It's okay yewlin...i'm more interested in hmpk right now, so i'll most prorably eye on ur hmpk more than ur hm...hehe...the reason i wanted a female hm is becoz i got an old virgin hm male that i got no chance to spawn due to no suitable female...right now budget problem so the hm female maybe next month lah...hopefully my old virgin hm dun KO when i found him a suitable partner later on.

meiteoh thx for the info...really appreciate your findings but somehow i'm not very good with words so i'm still undecided whether it's columnaris or fungus infection...the description is somewhat similiar for both diseases and that really confuses me.

Right now i'll stick more towards fungus infections as previously the female is doing well before my itchy hand dumb her into my "in preperation" spawning tank with lots of duckweed and some water plants(dunno wats da name). I haven't changed the water in that tank for a week or so and it;s full of rotten leaves and other misc stuff (even found some flea lookalike creature) on the duckweeds. Thought of dumping her into the tank infested with mosquito larve so she could clear them up. Seems to be a very bad decision on that part.

For the time being i can only hope for the best and keep on monitoring her...thx for those who have given me info and insights on the godamn disease that's been bugging me ever since i've started the hobby.

This post has been edited by evildonkey: Jul 27 2006, 10:48 PM

phew....like that u will see some of the nice HMPK in ur hand

i got 3 pcs is very nice one.

Can't wait for this sat...hehe

I bought the black water thingy for my betta, hehe. Hope it works well for him la.

Make sure the water isn't too think. The colour of light tea is just nice.

Btw, those are nice gerbils. (Would like some but I have too many pets already.)

Actually I just added 3 drops... haha... testing testing 1st. The water also never change color.

Gerbils don't need too much care and hassle compared to other pets. Their bedding only needs to be changed once in 2 or 3 weeks, thats easier than even a betta coz they don't stink like hamsters.

AIYA...3 drops tak cukup. Letak some more lagi until it looks like light coloured tea.

Hehe ok... the fish shop fella said 1 or 2 drops ma, for small tank...thats y I just put that much

Ohyeah...forgot to tell you. Don't change water too often otherwise you might just create more stress for your fish (the whole "baru adjust to water and then she change the water" thing).

Every four to three days if your tank is small (like it holds only 2 litres of water). Mine holds four litres and I change water once a week.

It also depends on how much you feed your fish coz more food equals more poop and more ammonia.

which is why i mentioned.......



sorry for having not elaborating.

btw i bought 3 bettas today. RM 3 only. they look like PK. i'll snap some pics and you guys identify it's PK or HMPK.

at 1st i wanted to buy 1 only. i tot RM 10........ then shop people tell me RM 3. so ok la i sapu another 2. at least they have better life at my place.

I havn't changed my betta's water yet. Probably will change some of the water tonight, today is day 4 adi.

My betta also priced at rm 3 He is looking better lately. More active. Always looking for food when I come near, haha.....

hehe. put like mine la. 3ft tank 1 betta - do you know how long it takes for him to contaminate the water? some more got filteration.

LOL.

My betta was priced at RM5, I think. Previous CT I had was at RM8 - better finnage and more hardy compared to Le Bleu (didn't have to use ketapang for Basil).

Are you asking me to guess about your betta or are you asking about mine? hehe.... if yours sure can tahan for weeks. My house no space for 3 feet tank la, takkan want to put on floor. Next week will move my betta to a slightly bigger tank.

Ask you guys ar, yeterday at the fish shop I saw that miracle ketapang leaf product. The staff said I dont have to buy both that and the black water thingy, he said both serve same function and the black water one should be enough adi, unless I have a big tank with filter. Is this true?

This post has been edited by jaswwp: Jul 28 2006, 04:45 PM

No need 3 kaki la. That's a bit the big - even my place oso got no space (and my parents will freak out lor).

My tank is 1 ft in length only.

Hmmmm.... I'm just wondering.... can Betta mix with fancy guppies? How about tetras? Just curious to know....

Guppies are notorious for being fin nippers...it's wouldn't be wise to mix guppy with betta unless u want to customized your HM into a CT...no idea about tetras though, maybe some bros here could confirm with you

ok - now that's the 1st time i hear people say guppy being fin nippers.

well i tried mixing a CT with 3 guppies in a 1 ft tank before - after 5 minutes, 3 guppies lost a portion of their tail. so yeah, evacuation.

general rule is DO NOT put betta with anything with fancy tail ie goldfish, guppy......... bettas have sharp teeth and powerful jaw - guppies don't. guppies won't bother other people. they're the one that get bullied.

my betta is now living with a bunch of Tiger Barbs (ok now these are the notorious nippers) but since he's PK there's nothing to nip at.

however i've tried putting a veil tail (or was it a CT) with Tiger Barbs - i see those fellas homing in on him man. straight away pull out.

haha sorry for being misleading...my memory must be failing me coz i tot i've read somewhere about guppies being fin nippers but it's the certain kind of tetras that is known to be fin nippers. Kinda mess up with those 2 there.

This post has been edited by evildonkey: Jul 29 2006, 07:39 AM

Yeah, guppies are about as harmless as fishes get.
BTW, jaswwp, your shopkeeper is correct, blackwater and ketapang (KTP) leave extracts do the same things: lower pH, reduce stress and promote colour.