fed my betta with little fish too!
the space of your aquarium equals to chances of survivor hehehe (very cruel huh)

it's all about ammonia and nitrates, as long as u can keep the those level below danger, bottle of any size will do.

how to know thosee ammonia and nitrates below danger or not ar...?

use a test kit...can buy each test kit for roughly 30-50 bux depending on the brand

you can check using those ammonia and nitrate testing kits sold in LFS but it's not economical to do so, therefore water change is the best solution.

the smaller the volumn of water used to house betta, the more frequent you have to change water to get rid of ammonia and nitrates. for a container measuring 4x4x4, you will have to do daily water change, twice daily if possible.

the containers i use can house 1/3 of a gallon of water, thus enabling me to do weekly water change instead of daily.

buy he is keeping normal lfs betta..not those halfmoon,double tail show type betta..so its very hardy..therefore doesnt need to do water change that frequent..but if u would like ur betta to be healthy then u can do so..

twice a day? i think the betta will be uncomfortable with that

BTW, i wan to breed this gurl, but now male tearing it's fin apart, what to do ar?

it's normal when u put ur female betta with the male betta.... especially when u're trying to breed
if u're chinese, there's a chinese words 不打不相识 mean that we won't recognize each other if we don't even quarelling sometimes.
just wait for few days, see whether the male betta will stop to attack the female betta or not...
please notice that if there's some white spots among the bubble nest built by the male betta.
if that happen, remove the female betta from the breeding tank gently
the male betta will take care of the eggs until the young baby fish swimming around.....
after u saw the betta fries start swimming, remove the male betta from the breeding tank

it's easy to breed the betta, but for me; i think it's harder to take care the betta fries until they grow healthy

This post has been edited by Namgor2006: Jan 3 2008, 02:38 PM

i let them see earch other for a couple days, but now the female scales is dropped, fins breaked... now swim like er... wierd.

if u're worry too much, suppose u have to remove the female betta from the male betta.
try to breed again, maybe after next few weeks
do u have any other female betta??

another female huh,

if i quarrel with my gf i can find another female as well huh

i mean female betta......
not another girl friend...

Yeah my bettas are ordinary ones, not hardcore like you guys. Very hardy, but they do die after a while. haha

too much water changing is not good either..

chow1942:not all female can be breed..i experiance myself before i bought 3 female back & try to breed them but they cant produce eggs..their tummy wont go fat..haha

u can know when u see their tummy getting fat & full with eggs..u need to condition female & male before putting them together..gutload them 1st..then intro the female to the male 1~2days then check see the female tummy issit full with eggs..u must choose the write timing to release the female..cause if too late then the female will drop all her eggs then its a waste cause no sperm ma..

ok then after u feel its the time to release the female..then u need to monitor it..wait for hours see any mating happening..they will surely hit each other..sometimes female will hit the male badly too..my halfmoon become crowntail ledi last time .If nothing happen after 2~3hr together & the female keep run & hide from the male then u can remove the female & do back the same previous step..

wish u goodluck..taking care of the fries is more troublesome

they finally 'do it' YEAH~

a question: do we need to change the water? it's kind of er... dirty sediment

take the plastic tubing used for air bubbles and siphon out the betta's faeces and all the uneaten food at the base of the tank...remember not to siphon out the fallen eggs ya
do this every 1 or 2 days depending on how free you are ....also remember to top up the water with conditioned water

This post has been edited by ynneb25: Jan 4 2008, 03:11 PM

u canot change water in 2weeks time till ur fries is stable..

u can only suck those shit out like ynneb25 said & add some water by suck them in slowly..not to create too much flow in the water so it slowly..

egg york can be good food for 1st few days but it will cloud your water very fast..best food will be daphnia & 1 more but forgotten already..i remember someone did bulk it here but its very long time ago maybe in V1 thread..bbs is your next choice..

thank you guys! Now i'm waiting for the hatch

you are forgetting vinegar eels + microworm both are quite easy to culture but culturing microworm is a real pain...coz it stinks like crap..


daphnia is the best/easiest....do not know how true it is...nowadays breeders r feeding them frozen...half a decade ago when i was a breeder i used to buy fresh/live daphnia everyday from sungei way(now i heard that the shop also shifted already =.=') sigh....



This post has been edited by ynneb25: Jan 4 2008, 07:51 PM

microworm is that little tiny red worms?