[Luimeril]

after losing Heavy, i wanted a new betta. :I then, Medic got sick, and that drive went down a bit. i thought to myself "i'll go to the pet store and buy a new boy!", and stuck with that. since Ma rarely goes taht way, it was keeping me from buying any bettas.

then, i browsed aquabid. :I BIG mistake. all the pretties! price kept me from buying(since most are in Thailand). then, i came across a seller i'd browsed the auctions of a few times, and found HIM.

meet Todd. he just... i had to. :I i just had to. after battling my horrible anxiety, i finally, after two days of oogling and two hours of battling myself, bought him.

now, i play the waiting game, and calm down after almost having a panic attack. :B

 

[betta lover1507]

me too, haha. i got the same seller (i think) "Roy". am getting the girl on my avi, she'll be shipped on monday, i'll probably get her by thursday or friday. since i think i got Aris (my passed Delta girl) was from the same seller, just a different user name.

he is gorgeous, i would've try to buy him too. the only thing that keeps me from having like 20 or more betta's are my parents :lol: i gotta be careful when i do move out LOL.

 

[Laki]

ooooo! He's pretty! Congrats! Can't wait till he arrives!

 

[Luimeril]

from what i am to understand, that other seller is this one's wife. it was talked about on another forum, and the person who made AB confirmed that it's a husband/wife duo who sell different fish under different names.

my parents don't care. it's my money. :I as long as my tanks don't start taking over the living room. lol

 

[Jessicatm137]

Pretty fish!!!

 

[betta lover1507]

from what i am to understand, that other seller is this one's wife. it was talked about on another forum, and the person who made AB confirmed that it's a husband/wife duo who sell different fish under different names.

my parents don't care. it's my money. :I as long as my tanks don't start taking over the living room. lol

oh, you get a boy from the wife, i get the girl from the husband LOL
like what you said last haha

 

[Luimeril]

i think i actually found him when you posted a link to your girl's auction. xD

well, Ma likes fish, too, so.... she understands a little. xD

 

[betta lover1507]

haha!! your welcome XD

 

[Luimeril]

lol yes. thank you. i don't usually cave for AB boys or girls, but he just called to me. :V

 

[Kerrilea]

Todd is absolutely gorgeous!
I wouldn't have been able to resist it either~~

I'm a bit of a newbie to this, so it may not mean much, but I have never seen such colour! You take good care of that one. <3

 

[underdebate]

I am kind of incredibly fond of your apparent collection of TF2 bettas, I won't lie.

(Also: he's gorgeous! And I totally understand the stress of buying a new fish-- fishkeeping helps me combat my own anxiety but it's also a huge cause of it sometimes. I kind of came home with two sick boys today, and, well. THAT was smart.)

 

[Luimeril]

i try to take good care of all my babies. unless they get some sort of illness, they never get clamped, and i've only had two outbreaks of ick, which i took care of asap! he *may* tail bite, because that's my Delta/HM curse(so far, out of two deltas, both tail bit, and my Doubletail Halfmoon is recovering from tail biting with his previous owner), but that's something i can easily deal with. honestly, with that clear edge to his fins, i hope he doesn't tail bite. x:

as for his color, i eagerly await to see how he looks in person! i'm gonna try to find Ma's camera, so i can get a billion pictures when i get him. x:

 

[Luimeril]

I am kind of incredibly fond of your apparent collection of TF2 bettas, I won't lie.

(Also: he's gorgeous! And I totally understand the stress of buying a new fish-- fishkeeping helps me combat my own anxiety but it's also a huge cause of it sometimes. I kind of came home with two sick boys today, and, well. THAT was smart.)

aahh, thanks! Todd is actually named after one of my roleplay buddie's Soldier original character! so, i finally have my Soldier! i hate that i lost Heavy. it kinda... ruined my set. ;n; and, Medic is pine coned.

i made myself sick with worry, literally. i'm combating a headache and stomachache caused by the stress of buying off AB for the first time. lol but, i sit here, and watch Medic do her thing(despite being ill, she's very active, seems happy even.), and it relaxed me, so i'm doing better.

 

[underdebate]

/FANNISH HUGS OF SYMPATHY

Three of my boys are named after videogame characters and one's named after a character in a novel. Somehow this makes me worry even MORE about them. (Awhile back I had a boy named after a character I'd roleplayed with a friend and it devastated me when I lost him.)

And I totally get you with the worrying thing. I made a very informed, not-at-all-irrational decision today in buying my new pair, and yet I totally came home and was unable to keep food down for the better part of the following three hours. It's like, 'oh jesus, but what if I do something wrong, what if I hurt them by accident, I'm a totally irresponsible keeper, WHAT AM I DOING'-- but then sometimes you get it right, you know? You get it right and you raise a happy, healthy fish, or you bring one back from illness, or sometimes you just sit back and watch them swim for a bit, and you remember why you keep doing it to yourself.

(Fishkeeping is stressful, okay. Whoever said fish were boring evidently never had one for very long.)

 

[Luimeril]

my DTHM is named after a roleplay buddy of mine. xD the name he goes by is Twitch, and he loves hearing about Twitch-fish and his derpy adventures. it's adorable. .3.

buying new fish from the pet store's nothing for me. :V i know everyone there, and they know me. i can bring in a cracked tank and they replace it, no questions asked. but... buying off aquabid? x-x way more stressful for me.

ugh. boring, my behind. i'm freaking out about Medic right now. pine coned, but showing no other symptoms. :I what's wrong, Medic? tell me! Dx