lots of inbetweenies. There is one on the far right who is a dark, and the one in the middle is very light. Look at that fat microworm belly.

Ahhh they're everywhere! Save me!! lol, there are quite a few of them though, as you can see... and this is only one corner of the tank! They're now at all levels, and not just hanging about at the bottom or hiding. This is the last one... I suppose the pics look all the same to lots of you, but I love em.

Ok not the last one, I just have to repost this pic to prove they are bigger. Look how teeny! The camera couldn't even focus on them, they were so small. Now they actually look like little fish! And might I add, I can see on almost all of the larger ones - they have a beautiful turquoise stripe coming, just like their parents. This is exciting to me, because I have been looking around at a lot of other people's falx, and often they have little to no stripe!! Even my mommy falx has one (rare), so babies are gonna be gorgeous.

They're too cute!!

How many do you estimate you have?

When they weren't all swimming about like crazy, and I could actually somewhat count them, I counted over 50. I'm guessing there was some hiding at the time - so probably between 50 and 60.

interesting.. they actually starting to look like feeeeeeesh

Ah......so cute Julie!!

I am happy for you!! I know it must be hard loving the babies so much and hope that everyone who sees them will love them just as much as you

Well I DO!!!!

They are Adorable:wub: , Those Babies are gonna look great.

Well Done Julie

Aww they are too cute! I just just want to snuggle them lol

i like em to


i love the orangies

How'd I miss this thread!?!? Julie!!! Your babies!!! Look at them I see the two I want, the one who's on the very far left of the second pic and the one who's bottom right in the third pic....wait...

yeah, that's them!!

great pictures how old are they?

Wuv... I'll try to keep an eye on those two, tell em to grow up big and strong for their future mommy.

MrMup - Umm... I think the bigger ones may be a month now, if you count when they were in dads mouth, and the younger are a week behind. I'd have to check to really know, cuz I forgot.

thats really cool, can you post some pics of the parents? also how did you aquire these rare beauty falxs?

I have posted some pics of the parents, but I'll post one of them again. I got them from a betta breeder in Seattle - paid $5 for shipping of the trio. IBC members like to give away wild bettas if possible to promote keeping of the species and such.

In this pic - mom on top, dad #2 on bottom.

This post has been edited by juliethegr8t: Jun 24 2004, 09:48 PM