c'mon guys posting some picture of fish... boring chatiing withour picture...

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This post has been edited by spirit of demon: Nov 18 2009, 01:09 AM

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water cloudy... den, need to do water change lo

slow down the feeding rate will help too...

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Added on November 19, 2009, 5:50 pmmale chase female is part and parcel.. is something like foreplay... so, let it be... just make sure the male din kill the female....

and one tips for you.. let the male see the female for a few days during the conditioning period... let's them know each other first...

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: Nov 19 2009, 05:50 PM

if u condition them well enough, shud have no problem... as i said, chase and bite is the foreplay...

and one question... is the male making bubble nest?

normally it take 1-3 days for the spawning process to take place.. if after 3 days still no eggs under the nest.. u need to recondition the pair...

the spawning process will take place under the bubblenest.. and the male will pick up the eggs and put it under the bubblenest..
after spawning.. the male will chase the female away from the nest.. So, if u saw there is eggs under the nest and the female is being chased away(means they finish the business d).. it is the best time to remove the female..

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Added on March 4, 2010, 7:15 amto play around with this fishes is okay.. but if you are entering show arena..

it is a undesired fish... the fish have too many fault.. simply just look at the caudal, it is rounded.. you will wasted your time to take this as breeder for show betta...

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Added on March 4, 2010, 7:19 amif you are just playing around.. u can just get those fighter female, which worth rm1

if you are entering show arena.. i suggest you to get from local hobbist..
a quality female price range fetch from RM50-RM250(depend on quality and the willingness of breeder to sell his/her fish)

and of course, female is more important than the male.. use ur budget for female rather than a male..

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: Mar 4 2010, 07:19 AM

from the puicture above.. it is a fighter...

and somehow i felt your tank is too big for spawning purpose... i suggest you to get a standard 1 footer, it speed up process of spawning..
get your fish acclimatise first before feeding.. i guess they are feed on lives foods before hand.. so, u have to slowly train them to pellet feed.

i guess this is a male(as u mentioned, no white spot at the belly) fighter from the picture...

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Added on May 8, 2010, 3:02 amyou water is not clean enough or the fish is stress, or it will bite off its tail.. it is vr common for halfmoons... and genetic background play a role too..

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Added on May 8, 2010, 3:05 amvr common for halfmoons.. too stress...

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Added on May 8, 2010, 3:07 amwhat colour u looking at.. better look for reputable breeder around~~

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Added on May 8, 2010, 3:09 amu sure it is 3 years and 5 months? do u know betta lifespan?

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: May 8 2010, 03:09 AM

erm.. the white colour things is ovaries.. so, it cannot be hide..

how long is the fin? HM?

sorry to dissapoint u that, wiki doesn't mean correct... wiki is man-based uploaded info.. not scientific info... if you are doing professional thesis.. u cant put wiki as references.. hope this help... look at the finnage.. i can tell its age... over a years or 2... a hm will failed to erect his finnage so well... and mostly, they will bite their tail in order for them to swim properly.. HM is not a pure splendens.. it have undergo some study of genetic background and selective breeding.. so, u cant compare a wild splendens with a hm... hope this help and no offence anyone..


why i know this?

i took part in betta competiton, and mostly i will compete in HM category.. So, i know what is the best time for a HM to show his full potential.. normally, a full potential hm will be 5-7months, when the finnage and colour fully develop(especially for red, the big scale and irids will slowly be cover by red at this age).. So, a breeder will normally spawn the fish 6 months before the competition.. and dont't believe, spawn a pair.. u know what i m talking about..


and if talking about non-splendens type.. that is different story.. let's say macrostoma.. they can live for 9 years and above.. because they reach their maturity around 1.5 years old while splendens reach its maturity at 2.5 months old..

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Added on May 8, 2010, 5:52 pmwan to know more... go to this...
http://www.ibcbettas.org/smp/species/index.html

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Added on May 8, 2010, 6:00 pmby looking at the ventrals from the picture.. i got at least 60% confident to tell u that, the LFS is right...

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Added on May 8, 2010, 6:05 pmvomit out means it is full d.. stop feeding now..
and in order to give a long-run good heath for an adult fish.. try skip feeding(feed 2 days and stop 1 day) and a small portion(let say three piece of 0.1mm diameter pellets) are enough for each feeding.. don't over feed...

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: May 8 2010, 06:12 PM

picture of some of my non-splendens type...

