Kat, today's the DAY!

[traco1]

Hopefully, today is the day you get your surprise package from Melody.http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_17_211.gif

Bet you will be staying home all day so you don't miss the delivery. Is your camera charged? LOL

[Katalyst]

Hopefully, today is the day you get your surprise package from Melody.http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_17_211.gif

Bet you will be staying home all day so you don't miss the delivery. Is your camera charged? LOL

You can bet the farm I won't be moving a muscle until that doorbell rings. Camera is charging, it died last night in mid attempt to snap a few pictures of my new pair of black swords. A a cantankerous little fellow, lucky he's pretty.

Tank is empty and waiting, well except for a few giant female brigs who I figured could use a break and keeping it cycled. They probally won't be pleased to loose their new digs :nah:.
Thanks for thinking of me Barb!

[jordonsmum]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO new babies!!!! Watcha gettin!! I'm excited for ya!! pics pics!! ::D: :;):

[Katalyst]

The box came! Now I have to look up what she sent me lol. I still need her to tell me. The baby panda's are the cutest! And the naponesis are beauties! But my favorite of all says the Goldfish/Cory chick, are the livebearers! Oh man, the colours! Melody I can't thank you enough and all of this food! :swoon: I totally forgot about the contest food and just bought tonnes, well I'm stocked! Next time send chocolate lol.

And hey Mel! One of them looks slightly pregnant! :eek: Now even my pets are going to have babies before I am lol.

[jordonsmum]

Congrats Kat!!! Wonderful news!!!

[Katalyst]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO new babies!!!! Watcha gettin!! I'm excited for ya!! pics pics!! ::D: :;):
Sad thing is I'm not entirely sure...But OMG I'm in love!

[jordonsmum]

:laugh:

[CACAdmin]

And hey Mel! One of them looks slightly pregnant! :eek: Now even my pets are going to have babies before I am lol.

Welcome to the world of Livebearers. They are always prenant! :laugh: We won't bug you too much for pictures... we'll let you get everybody settled in first. But then we'll get demanding.:;):

[Katalyst]

Melody,

You have offically (and Jay that avatar of yours has helped too!) have created a monster.

[Melody]

That's my specialty :;):

[traco1]

Well, Kat, did you find out the names of the fish you got from Melody? Oh wait, that sounds nosy, doesn't it? Well, okay, I'm nosy just cuz I know you are excited about the livebearers, you just need to know what they are, right?

[Katalyst]

Well, Kat, did you find out the names of the fish you got from Melody? Oh wait, that sounds nosy, doesn't it? Well, okay, I'm nosy just cuz I know you are excited about the livebearers, you just need to know what they are, right?

Platy's, Mollies, Sailfin, Highfins, Possibly lyre, cories, pete pellets, the kitchen sink, the Lindburgh baby. You know reg Melody stuff.

Sorry I can't be more descriptive the new shipment of fish sent me on a bender. Since I had to exchange my cracked tank for a new one I also traded snails for: another 10 gallon, a pair of green sailfins (female is pregnant! Everyone panic! Okay just me) the male has orange and blue in his tail, he's a handsome devil. Another black female sword, a pair of dalmation mollies...Supposed to be male and female. Got em home two pregnant females! I was nervous that the black sword who is the only female NOT pregnant would be able to mate with the green sailfin so I have them seperated. I'm wondering if swords, sailfin mollies & platies can interbreed? Because I wasn't sure everyone is seperated and this took a bit of rearranging. Shuffling around air, stepping on my last air splitter..You can see where this is going huh? Rearranged my whole lil fish room that I just finished arranging last night to keep everyone apart. :twitcy: Well the lfs fish anyhoo. My Melody fish are all together at the moment, having a snack. :swoon: They are so pretty!

[CACAdmin]

Sure sounds like lots of excitement at your house... that's great. You don't need to worry about the swords and platys breeding with the mollies... but the swords and platys will happily breed with each other.

[Katalyst]

Sure sounds like lots of excitement at your house... that's great. You don't need to worry about the swords and platys breeding with the mollies... but the swords a platys will happily breed with each other.

Whew swords and platys are seperated. Thanks Jay I had a lot of reading ahead of me!

