Quote Originally Posted by binka_nugget
I'm down to one single petsmart Crowntail now Most of my babies got ich and died after I started using a non-hikari brand of bloodworms. The ones who survived were always weak and didn't live very long in adulthood. My adults eventually passed as they got older. The local breeder and fish store I got my fish from stopped breeding so the only option now is to order online.. but if I'm not breeding, that's A LOT of money to spend on pet bettas.
Aww, Ashleyyy. I'm so sorry. =,(

I had a die-off of my two FAVORITE breeding pairs, who were all in a divided 10g. They all died within a few days of each other, mysteriously. One of the pairs were siblings of the turquoise BF spawn, and what bums me out the most is that I can't continue that line. The other pair was my yellow & green BF DT Plakats, I was also about to breed them.

I got really discouraged after losing those four... but I had another small spawn over the summer, and I'm about to spawn 2 siblings from that, for the Northern California show in May. Sometimes you just need a break. Bettas have such fragile lives, and it sounds lame, but they can break your heart.

If you're interested in copper marble Plakats this summer, you know I would send you some, for free. C: That is, if I ever figure out how to go about deporting/importing fish.