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#1 ·
Hey all, so I figured why not just start a journal since someone *coughmarcoughcough* has been bugging me for one ;-)

And I just needed a place to dump the one thousand and four photos I take of my fish in a day! Haha, so this will be a log about everyone except for my babies which have their own journal set up and running ;-) but occasionally I throw in a picture here and there of everyone!

So as of today, this journal is officially working and started up! woohoooooo!

Ugg oh yeah and I'll probably complain about this horrible summer weather we're having! "Who said it was alright for Summer to come in?" it's a whooping 96 degree's today although it's cooling off now and the humidity is still up at 65%! What even is that! Tomorrow we're getting to 70%! Lol almost typed 700 there, mind as well be 700% though! It definitely feels like it!! Ug!!!!

Next post will be a dump of pictures ;-) stay tuned!
 
#292 ·
Thanks Huffle! lol yeah, i wonder if she's part blow-fish or something haha

Yeah no idea what that plant is. I think it might be some sort of Alternanthera Reineckii but I really don't know since the Alt. Reineckii has two leaves coming from one node opposite each other but my plant has one leaf from a node and they alternate sides....so I really don't know! But it is a gorgeous plant!! :-D
 
#293 ·
So I'm pet-sitting for my aunt this weekend, the one that one of our kitten's went to! So this is the first time I get to see Coconut in a little over a month now!! Actually almost two months! I can't wait to see how big she's gotten and I'm taking lots of pictures tonight so y'all can see! Actually I'm going to take pictures of all three; Midnight, Snickers if she comes around and Coconut ^_^ Can't wait! So I should be able to get those up this weekend :-D quite excited!

And I did all my water changes on Wednesday, Rembrandt has something that looks fungus based, might be a small bit of columnaris coming back since he's had it before. I'm treating with AQ salt for the moment and if it doesn't go away over the weekend I'm breaking out the Furan-2 since Matisse can use it as well. I don't know what's up with that girl, her fins look bad and she's had slimy patches on her and I've used both AQ salt on her as well as PimaFix and nothing worked for her. So I'm going to have to take her out and see what's up.

Annnd.....guess who's getting another Baby Betta! That's right...this girl....unwanted but my friend can no longer care for him properly so...she asked if I can take him and I can't say now to his cute little face so I'll be picking him up next week and thankfully I've got extra heater's and my 1 gallon critter keeper but....idk. I'm already having trouble keeping up with all the water changes because of work and then pet-sitting and doing things on the weekend. But I cleaned everyone out except the 33 on Wednesday so that should be good. This weekend I'm all busy with Pet-sitting and going up to the north end of the state for a meeting with my Fraternity.

That's right, I'm in a frat and I'm a girl lol, it's a co-ed frat and we're a Service/Honorary Fraternity. What we do is actually service the college and university bands programs and help out the music department. We're not the normal social frat/sororities so that's why I joined three years ago. I am the Sister Liaison which means that I attend our Sister sorority meetings and help them out and relay information between the two of us since we both work together for the bands and music dept. I'm in Kappa Kappa Psi (KKY or KKPsi) which is the frat and the sorority is Tau Beta Sigma (TBS). But I love it and I love both organizations, I may rant about them during the semester lol but I still love them :)

Anywho, got some pictures so here they are:

So I really like how Aero's 5.5 is growing out. The Java Moss is extremely healthy and always growing. I like the look it makes, almost like a street or a path in the woods ^_^


Gambit is doing well, keeping his brilliant blue color! His fins are growing well so that's great ^_^


He's such a snarky little butt lol. His pectorals are amazingly huge too! Not enough for EE but I think he has the potential to start an EEVT line, wouldn't that be cool! I'd love to see someone try to work on that! But I think I'm going to start looking for a home for him soon. His wounds are healed up enough that really just clean, warm water will continue to help him. There's nothing immediately pending his doom lol so he should be fine to ship out.


