Lexie, First let me explain a couple things......I have a masters in fish, maintained my own fishroom for more than 20 years, write for fish magazines and more. I have bred show bettas and many other fish. I have showed fish and won Best in Show on numerous occassions.I have many years of experience just keeping fish healthy and happy. The reason, that you get posts about the size of your aquarium is because you are not providing the proper care that is needed to keep two bettas alive and happy in a 2.5 gallon tank. We are not judging you....just trying to make you understand that you are not providing the right conditions that your pets need. Your bettas may live for a while....one is already not eating....so that one won't live long.....The other one won't live long either in the conditions that you said you have provided. Bettas need high temps from 79 to 82. If your room temps don't make the water in this little tank that temp.....then a heater is a must. Small tanks without heater also have greater and faster fluctuations of temps as the room temps change....this can cause major stress to your fish. A healthy betta or any healthy fish will start eating the next day after transportation. A stressed or sick fish won't. Most breeders feed a large variety of foods, so that their fish will do well and eat well in their new homes, regardless of what is fed. The fish that are raised on farms, don't get that care, and that is what you will find in most pet stores. These fish are stressed to begin with when they are transported to your pet store.....and then on top of that they are moved again to the customers tank, usually in a couple of days....only to cause more stress. May I strongly suggest you do a google search and read as much as you can about bettas or any other fish you might possibley be interested in. Here are a couple of books you might also want to look for. 1. BETTAS A Complete Introduction by Walt Maurus..this book is a tfh publication 2. Bettas Gouramis and other Anabantoids Labyrinth Fishes of the World by Jorg Vierke.....this book is also a tfh publication. You can of course choose to do as you please with YOUR fish....but they won't live long in poor conditions. Sorry that is just the facts. Some of us are actually trying to help you. Good luck!

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Often spin issues have to do with a restricted drain line, though it could be something else, especially since it works with small loads. If you have one of the older German or Mexican built Duets, there is a removable access panel below the door that gives you access to the pump trap, among other things. If you have one of those models, I would recommend removing it and cleaning the trap. If you have one of the newer Clyde built Duets, accessing the trap requires more involved disassembly, and you should call for service so they can clean the trap for you if needed. If a repair is needed, I am inferring from your post that you aren't planning on doing it yourself. Appliance technicians, at least good ones, are not parts changing monkeys. Yes, there are some cases where they will know the problem instantly upon hearing a description, but more often, diagnosing is half the battle. In fact, most technicians will not accept a customer diagnosis over the phone before visiting.

Hubby listens to a talk-radio station here in San Diego County, but we've asked him to keep his listening habits for that centered on the CAR'S radio. He complies. Our house can have anything going - both DD#1 and I play piano, though she's moved out for the most part. (Sniff, sniff.) Stereo plays jazz, New Age (especially Yanni and John Tesh), 70s stuff like ABBA, Carpenters, John Denver, Neil Diamond; 60s stuff like Peter-Paul-and-Mary and the Beatles, and Beethoven or Mozart! We have an adapter on one stereo that will play the iPod. The other stereo doesn't have one of those kinds of cords yet. Our tastes are wide - neither of us loves rap, and our "country" tastes differ between the two of us. DH will listen to Hank Williams, while I'm more of a Toby Keith type listener. If DH isn't home, opera and operetta can play, though I'm not a BIG fan of those. DonnaR/CA