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For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Those guys r SOOOOOOOO cute, btw, your camera has nice macro

Oops, shouldve been more specific, where can I buy that plastic feeder you have there for your fry ?

Wow, congrats on hatching them they look really nice. Hopefully you will have more success in the furture and who knows thoses bettas could win the contests one day. Fish2

BBS can be bought frozen, but it takes a bit on hunting.
BS can also be bought frozen and are much easier to find.
Some stores sell live adult BS, but they are a bit $$.

lots of places sell BS eggs, but getting them to adulthood is harder than it sounds.



For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Brine shrimp of all sizes? And where can I purchase that? Thanks

thanks guys

My spawning tank is pretty small, about 10L i think.
The tank they are in now is a standard 2'er, but its not completely full.

I am keeping some, at least 2 girls and a boy, but the rest i am selling to other breeders, or exchanging for other wild bettas

EDIT: and the plastic thing is a worm feeder cone, wonderful for feeding live worms, but it works really well on brine shrimp too

Last edited by Callatya at 05-Dec-2004 18:29

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Congratulations Calla ! I was wondering how big your tank you used to breed in and whats that thing your using in one of those last pics to feed the fry the bbs?

Beautiful! What are you going to do with them all?

That are so cute, they are growing nicely grats

Sweet!
I guess it´s a bit far to ship them to Sweden, otherways I´d love to take a few of your hands.
Well done!!

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So here I am once more...

All of the pics are great
Ithose fry....

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

and last one

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For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

a few of you know my dirty little secret, but i'll tell the rest of you now... Up until recently, i have never had a successful betta spawn. Yes, thats right, i was fry-less.

The first spawn (Phoenix X Blush) became caviar, and the second spawn (Brutus X Anna) really drove home the fact that an ovipositor-looking-thing isnt always a sign that something is female... Yes, i tried to breed 2 males. Brutus was all into it, but thats another story

ANYWAY, my recent success isnt actually with splendens, its with Smaragdina


I recently aquired some wild caught males from Thailand and within 2 weeks of getting them home, i popped the one with the larger dorsal in with my female in one of those AquaOne acrylic tanks (not the all-in-one ones, just the box ones) and waited.


I let her out, and 2 days later put her back into her lantern for a big feed of blackworms. 2 days later, i fed them again, but didnt bother to separate them.
by the 8th day, i was fed up and went to remove them both, destoying the nest in the process.


I had just removed the male when i realised that bubblenests arent usually black and wiggly. DUH

well, i decided not to risk putting the male back in and just left them to develop on their own, and they did...

on the 8th day after hatching i went to try to clean the tank... which is harder than it sounds. Microworms are sticky, and the fry arent developed enough to move out of your way. I decided it was easier to syphon the fry out and then just wipe out the tank.
It was then that i realised how many i had, about 45


They had at least doubled in size in that 8 days. They were about 'small guppy fry' size. Now they are 'large guppy fry' size


I started them on frozen BBS yesterday. They arent as interested as they were in the MW, ut they seem to be eating. I figured a dead live food would make the transition to pellets easier later on.

Thoughts and feeling welcome

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For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

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For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

thanks for the compliments everyone

I think i had a lot of people fooled *shhh!*

they are growing so very fast they are visible from the dining table now

I got my pick of the 5 males and 4 females that were imported.
i chose 2 males and 1 female.

I'll keep the piccies coming

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Cool, grats on you success Calla, cant wait to see more pics. Please keep us updated with the babies.