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 Betta splendens Fighting Fish Club Ya'll! v2

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BillyJoe2212
post Oct 17 2006, 12:39 AM

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Hi all,

I am new here and I love Bettas, I used to own 4 CT and they died one after another of sudden death sad.gif I am not sure what killed them....coz one night they were fine...flaring and eating..and the next morning they were floating and very dead...

Anyway, I tried breeding them and I successfully got a batch of about 50 fries (my first attempt), problem was I fed them Liquifry no.1 for the first 2 weeks and I later moved on to Daphnias.....I seperated the bigger ones from the communal tank at 2 months and the problem I had then was that they refused to grow....at the 6 month mark, they were still colorless and not showing much finnage and they remained like that until they all started dying as well...ever since then...I stopped keeping them as it was heart breaking. But of late...I have made up my mind again to start all over. Any advice as to where I can buy some fish (I used to get mine from Mont Kiara flea market)? The ones I see in the pet shops are pathetic...*sigh* I miss my mustard gas CT...he was so beautiful...

Anyway...I would like to apologize for the longwinded post....and finally I would like to say a great big hi to everyone here and I thank you all in advance for your time and feedback biggrin.gif
BillyJoe2212
post Oct 18 2006, 09:51 AM

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QUOTE(Jitticus @ Oct 17 2006, 12:58 PM)
Looks like your fry suffered from malnutrition and old age. smile.gif
You need a bigger space for them. After you jar them out, you have to start feeding them with bloodworms or tubifex worms. U cannot keep feeding daphnia. Otherwise they will suffer from malnutrition (1 type of food cannot have all the proper nutrition).
As for starting again, you will not be able to find CT females in the petshops. ALL you ever get are shortfin plakat fighter females. spawn those and have a headache with crappy fins and poor colouration.

My advise is to get a nice pair from some trustworthy breeder and start from there. Also, the home breeders usually don't have many colours but their quality is definitely better than petshops. I can introduce you a friend who keeps CTs.
Yewlin also has a few but they are going for the competition  rclxm9.gif .
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Hi Jitticus,

Thanks for the feedback, I am very keen to start all over again. Where or how can I contact your friend? I may contact the person after the raya holidays as I will be busy running around during the holidays. How much damage would I be looking at for a decent breeding pair of CT? smile.gif

Thanks once again for the feedback and I apologize in advance if I seem to be asking too much.

Cheers! biggrin.gif


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