And the sorority tank! So with the awesome help and generosity of Lucillia on here, she works at PetCo and we both bought two filter's together and my new ornament! We used her discount card so that was really awesome! I got a brand new AquaClear 30 for the tank to help with the bio-load and she got her AquaClear 20 so I think it really worked out well.
My tank looks really good with the ornament/hide I think! And the girls seem to love it! I've got pictures to prove it haha.


So Aurora immediately went in to check it out and wouldn't come out afterwards lol, she loved it too much XD she eventually did come out but she really liked it haha


Protecting it. Also found out that Amara is a dalmation! You can see her cute little spots!! I love her partial dragon scaling which is filling in a bit more too, so cute.


Cherry: Can I come in?
Aurora: No! Find your own hide!
lol


Mystique is looking quite a bit better! So that's awesome ^_^ fins all healed up, proud of my girl!


RAM! Here's the cute little female that's bonded with the male. If you compare to his picture from the last picture post, you can see just how small she is by looking at the dwarf sag plants.


Even the cories liked the new ornament! I'm fairly sure these two are male/female, they are always together and the third is just kind of hanging out. The bigger of the two would be the female.


Pineapple thought she was hiding lol


Emma was being cute and she's now claimed the Valisneria where Shadowcat once ruled.


She was warning me to get out of her territory lol


She literally glows


Here's the proof lol her brown/red spots have gotten slightly bigger too, I love the contrast though!


And these two pictures I love so much! Amara and the new yellow girl which has found a home :-D Kind of funny that they're both looking at just a piece of gravel XD


"It's MY rock!" "No it's MYYY rock!" "No it's--"
You can really see the yellow girl's pineappling here, I think she'll grow into it as she get's older. It won't be very dark or anything but I foresee her getting a little more as she get's older. She's definitely more yellow than Pineapple but still just too similar and besides I'm stupid to get another female when I have like 8 on the way now >.< how does that even happen? lol
 
#294 ·
Aero's tank is great, then again so is the girls. I actually just ordered that vase too, couldn't pass it up with the 20% sale going on. :grin: LOL! The last two pictures are toooo cute. I love how intrigued they can be with something so ordinary. :lol:
 
#295 ·
Very true! I just find it so funny that it's two pieces of gravel XD like it's not even food XD I'm sure they think it is lol but it was just too cute!

Yeah I think I want to get another "roman" ornament, probably one of the smaller vases to put on the other side for a hide for Aero. And then move the plants to make an actual "street" in there :) I think that'd be cool! ^_^
 
#296 ·
Wow! Gambit's fins are about the same size as Merlins! O.O I thought it was just a VT thing!

Your girls are so adorable!
 
#297 ·
Do you mean the pectorals being bigger? That's a breeding thing, whoever bred Gambit seemed to want to get the bigger pectorals because all the VT's they had there had the same pec's and all seemingly from the same spawn. But most VT's don't have pecs like that. :)
 
#298 ·
Yeah I meant the pecs XD. I noticed Merlin's seemed much larger, especially when I compared his pecs to Dragoon's, and seeing Gambit was like looking at Merlin with the size of his pecs!
 
#299 · (Edited)
Oh wow so I've almost hit 5,100 posts.....I think I need a new hobby! lol no XD

So I'm super excited to be posting these pictures. Coconut has grown up so much! She's now twice the size she was as when she left my house and came to my aunt's house! Here she is when she was only a month and a half old, back when we though she was still a he:



And here she is now!


Looking much more like her mom now stature wise


Look at those beautiful blue eyes!


Tail got long too o_O


"We are Siamese if you please, we are Siamese if you don't please," lol


She's got giant ear's compared to her mother so that's obviously father side related.


Someone looked into the Tardis! And that's Snicker's in the back.






STREEEEEEETCH


"Shush, I am being cat-like and trying to ignore you! Stop pokin--hey! Stop it!" lol


Rolled over. Hot damn! Her tail is literally the same length as her body!


And here's Snicker's, she's a bit shy but eventually warms up to me when she realizes that I'm not going to hurt her :) she was a rescue kitty when she was young.


