Now I have done it

[Karah's_Mommy]

Hahah ThatDarnDragon, I did the exact same thing!! I told my dad that I was getting a girly betta from Yeeviabetta and that he sent me 4 instead!! We're so evil, isn't it great? But my dad is so cool, he told me I better run to Walmart and get them all new tanks.

 

[ThatDarnDragon]

lol kiara! we're evil, lol!

 

[LifeBear]

Tsk tsk tsk, you sneaks

I try to not to go the lie route, but don't always succeed.

My modus operandi is to put the tank somewhere he rarely goes, sort of hide it, but not really HIDE (like the closet) Then after a couple of weeks move it into the open and if he says anything, i say, Oh I have had him for a while, I just moved him. Make sure to say "A while" or "ages" or whatever, not "for two weeks" Because then I get "You weren't supposed to be getting fish 2 weeks ago either."
That was what I used to do.

NOW, I have a new plan...I have so many tanks, most of them 10g, that I don't think he even knows how many there are. I am going to rearrange them, move them all around. I should be able to sneak in another couple, maybe even 3. This is my plan for next week, when my new Aqubid babies arrive. Or, if I don't get new tanks, I will move around the fish I already have, and move the bettas into the vacant spaces. I have a few not-full-to-capacity community type tanks. The only one I need to be extra careful of or move is the 10g on the computer desk. I think even my non-fishaholic hubby can tell the difference between a male betta (or 2 if I divide the tank) and a large gold angelfish. But...where to put it? The eternal question.

 

[Dweenus]

Your two look exactly like my two! =D Mine are Metallica and Fud!

 

[Betta_luver]

Wow so beautiful!!!

 

[Seahorse]

Nice plan!

If I get married someday, he is signing a contract beforehand that he has no say in my aquariums.

 

[Iridescent]

you guys who can sneak fish in under your parents' noses are very lucky! My parents closley monitor anything living entering or exiting the house . I have 3 animals, they say "that's enough"(silly them!!!)

 

[twinsmom]

LOL I am sorry I disappeared, my neice had a horrible accident, and she is 2. Things are looking up now. Well, I sort of solved getting one more betta in, I put it in a tank for my neice. (I had bought the first one for my hubby's neice, so technically she is not really my neice) Good thing is, is my sister is good with fish, it is only 1 and I live 2 minutes away from them so I can take care of it Bad news is, is it isn't in my house. The neice excuse will only fly once (which I used already) so that one is off my list. If I had my own house (not rented) I would build a secrete room, where I could keep them all LOL....A little too nuts maybe hehehe. ) I have got to keep thinking, since I have to run to the lfs tomorrow for cat food, and some betta bites! Hmm, I need an excuse quick
BTW can anyone give me a really good link to a betta website, where I could find the answers to a million questions?

 

[Mina]

I know how it feels to get in trouble for 'just a few more' little fishies. I get scolded everytime, and David was livid when I bumped it up to 9 Bettas from 4 in a matter of three days. ($1.99 for girlies! It was like they were giving them away!) I don't even bother hiding them anymore, I just point out his gaming addictionand say 'When you stop playing that thing and pay attention to me, I'll stop buying and paying attention to my fish!' What you do is find his weakness and attack it like a Betta on Bloodworms. He'll never know how he lost and you'll be amused for hours on that memory, and happy for years with your new fishie.

 

[twinsmom]

I know how it feels to get in trouble for 'just a few more' little fishies. I get scolded everytime, and David was livid when I bumped it up to 9 Bettas from 4 in a matter of three days. ($1.99 for girlies! It was like they were giving them away!) I don't even bother hiding them anymore, I just point out his gaming addictionand say 'When you stop playing that thing and pay attention to me, I'll stop buying and paying attention to my fish!' What you do is find his weakness and attack it like a Betta on Bloodworms. He'll never know how he lost and you'll be amused for hours on that memory, and happy for years with your new fishie.

Ah HA that is a good, idea, now to find an addiction, that is costing as much as my fish addiciton He is pretty smart though so it will be hard to win a fight

 

[twinsmom]

Well, I started having second thoughts about lying to my hubby to get more fish, so i figured I would try the reasonable, logical approach first. I simply said, I just need a couple of more males, possibly from a breeder, and a few females, also from a breeder ( i told him that, so he wouldn't have to worry about health risks as much as ones from an lfs naturally that would cut down on the cost of meds too.) That way, I could breed my own Bettas, and sell the juvies for a profit) I could also keep some, and I wouldn't have to spend anymore money buying new ones. Hey what does he know. I of course would still buy new one's, but having all those babies, I would need extra tanks, and by that time, how would he notice any new ones ...lol. It is good he doesn't know anything, because breeding my own would cost a lot also, but he doesn't know that Well, his response was, you are strange, and crazy. It wasn't a yes or no, technically so what do I have to lose? I feel slighlty less guilty now