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 Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:53 pm
Hi!
I am thinking about breeding Betas, and I was wondering if you need a special kind of tank, and how big?
Anything specific I should put in it?
Sorry, I haven't done this before and I cant seem to find the info I need..
Thanks! heart
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:56 am
You need at least 2 tanks, or a big one with a breeding net.
You need to separate the Male & Female after they're done mating, or they will fight. (Like they do normally.)
After the eggs hatch, you need a place to put the daddy, as he will eat the fry.
I haven't bred any yet, but this is from what I have read.
DEFINITELY check out this link... this lady knows her stuff. razz
http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm
Hope this helps smile
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:45 am
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:56 pm
Yeah. Arcsis summed it up well enough.
Bettatalk is a great place for references, helped me a lot during the early years.
Before you start the breeding, you need to be well aware of the costs of everything, how much time you must put into caring for the spawn, and what to do with all of the fry. Which is why I'm waiting until summer until I make any decisions about it.
One thing that Bettatalk does not cover is the fact that you CAN use food for young fry other than microworms, bbs, etc: egg yolk. Of course, it's not the best choice and gunks up the water quickly, but if your fry food cultures suddenly give out or you can't order things online it's an option. Not that I can talk as I've never spawned but hey.
ISF
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:49 am
Most breeders seem to prefer using 10 gallon tanks, filled about halfway with water (can't be too high, or the male will have one hell of a hard time fetching the eggs/fry when they fall; you don't want to stress the male anymore than the inevitable, because he's going to be extremely tired once the fry are hatched and swimming freely).
Though people seem to like bettatalk, I prefer the Ultimatebetta forums myself. Though Faith's site is not bad at all, I find it easier to ask several different people for advice, so that I can be a bit more sure of what I am doing. Besides, the more people there are, the more info you'll get.
That and I don't like how she charges the newbies an insane amount of money for her stock.
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:30 pm
Kokuryuu: It's not the price of her bettas that really bother me. According to the site, her prices and shipping are so high because she packs them with twice as much water as other breeders. Besides, her site is the most well known. If you're buying from her, you're basically buying the brand name.
Whew, is her Holy Grail line beautiful. Of course, they're probably not as great as the pictures make them out to be.
But from what I've read of her on Ultimate Bettas, she is a little stuck up. One of the users got a bad betta from her and she never answered him back or sent another one, though the UPS said she had received it.
ISF
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:59 am
I got the impression that she was a bit snobbish from reading her reader questions. But she does seem to know her stuff.
I like ultimate bettas too. Like Kokuryuu said, you can get lots of opinions easily.
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:01 am
I got the stuck up feeling just by reading her betta breeding section......
but she does have some beautiful bettas
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