23 year old art major, amateur cartoonist, and rat fancier. This blog is 90% reblogs and rats, the remaining is personal art and the occasional blog entry.
Exotic Sea Life by Photographer Mark Laita
Here’s my little Dukefish, being fabulously sassy as he always is~
He became severely bloated about a month ago and after a lengthy fasting-and-pea session, I was afraid I was battling a failing battle with Dropsy. He became sluggish and stayed at the bottom of the tank most of the time. He also lost a lot of his pretty red color. There was a point where his belly was as big as Skittle. :x
After having no luck with the pea, I moved him to a small bowl and followed a Dropsy “remedy” I found that required treating his water and frequent bowl cleanings. I fasted and pea treated again, and eventually, his belly gradually went down.
Here, it is full of delicious brine shrimp. :P He’s not 100%, still a bit round, but I can definitely tell he’s feeling better. He’s wiggling around like a maniac again, he’s gotten his color back, and even felt good enough to flare for me tonight! :’D
Thought I’d upload some pictures of my new babby, Duke (Wellington) hurhur. :B
He’s a pretty little Crowntail Betta. We brought him home from work yesterday and he seems to be adjusting nicely. <3
So, this is my tank setup as of yesterday!
I picked up some little pieces of “C” and “T” PVC pipe and a rock cave for hiding places, as well as all of those colorful silk plants. And I just stumbled upon those gemstone rocks buried in my closet, so I washed them up and stuck them in there as well!
I actually took the pair of glasses out since I took this, because I wasn’t sure if it was completely safe… anyone have any input on that? I thought it’d be neat in there, but I wasn’t sure if the plastic would be okay for the water? :T
Also yeah lol, my bandana from the SG dance will serve as a backdrop until I have a chance to draw something super trippy :P
So, I bought a 3 gallon aquarium today while stopping to get some ice cream to deliver to my mouth and also some for Matt lol.
I’ve been seeing a lot of contradicting info on how many gallons I’d need for a single betta, but the general consensus seems to say 3 gallons is… okay for them. I’ve seen them in much smaller enclosures, but I didn’t want anything smaller than what I got because it just seems too small. I think he’ll be fine in there since I only plan on having a single fish in there.
Anyway, gonna pick up a heater and some decorations tomorrow at work and then start cycling this tank for when I get me my new babby. <3
Also I will pictures when it’s all set up!
I kinda want to get a betta fish.
From what I’ve read so far, they don’t seem too hard to keep, especially for non-fish savvy folks like me, and I’ve really been missing having something to take care of. I might read up a bit more on them… and stop looking at all these cute betta pictures. ;u;
