well the male and female can be identified at the bottom of its belly. If you see a white spot on the bottom of the belly its a female.
well if u put 2 males they might end up killing each other. If your fishes are for competiton or display make sure u isolate them its better.
i've been breeding for quite some time . my fishes are mostly from thailand. compare to ipoh hatchery its much more better.

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Added on February 27, 2011, 12:03 amwell the male and female can be identified at the bottom of its belly. If you see a white spot on the bottom of the belly its a female.
well if u put 2 males they might end up killing each other. If your fishes are for competiton or display make sure u isolate them its better.
i've been breeding for quite some time . my fishes are mostly from thailand. compare to ipoh hatchery its much more better.

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Added on February 27, 2011, 12:14 amwell normally i just put less than half tank water if one feet.
u have to keep overnight better and you can try putting a leave called "tua hiok poh" its a leave which have medical function for fishes.
the water will turn brown like tea but its ok . when ur fish is stable again u can change the water by half then the colour will fade away and
the fish will be fine again. it works for mine i hope it can help.

This post has been edited by skyz79: Feb 27 2011, 12:14 AM

in penang sometimes i get to buy quite a variety of females such as halfmoon plakat, halfmoon and double tail too. i found them in CTY aquarium shop.
but u got to try ur luck ok coz sometimes the condition of the fish not so good mostly injury so depends on ur luck lo. u buy a few normally one or two will survive and i think thats good enough coz its just 90cents.

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Added on February 28, 2011, 1:25 amwill post them in FB soon. my camera sucks take d not nice. wait i lend from my friend and will take and upload them.

This post has been edited by skyz79: Feb 28 2011, 01:25 AM

http://www.facebook.com/?flyingspaghettimo...100002155390662

hi i have setup my site in facebook.
hope u enjoy looking at my bettas.
They are for sale. I will add more breeds soon.

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Added on March 21, 2011, 1:17 pmhttp://www.facebook.com/?flyingspaghettimonster=home#!/profile.php?id=100002155390662

here is my collection that i just post in fb.
im doing retail for betta and they come in many varieties.
will post more soon once they are shipped from bangkok.


This post has been edited by skyz79: Mar 21 2011, 01:17 PM

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1618...100002155390662

sry guys wrong link

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Added on March 21, 2011, 1:41 pmhttp://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1618...62&l=cc4597067a

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1617...62&l=12ba66f1a9

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Added on March 21, 2011, 1:55 pmif got i let u know got shipment coming this april.

This post has been edited by skyz79: Mar 21 2011, 01:55 PM

pick the dry ones only.

think your water is not stable as before breeding u need to put indian almond leaves to avoid your fries from getting infected with fungus and parasites.
you will have to feed them too after they spawn for a few days. i usually feed them with shrimps. u need to put the shrimps evenly if u have a big tank or aquarium
as the young fries not yet able to hunt for food on their surroundings like the adults.
as this is your first time breeding this pair the fries are a little weak. maybe on your second attempt they will be ok.
but don't expact much if u are using an aquarium. I tried using that and only manage to breed around 20 to 30 fries per tank.

by using plastic tanks i mange to raise around 100 now. its best if u have algae in the water as thats the best to keep them alive as it is hard to estimate how much they
eat. worms and shirmps (protein) green plants (fibre). if u have both of this ur fries will grow fast too. hope this can help you out in your next try.

its best that u use fine salt so it can dilute faster. good luck ya

usually the male won't eat their young unless they got frighten.
i took them out only after the fries can swim on their own properly.
usually after a week but i will keep them isolated from people.

well about a few weeks u can see them grow d. for mine coz my tank no algae just feed bbs so around 3 to 4 weeks it can start eating worm.
make sure u pick the worms before feed or they might get choked if the worm too large.