She's grown up quite a bit since she first came to my aunt's as well! All their kitties they got when they were about 2.5-4 months old, Coconut is the exception :)


And here's Midnight, they're all pretty much named for obvious reasons lol


User used Flash, it was effective.


And the cutest picture ever lol


So interesting fact's about these kitties. Midnight loves hair ties, especially when they're in your hair. Loves to be held but likes to sit on your shoulders instead even though he weighs like 15 pounds. And he likes to groom your hair and occasionally bite it lol.

Snickers is skittish but brings you plastic bags during the night so you wake up and you crinkle.

And Coconut remembers me! She instantly started to purr up a storm after she smelled me and my backpack and hasn't left my side since! Purrs every time I touch her, even if it's to poke her haha. She's so cute!!!

I got to say, my cat puts out some pretty amazing babies! lol
 
#300 ·
oh. my. goodness. I am going to just eat coconuts little face right up!! Snickers has beautiful coloring! And Midnight is one handsome boy!
 
#301 ·
So many cute kitties!!!
 
#302 ·
Huffle: that's basically what I have been doing haha I cup her face, give her a kiss and pet her and voila; Insta-Purr!! lol she's so adorable XD She slept with me for most of the night last night, too cute.

And yeah, Snickers is adorable, she's gotten more comfortable around me now which is nice. I do love her colors as well, when she was a kitten she was more orange and then got more black as she grew up and the orange faded to tan but she's still so beautiful. And Midnight I'm sure is part Maine ****, the way he holds himself. He's so adorable as well though and a very good kitty, I woke up to himtrying to eat my hair though ahah XD lol silly kitties!
 
#304 ·
Lol good luck prying her from my aunt's fingers then Viva! Or mine for that matter XD haha

So....I feel bad because I lied to the forum about Misha being fixed....she's not. And now she's pregnant again, mom was supposed to be making the appointment but with work and all my other stuff going on, I failed to even ask her. It's a joint fail and I'm really sorry for Misha, I know there are complications in both her having kittens and if we were to get her an abortion. I know it's stupid and I'm sorry, but she should be dropping them in the next two weeks I think.

That bad part is that mom won't let her inside to have the kitten's, we're "fixing" up the shed so she can have them there >.> except there's no guarantee that she will use that again, my mom even told me this so I'm like >.> then let her inside!!! If all goes well and we end up with kittens, I rather they be inside and we get a few fleas than freaking adding to our feral cat colony! I'm torn every which way I go and...grr I don't know!

So Viva, there's another chance for you to get a white kitty if she has some more and all goes well as I pray.

You aren't too far....lol

So yeah...just thought everyone should know and sorry for lieing about it but I was plum sick of people telling me to get her fixed, YES I KNOW ALREADY. It's a difficult situation as it is with other factors involved, not just the cat. But yes I am concerned for her saftey if you'd like to ask and yes I know I should have just gone and paid for the fixing myself but things happen and so I'm sorry.
 
#305 ·
Oh my Gosh. It's so rare for cats to have kittens here, seriously. Everyone spays/neuters their kittens so I'm super jealous of you lmao. I know that Misha having another litter is not good but you can always just ship them to me xD

My manager's cat had kittens and I'm stealing 2 of them, so I guess I'll be satisfied with just them, but I don't mind stealing yours as well xD Cat colony much.
 
#306 ·
lol Mar, we've got the opposite problem where we have too many feral colonies and crazy cat ladies o_O so yeah.....want to take a road trip in a few months? lol

That is, if the kittens even stick around and all goes well--omg Coconut is behind my screen right now and just bit the top of it lol, kind of funny XD she was sitting on my chest earlier XD Guess I make a great pillow for her ;-) ug, I can't get over how much she's grown now! She looks amazing, extremely long tail and all! lol

Anyway, yeah there's still the issues of mom not allowing the kittens to come in which means I can't give them away without not promising they'll be there when the people show up and then if they run off...voila insta-feral cat colony >.> gahhh, this is frustrating me just as much as it's frustrating other's my cat isn't fixed. I really hope mom comes around, a few fleas around the house is worth it compared to a freaking cat colony where we'll have to trap/neuter/release all of them and that's more costly than giving them some food in the house and then bombing it later.....$5 dollars a can per so many feet AIN"T THAT BAD.....grr, can you tell how frustrate I am?