[jordonsmum]

That's wonderful.. . another congrats to you madam!!! It's so much fun

[traco1]

Platy's, Mollies, Sailfin, Highfins, Possibly lyre, cories, pete pellets, the kitchen sink, the Lindburgh baby. You know reg Melody stuff.

Sorry I can't be more descriptive the new shipment of fish sent me on a bender. Since I had to exchange my cracked tank for a new one I also traded snails for: another 10 gallon, a pair of green sailfins (female is pregnant! Everyone panic! Okay just me) the male has orange and blue in his tail, he's a handsome devil. Another black female sword, a pair of dalmation mollies...Supposed to be male and female. Got em home two pregnant females! I was nervous that the black sword who is the only female NOT pregnant would be able to mate with the green sailfin so I have them seperated. I'm wondering if swords, sailfin mollies & platies can interbreed? Because I wasn't sure everyone is seperated and this took a bit of rearranging. Shuffling around air, stepping on my last air splitter..You can see where this is going huh? Rearranged my whole lil fish room that I just finished arranging last night to keep everyone apart. :twitcy: Well the lfs fish anyhoo. My Melody fish are all together at the moment, having a snack. :swoon: They are so pretty!

OH MY GOD!!! Melody created a monster! LOL What a great selection you got, Kat. I think she might have done this on purpose, ya think? What an assortment of livebearers and what a way to start, good quality stock. You got more tanks, you are hooked bad! Well, payback for hooking us on goldfish. j/k lol

Now that you know what you've got for fish, this is Kat today, everyone. We won't be seeing too much of her, I'm thinking. Between reading andhttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_13_3.gif searching the Internet finding all sorts of facts and strainshttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/11/11_9_10.gif, our little Miss Mod will be quite busy.

[Katalyst]

Did someone call me? lol Little Miss Mod? lol Have you been talking to my husband? I keep peeking downstairs but they are still super jumpy & are hiding from me. My swords are pretty nippy cranky things though nipping at anyone who swims within a few inches. Always gotta be one who can't seem to get along with the rest to foil the plans :yes:.

Okay so who's got:

Enders
Liberty Mollies
Anything else platy with that beautiful hifin or sail fin
and Lyre Swords?
Send themmmm tooooo meeeeeeeee lol.

[jordonsmum]

Did someone call me? lol Little Miss Mod? lol Have you been talking to my husband? I keep peeking downstairs but they are still super jumpy & are hiding from me. My swords are pretty nippy cranky things though nipping at anyone who swims within a few inches. Always gotta be one who can't seem to get along with the rest to foil the plans :yes:.

Okay so who's got:

Enders
Liberty Mollies
Anything else platy with that beautiful hifin or sail fin
and Lyre Swords?
Send themmmm tooooo meeeeeeeee lol.

Did someone say Lyretail swords??? I have a few (about 50) of those... waiting for new homes....::D:

[traco1]

Did someone call me? lol Little Miss Mod? lol Have you been talking to my husband? I keep peeking downstairs but they are still super jumpy & are hiding from me. My swords are pretty nippy cranky things though nipping at anyone who swims within a few inches. Always gotta be one who can't seem to get along with the rest to foil the plans :yes:.

Okay so who's got:

Enders
Liberty Mollies
Anything else platy with that beautiful hifin or sail fin
and Lyre Swords?
Send themmmm tooooo meeeeeeeee lol.

I've got a few endlers from Swamp River, they are the black bar strain.

[Katalyst]

Count me in! :twitcy:

[Katalyst]

I've got a few endlers from Swamp River, they are the black bar strain.
They ship to Canada? :eek: :wideeyed: That is great/bad news lol.

[traco1]

Yep, a big bill but I was lucky and got some from a girl who had already ordered them from Swamp River and a year later, was selling the fry. They are still pure strain have not been kept with any other guppies. Males are very pretty.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b127/traco1/IMG_4523.jpg

[Katalyst]

Ohhhhh I love them! So pretty! You should be selling your fry an aquabid! Actually forget that idea, just send them here lol.

I just tried taking pictures and so far no one feels like cooperating. Even the mollies seemed miffed at the moment. I did give them a small water change and added a bit of salt and I swear they were rejoicing even though the params were fine.

[CACAdmin]

I just tried taking pictures and so far no one feels like cooperating. Even the mollies seemed miffed at the moment. I did give them a small water change and added a bit of salt and I swear they were rejoicing even though the params were fine.