B.Uberis


B.krataois



B.Pugnax and B.macrostoma


and i have B.persephone, B.albimarginata. B.channoides, B.Rubra and B.dimidiata.. will post up their picture soon

feed twice a day is more than enough.. the main key is frequent but less...
stop feeding ur female... else when she get too big.. it is hard to spawn her d.. the male cannot embrace her...

male can spawn from age of 3 months to entire lifespan provided it can blow thick bubble nest and still strong enough to embrace the female... Normally, male that is older than 1 year old, it is hard to spawn him d.. but that is still chance that old male can spawn.. just not easy.. So, get a young male...

you can know the female is spawning mood when u saw the vertical bar and if the belly is big enough... normally, 3 months old female is mature enough to spawn.. rest her about 2 weeks to 1 months.. u can spawn her again..
and remember female is dominant than male.. means the frys normmaly depend more on female.. that is y, female price is higher..

So, get a nice female to spawn..


a quote from my friend,
"cheap is not good, good is not cheap"

bloodworms in can? first time heard of it...

why dont u buy those frozen broodworms that sold for rm2.50 at lfs..

it have divided into several cubes, i think is about 20 cubes, which every single cube is more than enuf for u.. if u have not more than 10 pcs of betta...

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Added on July 17, 2010, 7:47 amtake ur time, read back a few pages.. i think we have discuss it a lot of time... anyway, a simple guide for u.. female ovaris(white dot at the bottom of belly) is very obvious... and male have longer ventral fins.... take ur time.. search a few pages back.. u will know more.. and gain more knowledge...

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Added on July 17, 2010, 7:50 amu stay in cyberjaya? haha... i also stay in cyberjaya.. got time come out yumcha.. then, u will know more....

i have temporaly retired from showbetta and concentrating on wildbetta.. so, u want know anything.. i can share with u too...

but, do some homework(goodle) first ya...

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: Jul 17 2010, 07:50 AM

wesya,
if u really want to enter show arena and go to competition, let's take my negative comments as constructive one so that u can improve...
u will always listen.. "nice fish"... "good looking", but it doesn't help u to improve.. so, here i give u some negative but constructive comments, so that u can improve on ur line...

1st pic,
spade tail, long anal fin, bump head, short body, narrow dorsal..bad scaling..

3rd pic,
masking not fully cover... anal not sharp..

5th pic,
scaling, narrow dorsal and weird pattern of anal..

6th fish
uneven color

8th fish
nice colour, but rounded caudal, dorsal need to improve..

9th..
unven caudal ray branching!!

join bettakakis...and post ur picture there... sai, the certified IBC judge will give u more comments...

take ur time... because the admin is reconstucting the website.. so, there is no info yet... soon, we will try to update as much info as possible.. especially faq..

this tread died? ppl only interested in selling tread.. not here...sad!!

the last one u show is wild betta macrostoma... it is the king of betta, i would said.. but, it is not as easy as show betta.. it require some extra knowledge on it...i have a few batch.. if you are looking for it.. let me know...

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Added on February 21, 2011, 1:17 pmHi, Curapts, received ur pm regarding this HM too.. worth or not worth is depend on yourself... sometime you will fairly cheap price for a perfect fish and sometime you spent a lot of a rubbish.. So, it is up to u.. For me, if you want to use this fish as breeder, i would say no.. because there is so much of irrids on body and intensity of red colour or so low.. furthermore.. the caudal is not sharp... anyway, happy hunting..

i m back to scene... Hello Guys..

This post has been edited by spirit of demon: Feb 21 2011, 01:17 PM

Hi Blisguy, received ur pm too.. U may be mislead by my comment above.. Sorry to let u down that i dont have any fancies at the moment(the comment was actually refer to Macrostoma)... My collections are more to solid colours, but occasionally, i would have sala or tri-bands...

If you are really interested in Fancy HMs, you may look for bobby with reasonable price... i believe at rm50-rm100, you would get a perfect fancy HMs d.. So, take your time to hunt for ur precious, dont rush in decision...

Hi, guys.... in fact, i m still breeding( not myself,hhahaha) betta, but not show betta, i m more into wildbetta.. After settle down in Johor for few months, i have back into "show" Arena and may be ready for upcoming Aquarama.. hopefully.. winks ... i m still at the ealy stage to regain my previous line.. hopefully, i would have something to offer in the coming months but not so soon lah.....

Happy betta keeping, dude... !!!

Cheers,
Felix

Wah, u all buy from who.. i become bad person lo.. disturb ppl sale... mind to share who is the fish owner?

Hi, bro... u all like spy.. spy-ing on me.. Lolz...

yup.. i m no longer in KL.. i move down to Johor.. back to my hometown.. but, of course, sometimes will travel up to KL... but, no worries.. i m here to share anything i know( i m new too )..