blondfish Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Thanks :-D I hope they will get their parents good looks Heres babies tank Then they get to go into here once they are big enough (lol excuse the bracing on the tank, lost heaps of tanks in the quakes and am paranoid about more falling over) And the parents little tanks, excuse the mess, photos were taken just before a waterchange and Ive given up making these ones look nice lol Wow, looks like they will be spoilt in their future tank! Is that set up as a sorority? Must have been horrible in the quakes! How many tanks/fish did you loose? What size are the parents tanks? They look quite small :-? They keep the water cleaner, fry can feed on the biofilm that forms on the leaves of the plants and the fish feel more comfortable with cover. Another good thing, is with tall, broad leafed plants, the Bettas often like to rest on them, especially when they're near the surface, as they don't have to swim as far to reach the surface to breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Yeah pretty much what Sam and Blondfish said. I have one little male in particular who loves sitting on top of the floating leaves so his entire back is sticking out of the water... I lost about 4 tanks. All my community fish died so I was left with only bettas who somehow survived even though their tanks fell down too. Then another quake smashed my growout tanks so the juvies had to be collected from the floor among the glass and under the couches into a dog water bowl lol they all survived though. So now i basically only keep fighters haha. Yeah its kinda a sorority at the moment, just growing out some of my previous spawns females in there, but Ill only keep 1 or 2 of them and then they can go live in the "keeper" tank Those tanks are about 7 L, roughly 30cm long. My non keeper males get way smaller living quarters than that though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 They keep the water cleaner, fry can feed on the biofilm that forms on the leaves of the plants and the fish feel more comfortable with cover. i may try it during mynext spawn , have 200 odd babies to grow out first though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 i may try it during mynext spawn , have 200 odd babies to grow out first though Nice! what parents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondfish Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Yeah pretty much what Sam and Blondfish said. I have one little male in particular who loves sitting on top of the floating leaves so his entire back is sticking out of the water... I lost about 4 tanks. All my community fish died so I was left with only bettas who somehow survived even though their tanks fell down too. Then another quake smashed my growout tanks so the juvies had to be collected from the floor among the glass and under the couches into a dog water bowl lol they all survived though. So now i basically only keep fighters haha. Yeah its kinda a sorority at the moment, just growing out some of my previous spawns females in there, but Ill only keep 1 or 2 of them and then they can go live in the "keeper" tank Those tanks are about 7 L, roughly 30cm long. My non keeper males get way smaller living quarters than that though Awww, that's a shame!!! I'm sorry for your losses &c:ry At least you get all the guy of Bettas now though Where do you sell your fry, once they're at a suitable age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Nice! what parents?[/quot probably round the 250 now 2 spawns are from my Superdelta Mustard Gas Male with a blue halfmoon female and a shortfin blue/red female 2 are from my Blue Halfmoon male (shortfin) with the females above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 what age do you transfer your babys to a larger tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 :cophot: :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 what age do you transfer your babys to a larger tank? I put them in when theyve learnt to eat floating food and when they are roughly 2-3 cm. So around 2 months Also your babies sound like they will turn out real nice, i expect pictures when they are old enough :thup: Heres a pic of some of the bigger shiny ones just before they got scooped out and put into the big tank. Some are starting to marble and males are starting to appear :cophot: :nfs: Thanks :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Beaut looking fish :cophot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Monique, am I imagining it or do the fry look like they have small crowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Monique, am I imagining it or do the fry look like they have small crowns. Yeah some of them are showing little crowns, Im hoping it goes away since but since these were imports who knows what crazy genes they are hiding. The female was labelled as HM but she looked more like a hmpk to me so Im praying my eye was right and the babies dont end up with long fins lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Yeah some of them are showing little crowns, Im hoping it goes away since but since these were imports who knows what crazy genes they are hiding. The female was labelled as HM but she looked more like a hmpk to me so Im praying my eye was right and the babies dont end up with long fins lol Who would know. The other question would be were the adults actually bred overseas or not. You would expect true imports to be pure breds otherwise perhaps the importers need to locate better breeders. You have a good eye so all should be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 i dislike that red gene, some of my babys are starting to show their blue they are close to 1 month now , but the small breeding tanks look so full now, the amount of live food they eat is rediculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Who would know. The other question would be were the adults actually bred overseas or not. You would expect true imports to be pure breds otherwise perhaps the importers need to locate better breeders. You have a good eye so all should be good. Yeah they were bred overseas at a random fish farm in singapore. There was a pretty big variety of quality in the shipment, some were absolutely stunning (almost perfect form, pure red hmpk completely clean of blue) and others were a bit of a mess. Maybe in the future well be able to have top aquabid or IBC breeders as our fighter supplier which would be a dream come true My eyes not that good, all my young female pks keep turning into males haha :nilly: i dislike that red gene, some of my babys are starting to show their blue they are close to 1 month now , but the small breeding tanks look so full now, the amount of live food they eat is rediculous Yeah Im not usually a fan of red either, but for some reason I quite like the look of it in the dragons. Luckily I have the redloss gene running through my other line which is my lifesaver for getting rid of red if I decide I dont like it Lol babies are such pigs. it sounds like yours are going to be nice fat healthy fighters the most exciting time is definitely when they start to show their colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 yeayyy mine got babies too i a v breed same male and witeish hmpk female .. fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Yay!! :thup: Im glad you got yours to breed. Cant wait to see what your babies will look like when full grown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 yess coz my female was gud one toooo i thnk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 i donno if she s gud quality one.. but i like her n i hope they ll av good babies ..also my male have slight double tail in him ..his tail shape is a kind of heart hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted October 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 She looks like a very nice one, nice compact fins. I think you will get some good fish from them Marbles so hopefully some will turn out like dad after all, and one is turning cellophane with white dragon scales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 thnk u .. n those babies r cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 hmm i was examining some of my baby bettas that i put my super delta mustard with a random female i brought ( beatuiful colours she has though) from animates. some of the babys are double tails - found it a bit strange lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Possibly not that strange - was one of the parents a half moon? When I was breeding I managed to get quite a few double tails from halfmoon spawns. They were easier to pick, they were the small fry that were stumpy and swam with a funny motion. Most of them were deformed in some way and few grew to adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Small update :-D Most of the babies are marble now, Ive started jarring the bullies. I also found a cute little orange male and an albino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 awsome, love the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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