Sigh...I'll go back to playing my game now and eating an early dinner, my how the day flies.
 
#307 ·
Hopefully you can bring Misha inside. You didn't lie, just didn't know that the appointment hadn't been made. Keep us updated on how things go!
 
#308 ·
No, in my other thread about the kittens way back when I had said she was fixed so yes, yes I did lie. It just sucks is all :-/ there were a few people who were hounding me that she wasn't fixed but I'm not Wonder Woman, I don't make much money and what I do make goes for my gas and people kept telling us to do the TNR thing but the thing is, they only take cats that are completely feral, and even still it's 60 dollars and that doesn't include meds if there needs to be.

But Misha is definitely not a feral, she's just a drop-off, a stray that wandered into our yard and decided that our shed looked real nice and had her kittens :-/ so yeah, idk. I was able to call the Chariho Animal Rescue League which helps the people out in my area for fixing animals and helping animals find homes; if they aren't already full. Currently they are full of animals since we do have such a problem with feral colonies and stray's and people just dropping off their cat's wherever the heck they please. But with their help we can get her fixed for 50 dollars and then first shots are free so that should cover it I think, but there's still the issue of her being pregnant. If she's not too far along, we can get an abortion done but there are complications and medications with that as well costing money but then there runs a risk of her queening the kittens and hopefully she's healthy enough that nothing bad will happen but there's a chance either way.
 
#310 ·
You'll figure something out that's best for Misha. I understand the money issue completely. It's why I panic whenever my betta boys or Lucky looks under the weather, since they fall under my care, and even if my mom does help, she's not making a lot of money either :/
 
#309 ·
Yea, let us know if you can convince your mom! I know all about about moms lmao:roll:

I wish I could just take all the unwanted kittens around the world.

All the cats I've had don't seem so lovey dovey :'c They only cuddle up with me during the nighttime, and even then, I've only had one that slept one me. Twice though.
We need to import more kittys here xD
 
#311 ·
Thank's for the support guys :) Sorry if I seem touchy or defensive about the subject, I've just been harped on by too many people on the forum here about it, weird thinking that people would actually support me haha. I'm going to see if I can convince my mom sometime this week, do some chores around the house or something and then offer to buy all the Bombs we need for after the kittens are all gone.

I'm already buying the food (26 dollars down the tube :shock:) since Misha has a grain allergy we've (I have) been feeding her Before Grain by Merrick and I'm not sure if the food is helping or her hormones are balancing out again after her last litter but her fur is finally growing back and she's quite happy! So I'm really glad that she's on that good food. So then the issue would be buying wet food for the kittens once that comes time, guess my fish will all have to suffer nothing new for a few more months unless I start miraculously making 1,000 dollars a week >.> already tough enough that I get paid every two weeks instead...sigh. so yeah, that's that fun times XD

But hopefully if all goes well, we'll get Misha in, have the kittens, help them grow up, buy wet food, buy another bag of dry food for everyone and then get the kittens to some good homes. Thankfully I know enough people that giving them away for free should be something easy and then get Misha spayed two weeks or so after she has the kittens. Once they start eating wet food she'll be fine to spay since she'll be drugged up for a day or so, don't want to poor kittens to starve of her milk lol so yup, that's my plan. Oh yeah, and to win the lottery...that's a good plan too haha :lol:

But yes, I'll keep everyone updated on how things go and the progress with my mom and all...she's up in Maine right now on a mini VaCa so I won't talk to her till Tuesday at work then.
 
#312 ·
Sounds like you've got it all planned out. Financial issues really suck, I wish everyone could just have unlimited money when it comes to pets. LOL imagine how crazy this forum would be xD

Hahah I second winning the lottery !!
 
