| Daddy and Fry doing well |
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Wed Apr 12, 2006 20:03 |
| Spawn on Sunday morning developing well. I removed the female after she retreated to far end of tank. They bred for at least two hours 11am - 1pm, unknown how long before 11am they started, as I was asleep. I estimate 100 - 200 eggs were spawned, seems most have hatched. There was nothing of note monday evening, just daddy watching over an amazingly small bubble nest. When I woke tuesday morning, the story had changed. There were uncountable fry swiming to the bottom. Dad swims down and collects as many from bottom as he is able, then returns them to nest. Amazingly, as he returns to nest, most of the fry left on bottom follow him up to the surface. Then the whole process begins again, as the steady stream of fry, heading for the bottom, continues. The poor father must be getting warn out. I plan to leave him with the fry as long as is possible. The more he keeps the fry off bottom, the healthier they'll be. I have treated the tank with Malachite Green (anti-fungal, safe for carbon filters) to prevent velvet. I'm using Hakari First Bites to feed the fry. I refuse to use cultures or green water, as the introduction of enviormental contaminates, from such sources, are almost guaranteed. I'll trust the manufacturer (Kyorin), to guarantee a healthy, balanced, uncontaminated, deliverable, food source. I've been very careful to make sure Dad can't see any of the other Betta. I want him to think he's in a world all alone, just him and his fry. No worries, no stresses. Gathering fry is the ony thing he should have to worry about. The last thing I want is for him to get overportective and consume the fry.
The rest fo the Betta are doing well. I initially put the female back in the females' tank, but had to remove her, as she was in hyper-protective mode, attacking any betta she could see. She seemed quite happy and unstressed with this attitude, but it was really messing with the rest of the females. I never knew so many betta could hide so well in such a small tank. I seperated her for about eight hour, and reintroduced her to the females' tank with no further problems. They surrounded her in the middle of thier little group, wiggle dance, glad to see you back thing. She took back her dominate position, and all seem quite happy to be reunited. |
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| Sorry so long since last entry |
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Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:44 |
| Lots happening. New tanks. Population stablized. 18 Bettas and one Platty, util 11am Sunday that is.
Had a successful breeding. Many eggs (est 100-200). Bred Red Male with Blue reflective body to Dark Red Female. Had no luck with same female and Opaque Red spotted male. Switched males and viola. Should make a good combo. Female has/had (before 1st male beat bottom fin) exceptional finnage for her age/size (4-5 mo. est.). Male is definatly a delta tail. I've been reading up on show bettas, and he should rank well in one of two classes.
If your into the scene... I consider him either, a Delta Bicolor Butterfly, (Light blue fin tips completly around red fins, body is also red, but strongly reflects bright blue) with balanced red and blue, or he's a Delta Multi-color if irrodesant blue is considered more than reflective. I feel he'd score very highly as a Bi-colored Butterfly.
Unfortunatlly he bit the light blue off the end of his tail, this last week, putting any hopes of show, out the window. If I'd only bred him last weekend. Sigh... But, at any rate, his genitics continue. Should make for some spectacuar offspring. Most of his tail should heal in a few weeks, (I Hope).
Tanks are much easier to keep stable than smal bowls. I still see occasional amonia spikes in the bowls, but am keeping up with them. I assume that amonia spikes are probably responsible for most of the early deaths. |
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| Tough Week |
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Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:17 |
| It's been a bad week Betta-wise. Six losses... Six!! First, lsat Wednesday the Yellow came up floating. Friday I spray painted a bowl, downstairs. If you have fish, NEVER spray paint in the house. The fish are upstairs, and three went verticle by sunday, and died by monday afternoon. I brought home two replacements wednesday evening, to find that both my Blue Bettas had jumped out of thier bowls. Two jumpers the same day! I've never had a jumper before, I always worry about it, but two in the same day? Both had been move to small glasses with red painted backs. Who knows? |
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| The Betta Bowls LiveLog |
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Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:18 |
| Welcome. This looks like a good place to keep a running log about my Betta Collection and WebSite. Attempting Breeding at this time. Only one pair getting along, I seperated the rest. Light Blue Male and Blue reflect Female w/most Red are getting along very well. He approaches her alot, but not aggressivly. No attempted biting at all. I'll keep everyone posted... |
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