The Video Thread- Starting with Fishy

[ElizabethB]

http://youtu.be/wSe9W_49edI

Does this forum have an option to embed youtube videos?

Let's see some videos!

[Laki]

What a great idea! Your Fishy is a great big flowey fins :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWLMe...3Z7v_rMW58vE9Q This one is when I planted Hygro (it has since all died :<)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmEVF...3Z7v_rMW58vE9Q This is Bowser playing hide and seek. Wow, I just rewatched this and his tail is so spiky!! It has since grown in (combtail)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVMct...3Z7v_rMW58vE9Q Bowser making a bubble nest


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtldV...3Z7v_rMW58vE9Q This is Lakitu before I joined the site.. WHAT a difference this site has made in my betta awareness!!

[ElizabethB]

Those tanks are gorgeous! I need more bettas. (I have two tens, divided tanks? heh heh)
I wonder why the plants died. I love how dense the plants are, my tank is sparse in comparison.

Here is one shot last night of my sorority feeding. I have a real camera but I lost the connecter cord, so for now it's just the iPhone. :(

http://youtu.be/x7H7BmcvIWU

Fishy was the first, and he survived all my newbie mistakes.

[Laki]

Divided tanks are fun :) As long as you secure the divider and hope and pray they don't jump. I like them being able to see each other a little bit but they mostly ignore each other. They're both close to 2 years old (I had them for over a year and they were from a pet store so)

Your sorority looks very pretty, I didn't have the sound on so I apologize if you mentioned the types of plants in it but what are they? I like the sword-looking one. How many girls are there? And did you add them all at once?

My hygro died. I don't know why. I was fertilizing at the time and they were planted into the gravel. I have sort-of-surviving wisteria now and clumps/stalks of asian ambulia. Those grow pretty fast but are weak stemmed. And my java ferns/moss are doing fabulous. I think my java moss is growing in Osha's window tank! It's at least reaching out.

[ElizabethB]

The plant is an Amazon Sword. I also have a tropical water lily (the little red one) that is just starting to grow, and the Java moss. I need to add some fertilizer.
I have seven females- I had eight but I lost one to dropsy. I added them here and there, the large red and white VT girl was my first. I plan to add a few more girls. The tank is way under capacity, and I love the girls for some reason.

I think sand is a better substrate for plants than gravel.

Edit: I always add music to my videos to drown out that Kentucky drawl. :)

[Laki]

Sometimes I add music too, Newfoundland accent belongs in the tourist shop anyway. lol

Sorry about the girl you lost :( The 7 that remain are beautiful though :)

You're right, sand is better but I prefer black substrate to white and I cannot afford black sand! Maybe in a few years when I have a better job.

[ElizabethB]

I know how that it. The Tahitian black sand isn't bad though, and I've even heard of people using Miracle Grow for NPTs (I'd double check that though). I just used regular play sand. I had to rinse it for a VERY long time though. It looked brown in the bag, but rinsed it was practically white.

I bet Newfoundland doesn't get the flack that Kentucky does lol.

Perhaps you could silicone some mesh in between the dividers to make jumping across more difficult? This sounds like a project in the works.
Thanks for the compliments on my fish, yours are beautiful too!

[RussellTheShihTzu]

Well, 118 videos later. What is it they call it when bunnies bing-bing all over the place?

You guys have some wonderful Bettas! Thanks for sharing.

[ElizabethB]

Thanks Russell! I'm a terrible fish photographer, videos help you cheat.
Except I wish I could find that dumb cord. Camera might as well be a paperweight without it.

[Laki]

Haha, are you referring to my rabbit videos RusselltheShihTzu?! lol Thanks, and binkying is when a rabbit jumps in the air and kicks/twists/jolts out of sheer joy. I only have one video of Acacia doing a binky but they're all over youtube!

@ElizabethB, Newfie accents are very um.. how do you say exaggerated and made fun of in Canada. Like, how Canadians make fun of your Southern drawl and the Yankee "accent" is how Newfie accents are treated as well!! Canadians think Newfoundlanders are uneducated idiots because of the way a lot of us talk. But that aside, I like southern accents! Like Maggie in Walking Dead!