Syphoniera
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Nothing cheers one up like new fish - especially when given a deal on a really cool little guy like this.
Unfortunately, he's apparently an abusive husband and killed his mate because she 'wasn't paying attention to him' after breeding.
But that meant, since there was only the one rutilans - actually since the store owner's such a super person - I got him cheap!
And what excellent timing, as I'm just about to move my 'competition' grow-out fish from his 5 gallon Walstad into a 10 g. I'm setting up for him, leaving open a suitable heavily planted environment, albeit with little room to roam, for that betta type.
And if he's lucky, there may even be some surviving feeder shrimp left in there, as I put in 9 and they seem to be very fast - the little cichlid's still looking for food everytime she sees me and has definitely not eaten all 9 so far, anyway.
The rutilans' spending the next couple of days in the Q tank, and has already scared the pants off me by curling up in a large leaf among some plants floating in there, while I looked all over the tank - and floor - for him, a tiny, eel-shaped little thing and not easy to see anyway.
But what a cutie!
And, even more amazingly, considering the fact that eggs/fry in my tanks are typically eaten (sniff) with frantic haste on production, 2 tiny WCM fry have actually survived (knock wood) over 24 hours since I 1st saw them - naturally just after giving them a waterchange, gaily siphoning over the substrate everywhere I could reach and pouring 2, 3 gallon buckets down the toilet, never thinking to check for fry, of course, since the eggs are so popular as party snacks.
The tank has 8 voracious WCM and a betta, for Pete's sake - and I hope I haven't jinxed things by talking about it.
But I just had to announce my amazing run of luck to a group of people who'll understand.
People in my family seem to have odd priorities...
Unfortunately, he's apparently an abusive husband and killed his mate because she 'wasn't paying attention to him' after breeding.
But that meant, since there was only the one rutilans - actually since the store owner's such a super person - I got him cheap!
And what excellent timing, as I'm just about to move my 'competition' grow-out fish from his 5 gallon Walstad into a 10 g. I'm setting up for him, leaving open a suitable heavily planted environment, albeit with little room to roam, for that betta type.
And if he's lucky, there may even be some surviving feeder shrimp left in there, as I put in 9 and they seem to be very fast - the little cichlid's still looking for food everytime she sees me and has definitely not eaten all 9 so far, anyway.
The rutilans' spending the next couple of days in the Q tank, and has already scared the pants off me by curling up in a large leaf among some plants floating in there, while I looked all over the tank - and floor - for him, a tiny, eel-shaped little thing and not easy to see anyway.
But what a cutie!
And, even more amazingly, considering the fact that eggs/fry in my tanks are typically eaten (sniff) with frantic haste on production, 2 tiny WCM fry have actually survived (knock wood) over 24 hours since I 1st saw them - naturally just after giving them a waterchange, gaily siphoning over the substrate everywhere I could reach and pouring 2, 3 gallon buckets down the toilet, never thinking to check for fry, of course, since the eggs are so popular as party snacks.
The tank has 8 voracious WCM and a betta, for Pete's sake - and I hope I haven't jinxed things by talking about it.
But I just had to announce my amazing run of luck to a group of people who'll understand.
People in my family seem to have odd priorities...
They are very cute!!! Never seen them in real life before though.
I am gonna go and google your new betta since I have no idea what they look like! You must try to borrow a camera to take some pics of your fish 