#313 ·
lol yeah, unlimited money....oh the things I would get, the tanks I'd invest in! All of my Betta's would be in no less then 10 gallons each! Ugg, it would be too pretty for it's own good lol

I'm grateful at least for our Animal Rescue League because they are helpful and stuff, it's just that my truck regularly takes 50 dollars to fill a week and if I only get 100 dollars a week....that's 50 for gas and then if the truck breaks or my phone bill comes up or I have to pay a debt like my last phone payment to my sister-in-law, or my dad begs for money....ugg, I can't deal with it >.< oh yeah and then the 30 for cat food....it's too much to think about I think.

But yeah, it's been a good summer but also not a good summer :-/

One good thing is that our trip to Toronto is coming up! Which means Betta's!!! Lucillia (forum member) and I are going up to Toronto to pick up some Betta's, those girls that I showed a few pages back and then 5 boy's for Luci, 1 boy for Feng and 1 other boy for Luci's friend so we're going to have a car full of Betta's lol. Hopefully we don't get spontaneously searched while crossing the border :-( boxes will be my friend and then our stuff on top of those boxes :)
 
#314 ·
Woo Toronto! You'll love Canada :)

Border security is really tight, but you should be okay. I remember when I crossed the border into Canada, they searched everything. It was shortly after 9/11 (RIP) so security was crazy.

There're a bunch of programs in Canada that will spay/neuter cats/kittens for free (or really cheap) depending on family income. Do you have any of those programs in the states?
 
#315 ·
I hope we don't get searched :shock: if that is the case there could be a chance that we lose the fish, or pay a hefty fine for them. The states I guess are more strict when it comes to letting fish over the borders, mostly for disease prevention and control....sigh. I hope my luck holds out because I have none for free programs like that. Even the feral cats you have to pay for, that's probably why we have so many issues with colonies and you guys don't! The Animal Rescue League is literally the cheapest way to go :-/

I'm going to move to Canada one day lol
 
#316 ·
Your plan sounds pretty good, it's very doubtful they'll search that hard xD.
Uuugh, come to Canada xDD No bias here at all :p
And I guess there are not many feral kitty colonies here partly because of where I live. I'm positive that in other parts of Canada, there are tons of stray kitties
 
#317 ·
Lol, I could breed pretty fishies there and sell them lol I really wish you could breed Marine, he's just too darn gorgeous for his own good!! haha

But yeah, hope it all goes well, there's been lots of money that will be put into that trip. Oh I had meant to say in my last post that I was saving for that or trying to lol but that doesn't help either XD I've got the hotel which is 67.98 or something like that and asked mom if she could put in 30, we'll see what happens. Originally it was going to be her, her boyfriend John and I going up to get the fish but then turns out that neither had their passports and they both conveniently expired this year....like a few months ago.

But originally she offered me a free trip, I'd only have to help out for gas, now I'm paying for everything and asked her to help and she sort of flipped. Well honestly she thought that I had asked her to pay the whole thing but I quickly explained I would never do that and she asked how much and I said 30 and she just sort of looked at me like "ohh...." lol so I think that she will help out, but there's still gas and food, so hopefully it will be good. Thankfully I get a paycheck that Friday so that will be a good chunk of change in my pocket ^_^ and then the week after I'll have to suffer without coffee's or anything lol oh the woe's of driving to Canada to get fish for my hobby, it's such a terrible thing! /sarcasm haha
 
#318 ·
It sucks that their passports expired only a couple months ago! It would've been a nice road trip.
You're only staying there for one night right? It'll be lots of fun! You get the whole night to look at the fish :D

As for Marine, I think I have all the supplies needed to breed him, except live food cultures, but what I really need is time. And a worthy girl lmao. Homes is not much of a big deal to me since a lot of them would probably die since it would e my first time :x but if they all miraculously survived (pft) I'd be clueless xD
 
#319 ·
Sounds like you have a good plan going for Misha! I third winning the lottery!

Ooh! Have fun in Canada! Hopefully you won't get searched (that'd be my luck >.<) and you can bring all the bettas back with you without any fines.
 
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