Amberleaf
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Wells, I had an idea lately (well.... actually, my Mom's idea x3), and, we had this tank stockings:
10-gallon: 7 platies, 1 male Betta
6-gallon: 2 female Bettas
Sooooo.... We moved Mr. Wimpy Fish into the 6-gallon with 4 of his platy friends, and the 3 fatter platies into the 55-gallon, and.... my 10-gallon was good to go!! ^^; We had Aqua & Queenie in little buckets, and, since we had had to take out, like, 2 or 3 of the ornaments, we put Aqua & Queenie in the tank, without the extra ornaments. ^^; They explored for a little while, and, then, we left for PetSmart! :3 We put them into buckets again beforehand, and put the ornaments back into the tank. ^^; They couldn't see each other, so it was ideal. Also, the tank was a bit different. ^^;
We came home with 5 gorgeous females! :3 One is a green veiltail, one is a *brilliant* red (brilliant red fins; a dark red body *is amazed*) spadetail, one is a bluish-purplish veiltail, one is a blue veiltail, and, finally, last but *NOT* least, one is a blue & red finned veiltail (this one looks a *LOT* like Queenie; already very large, and a brown body)! ^^;
When I got home, I floated the cups (with the tops *OFF*, because they will sink if the tops are on), in the tank, and, after a little while (I had to do high-class creeping to get up the stairs, because it was my Mom's idea to get the females, but we've spent over $200 on tank stuff in the last *WEEK* alone....
; We got our new 55-gallon tank, thoughs, so that's why ^^; But, yeah, we had to make sure that my Dad *DIDN'T* know about these new females.... ^^; ), I poured the females in, literally just *ONE AFTER THE OTHERS*. ^^; I also poured Queenie & Aqua out of their buckets in quick successions, and.... No issues! ^^; No fighting, thank God. x3
Two females had been spazzing, glaring at each other and flaring from in their cups while they were floating in the tank's waters (for temperature equalization), so I released them just a bit earlier than I had *intended* to. ^^; They looked like they were going to fight, but thens, the dominant figures of Queenie & Aqua came in....
In other words, it went just *fine*! ^^; Since then, however, some females have paled exponentially, and *all* of them are showing *huge* stress stripes, so, hopefully, they'll settle in a bit more over the weekend! ^^;
10-gallon: 7 platies, 1 male Betta
6-gallon: 2 female Bettas
Sooooo.... We moved Mr. Wimpy Fish into the 6-gallon with 4 of his platy friends, and the 3 fatter platies into the 55-gallon, and.... my 10-gallon was good to go!! ^^; We had Aqua & Queenie in little buckets, and, since we had had to take out, like, 2 or 3 of the ornaments, we put Aqua & Queenie in the tank, without the extra ornaments. ^^; They explored for a little while, and, then, we left for PetSmart! :3 We put them into buckets again beforehand, and put the ornaments back into the tank. ^^; They couldn't see each other, so it was ideal. Also, the tank was a bit different. ^^;
We came home with 5 gorgeous females! :3 One is a green veiltail, one is a *brilliant* red (brilliant red fins; a dark red body *is amazed*) spadetail, one is a bluish-purplish veiltail, one is a blue veiltail, and, finally, last but *NOT* least, one is a blue & red finned veiltail (this one looks a *LOT* like Queenie; already very large, and a brown body)! ^^;
When I got home, I floated the cups (with the tops *OFF*, because they will sink if the tops are on), in the tank, and, after a little while (I had to do high-class creeping to get up the stairs, because it was my Mom's idea to get the females, but we've spent over $200 on tank stuff in the last *WEEK* alone....
; We got our new 55-gallon tank, thoughs, so that's why ^^; But, yeah, we had to make sure that my Dad *DIDN'T* know about these new females.... ^^; ), I poured the females in, literally just *ONE AFTER THE OTHERS*. ^^; I also poured Queenie & Aqua out of their buckets in quick successions, and.... No issues! ^^; No fighting, thank God. x3 Two females had been spazzing, glaring at each other and flaring from in their cups while they were floating in the tank's waters (for temperature equalization), so I released them just a bit earlier than I had *intended* to. ^^; They looked like they were going to fight, but thens, the dominant figures of Queenie & Aqua came in....
In other words, it went just *fine*! ^^; Since then, however, some females have paled exponentially, and *all* of them are showing *huge* stress stripes, so, hopefully, they'll settle in a bit more over the weekend! ^^;