They do take a little while to settle down. Not sure who you put where but they'll probably feel more comfortable if they have a few plants to hide among.

[Katalyst]

They do take a little while to settle down. Not sure who you put where but they'll probably feel more comfortable if they have a few plants to hide among.

Melody's shipment- 10 gallon/seeded sponge filter full of plastic tacky plants, river rocks and a cave for the cories to hide in.

LFS fish seperate 10 gallon/seeded sponge filter- filled with tacky plastic plants as well.

When I was in Florida last Walmart had a huge sale on 18 inch plastic plants. $3 a piece I bought tons lol. They are ugly as all get out but work in a pinch, especially in my dark basement.

[CACAdmin]

Sounds good... the fish don't care if they're plastic plants (tacky or otherwise :laugh: ). They even may prefer tacky.:;): I don't suppose you consulted them on the decor?:laugh:

[Katalyst]

LFS Sail Fin, he was swimming around with his newfound harem happily until I showed up then he dropped to the bottom but then puffed up like a peacock. :laugh: If you look at the top right there's a female black sword and a pregnant sail fin. Good thing BBS is on the way!
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/katalyst_x/awow.jpg

Melody Fish :swoon: :red_dance: The little red guy (lyre?) is my favorite. Well this minute anyways. He's just so little, his name is Spike. Which probally means it should really be Sally or something lol.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/katalyst_x/aprettysailfin.jpg

<3 2Female's? Is the one on the right pregnant? :eek: Or just shapely?
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/katalyst_x/aprettysail.jpg

Finally a shot of that high fin, doh! Foiled again, little brat decided to hid behind the heater! :laugh:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m103/katalyst_x/aprettysail2.jpg

Holy crap everyone's pregnant all of a sudden, good thing Pam is in driving distance! The naponesis were hiding in their cave and were not available for comments or photos.

[CACAdmin]

Oooooh very nice fishies indeed! Your LFS Sailfin problably saw you as a threat to his harem...lol.

Spike is a female... (still young so still could be a late blooming male... they do that sometimes) so maybe Ms. Spike...lol.

<3 2Female's? Is the one on the right pregnant? :eek: Or just shapely?
One on left is definitely a female. The one on right looks like it could be a male... tough to tell when you can't really see the anal fin properly.

Here's some help in sexing your new livebearers: http://www.pacificaquatics.ca/Infosheets-Sexing_Livebearers.html

[Melody]

You have a pair of Platy's - the one with the big dorsal is the male (it will get longer as he ages). The smallest Swordtail will either be a lyre or hifin. The larger red Swordtail that I don't see in these pic's, was almost definitly going to be a lyre (the gono is almost as long as he is already...lol....a sure sign of a lyre.)

The Hifin male Platy is a cross between a greenish blue Hifin Variatus and a redtail white Hifin Maculatus Platy. The blue/mauve female Hifin Platy is mostly variatus, and of unknown heritage.

Love your male Sailfin!

Beautiful pic's!

[Melody]

The red Swordtails were from a selective breeding tank. Daddy is a beaut of a Pineapple male with an awesome hifin that you can see if you look close enough, and Mama is one of the many females he entertained.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Livebearers-BBs4.jpg

[Gramma]

Wow, Kathleen you sure have some nice fish there. :yes: Life will never be the same. These livebearers will make the hobby even more fun and interesting. However, there is so much more to learn now. Should keep you busy and out of trouble. Enjoy!!!!

[Pamelajo]

What are you saying Kat, that I need to get more tanks going, before you visit???

[Katalyst]

You have a pair of Platy's - the one with the big dorsal is the male (it will get longer as he ages). The smallest Swordtail will either be a lyre or hifin. The larger red Swordtail that I don't see in these pic's, was almost definitly going to be a lyre (the gono is almost as long as he is already...lol....a sure sign of a lyre.)

The Hifin male Platy is a cross between a greenish blue Hifin Variatus and a redtail white Hifin Maculatus Platy. The blue/mauve female Hifin Platy is mostly variatus, and of unknown heritage.

Love your male Sailfin!

Beautiful pic's!

