betta breeding

i found this forum on the net for betta breeding :bigsmile:

http://www.bettafishforum.com/forum/

 

Werner5 - do a search on here for "Breeding Bettas My Way" by Solex - you won't find much better info than that..

 

also, check solex's foto's of his bettas in his different tank threads, the results speak for themselves!

wish i could buy some of his stock up here

 

thanx did take a look at it and it inspired me but i have one problem my male betta is building his nest and doing his thing but the female just isnt intrested what should i do

 

It happens.Get another female.

 

oky something happened because they are both under the nest and he keeps swimming around her

 

Has he 'squeezed' the eggs out of her yet?

 

dont know how the eggs look but i can see some white stuff in the bubbels i think that may be the eggs

 

Congrats

 

thanx donny

 

Congrats - I hope it's successful

 

i also hope so so far the male is doing his job looking after the eggs

 

Have you already prepared you infusoria?

I always confuse the spelling..............

 

what is a insuforia

 

Infusoria is made from putting a rotting apple - or hay in a small container with water. Over a day or so you get a lot of microscopic and larger bugs growing in the water.. This is infusoria. That is what your fry will feed on from day 1 to about a week old..

If you havent got, just use Liquifry for a few days and the infusoria will grow anyway..

 

Very small one celled organisms that your fry will feed on.Best to feed betta fry infusoria the first week because BBS is too big for them.

A couple of methods to make infusoria:

bruised/blanched lettuce in warm water then give sunlight.
dried grass in warm water then give sunlight.
brown banana peel in water - very fast method

It will give off a hectic stink but by that you know it is ready!

or use green water.

 

does infusoria in anyway control algae?
(i ask cause at work we have these floating things labeled Wonderstraw - and apparently the workings is that micro organisms are cultivated by placing the straw buoy in your pond, which controls algae - wonder if the organism is infusoria?)



"The WonderStrawâ„¢ product is packed in sachets of 25g each. The straw serves as a substrate for a complex mixture of microorganisms (bacteria & fungi). These microorganisms are inactive while housed in the dry sachets. However, when the sachet is placed in the affected water, the microorganisms become active upon contact with the water."

 

will start working on that now thanx i got another 9 males today next weekend i am going to get some females

 

Do you a microscope?I saw one at the Other LFS in Lynnwood.Would like to test the "Wonderstraw" because if it works......Wallah easy solution for me.

 

nope, i dont have a microscope, sorry

have been curious about how a bag of straw can effectively regulate algae, cuz lots of customers come back and buy more regularly, so Something is being cultivated in it.

i also saw your post on cultivating infusoria sais " dried grass in warm water then give sunlight." essentially straw, also like gavins said as well "hay in a small container with water". i wonder...