What u feed your fish?
if really dirty u should clean it. normally after i suck out the dirt i will put some new water in.
but i dun put straight like that i use a bottle and dug a hole and let the water slowly drip to the aquarium.

i just use a small pipe . u know the one we use for oxigen pump?
u have to be careful not to fast when u suck out the dirt.

yes. as when u take ur time to spawn ur bbs it will have something to eat too as i mention plants can provide natural fibre for the fish.
the water will turn green as u watch carefully there is a layer of greenish stuf on the surface of your breeding tank. Actually if u use aquarium got expose to some
sunlight will be just perfect for the baby fries. careful not to expose too much as if ur water turn too green u will not be able to see your fish.
too bad my home cant do that for my aquariums. so i use plastic tank/ bucket. i will expose them daily for a few hours when the sun is not too hot.
if not you will warm up the water and kill ur fries. dun put plastics on floor ya if u keep them outside. put some bricks under it so the heat from the ground wont
transfer too much to your plastic tank. i hope this can help. good luck!

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Added on March 25, 2011, 4:41 pmif ur water too dirty ur fries will get sick it might effect the whole spawn.
no need always change. i change just once a week or two.
u dun put in too much bbs will be ok . but if u feed boiled egg yolk then must change daily as water will smell and turn cloudy.
bbs can last a few hours in your tank so better if compare to egg.
microworm is also good but it will sink so if ur fish stay below mostly then ok .
if not u will have to clean them.

This post has been edited by skyz79: Mar 25 2011, 04:41 PM

haha ya i put a lot of effort in it. hope i get a few nice pair soon.

take it easy bro all u need is some sunlight.
will see them in a week or two.

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Added on March 27, 2011, 4:22 pmmaybe its because the source of food is not enough or the enviroment also.
my spawn also 1 month d. some big but some small. i will get a fibre tub soon.
wait for my dragons hmpk to arrive.

This post has been edited by skyz79: Mar 27 2011, 04:22 PM

u need a good water condition if u wanna breed.
put some indian almond leaves to your spawning tank.
leave a few days then u mix ur male n female in the pool let them look at each other for a few hours and see the female reaction .
if u see the female come close to your male bottle its a good sign to breed.
try put a lot of live plants in the tank if possible let in some sunlight or u can buy a uv light to spawn some algae in the tank.
when the mating is over remove the female only .
leave the male for a week. once it can swim it will start feeding on the algae on its own.
after a week u need to supply life food to your fries. microworm, bbs or any other source that the fry can eat.
in a month u can see the fries will grow around 1cm +++ depends on how u feed them if u feed evenly then they will come out same size.
after that just feed them worms will do but u need to pick smaller worms if too big it will get choke to death.
hope this can help u out good luck.

put indian almond leaves better as it can act as a sterilizer for the water or u apply general aid. normally i put both.
well actually any water plants will do . keladi, water bog, anacharis, or cabomba.
bbs is baby brime shrimps.
kinda expensive though around 140 per can but can use a long time. depend on how much fish u wanna spawn.
u can learn to spawn the shrimps from internet.

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Added on March 28, 2011, 1:01 pmwell u might have that if both of ur male or female might have been mix with that blood line.
i try use male hm and female plakat before when it turn out i got double tail too.
because one of them got mix with double tail before.

today very lucky i found a shop got pure female CT for sale for just rm 1.
i hope its not mix before coz the look really genuine like original female CT
u should once a while look at shops too sometimes the return is also good.

for myself my next try i wanna come up with dthm with ct fins. looks cool.
too bad my friend doesn't wanna sell his.

This post has been edited by skyz79: Mar 28 2011, 01:01 PM

nice
this is my blue ct female and the white one no idea anyone know what is it?
haha really hard to tell like got mix d.


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kl very active ya not like in pg i dun hear much activity from the club

when you buy from the shop u need to mix the water from the shop and your water into the tank.
Dont put straight away. dip the packet in you new water 1st before you mix them.
make sure you don't feed them for few days.
Most important is that you must not use them for breeding so soon they might be in stress.
they like salt a lot so u have to put some salt and ketapang leave in the water to qurantine the fish
general aid with salt also will do if u cant find any ketapang leaves.
Normally for good gred fishes i use quality general aid such as tetra brand. you dun have to put much as its very diluted. u just new put a few drops.
your water must be kept a few days before use. if u really in a hurry then u can use airpump on the water for at least a night around 12 hours.
the water will be stable by then.
hope this info can help you in the future.