Rip Mini

[Synirr]

The little lady who started it all passed on yesterday... she was the fish who first got me into breeding

She had been having dropsy-like symptoms for a couple of weeks, pineconing scales and bloating, but still acted perfectly normal up until her very last day. I knew she wasn't feeling as well the day before yesterday, so she got to have her favourite, bloodworms, as her last meal. She seemed to pass very peacefully; I found her in her sleeping spot, gills relaxed rather than flared out like I've so often seem in very ill fish. I've read that such symptoms are a sign of kidney failure, so I'm assuming that's the cause in this case. I tried every kind of medicine and treatment I could think of, but nothing helped.

She was such a happy little fish I can't even be too sad she's gone... she lived a great life, and she lives on in all of her 100+ little babies that so many of you have, and now in her grandfry

RIP Mini

Hehe, found some baby pics of when I first got her

"Grrr, feeder guppy"

 

[Elise]

Aww, Mini, our babies' mama!

Rest in peace Mini, you will live on through your beautiful children...

 

[GuppyDude]

Wow, she sounds like a lucky fish, is she the pretty girl i your sig there? Sry for your loss synirr

Edit: o, theres a pic

 

[jollysue]

Mama and Papa both gone. They made great babies. I love the smallness and the good disposition. I still have that Orange Plakat HM from Thailand. I wonder if one of her girls would make a good match with him. Just to keep it going. I don't have a plakat male not related. (I have some issues with inbreeding. Totally subjective.)

One girl has lots of red sheen?

Mini, your babies are winning awards.

 

[Synirr]

At least some carry orange, so sure, if you wanted to you could try breeding one to the orange plakat guy

I'm keeping the line going and am going to branch it out soon, I have lots of spawns planned... I want to cross a gold DT lady from the current batch to Astaroth (see sig) and a copper marble girl to Leviathan. He is marbled with yellow and red now, so I think it would be a beautiful combo

 

[Animation]

Aww,
Whenever a friend was round i would show them your sig pic and point to mini and say that's the one i want!,
RIP Mini,
Such a stunning example of a female betta, By the way where did you get her?

 

[Synirr]

Aww,
Whenever a friend was round i would show them your sig pic and point to mini and say that's the one i want!,
RIP Mini,
Such a stunning example of a female betta, By the way where did you get her?

She was a gift from Wuv

 

[Animation]

And a great gift it was too!,
How old was she?

 

[SPLiSH]

Mini. She was a real sweetie. You gave her a great life and all those hot little kids and grandkids of hers live on.

 

[Synirr]

And a great gift it was too!,
How old was she?

Between 1.5 and 2 years, not sure exactly.

 

[afireinside]

Oh my... I'm so sorry. Mini
I'd better tell Cream. She'll be sad. First her daddy is dead, and now her mommy.

 

[wendywc]

Sorry for your loss. It's pretty neat to hear she had such great kids though.

 

[Timur]

I'm sorry. .

At least you know she led one helluva good life. And like you said, she's living on quite well.

 

[jollysue]

Is Mini's mom Mimi? Try saying that real fast six times.

The Orange Boy is small too.

 

[wuvmybetta]

awww, lil mini
Sorry, Synirr

ETA, here's Mini's TFF debute, look how tiny she was Thinking about her still makes me smile. Remember her for what she was Unique

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...0&hl=mini+betta