The larger sword is a total scardey cat and hides a lot. I did see him wiggling around on the sponge filter today, the swords are funny little characters. The naponesis are much better this evening zipping around. Yep saw the gono suspected a boy. I love those platy's.

[Katalyst]

What are you saying Kat, that I need to get more tanks going, before you visit???

You saw that huh? :laugh:

[Pamelajo]

Yep! Just got home yesterday from Dad's so still catching up.

[Katalyst]

The red Swordtails were from a selective breeding tank. Daddy is a beaut of a Pineapple male with an awesome hifin that you can see if you look close enough, and Mama is one of the many females he entertained.




http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Livebearers-BBs4.jpg


Man am I ever a sucker for long finnage. What pretty fish!

[blainep]

I don't know, but I think the white one is best looking one. :;):

[Melody]

LOL For some reason, I was compelled to name that one "Molly"

[Melody]

Man am I ever a sucker for long finnage. What pretty fish!

Thanks, me too. Wish the camera flash didn't make the reds & golds quite so garish looking, but you get the idea.

[Katalyst]

I don't know, but I think the white one is best looking one. :;):
I like that one too...And since you mentioned it a question for you guys if I may.

In the lfs I saw two tanks of mollies. One said silver mollies, another said platinum mollies. I could note no differences. Same?

[Katalyst]

Thanks, me too. Wish the camera flash didn't make the reds & golds quite so garish looking, but you get the idea.

You are right the red and the golds garish and hideous. Send them all to me! :rofl:

[jordonsmum]

The red Swordtails were from a selective breeding tank. Daddy is a beaut of a Pineapple male with an awesome hifin that you can see if you look close enough, and Mama is one of the many females he entertained.



http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Livebearers-BBs4.jpg


Gee Mel, he looks familiar:laugh:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t174/jordonsmum/100_5737.jpg

[Melody]

Yup, pineapples have been around for a long time. Mine was a bonus fish from Charles on an order and I like his yellow colour density most, which of course, hasn't come through in the offspring yet :rolleyes: . I just got some new Hifin Neon females that have an awesome base on the dorsal, nice and wide, so I'm putting him on those to improve the thickness of the dorsal. Hifin Swordtails have some lovely length to the dorsal, but its always too narrow & thin looking. The orient is producing some that are nothing short of breathtaking - you may have seen them on Aquabid. I've seen a lot of fish in my time, but they made the oldest of veterans stop right up short and say "WOW!"

[Melody]

You are right the red and the golds garish and hideous. Send them all to me! :rofl:

LOL I'm sure we'll be trading up a storm very soon!

[traco1]

Yup, pineapples have been around for a long time. Mine was a bonus fish from Charles on an order and I like his yellow colour density most, which of course, hasn't come through in the offspring yet :rolleyes: . I just got some new Hifin Neon females that have an awesome base on the dorsal, nice and wide, so I'm putting him on those to improve the thickness of the dorsal. Hifin Swordtails have some lovely length to the dorsal, but its always too narrow & thin looking. The orient is producing some that are nothing short of breathtaking - you may have seen them on Aquabid. I've seen a lot of fish in my time, but they made the oldest of veterans stop right up short and say "WOW!"
Good thing you are working, for all these new fish coming out, heh? Your trip to Texas may be fortunate for you.:;):

[traco1]

I like that one too...And since you mentioned it a question for you guys if I may.

In the lfs I saw two tanks of mollies. One said silver mollies, another said platinum mollies. I could note no differences. Same?

Platinums cost more than the Silvers. j/k:rofl:

[Katalyst]

Platinums cost more than the Silvers. j/k:rofl:
Would make sense lol somehow in my head. :rofl:

[traco1]

Well of course it makes sense. Plantinum jewellry costs waayyyy more than silver jewellry.:laugh:

[Melody]

I like that one too...And since you mentioned it a question for you guys if I may.

In the lfs I saw two tanks of mollies. One said silver mollies, another said platinum mollies. I could note no differences. Same?

Sorry Kat, missed the question. If they look the same, its probably just a play on common names. The suppliers change them constantly - boosts sales.

[Melody]

Good thing you are working, for all these new fish coming out, heh? Your trip to Texas may be fortunate for you.:;):

I'd gladly spend the year's budget there - nothing but the best and countless species that Canada hasn't seen... I'll be in Heaven.