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Hi nice pics Ellieabbott4, I have macro on my camera down to 1cm plus an add on lens to go closer, just not had the time to do it yet.

Best I could do so far, so small hard to get an in focus shot.  

Yes it's a female, but do you see the shrimp-let towards the back of her. 

Haha just found the little one grazing on the back of the tank, good job it's black would never of seen it otherwise.

Any moss is good for baby shrimp as it holds beneficial organisms for them to feed off. I've just got a moss ball from Maidenhead aquatics for £3.49.  

Well I've got my camera working and as I was browsing some pics I'd taken I notice some thing in the back ground of this blurred one.    Any one see any thing?  

Those photos are awesome what camera are you using? 

Thanks for the kind replies. Must say better than my misses reply or should I say her reaction to me starting one of my tanks back up. Went from 5 down to 1 through one thing and another, now back up to 2..................she doesn't know it yet but I've got plans for the other redundant tanks  ...

I've not been here for quite some time, had not realised I joined this forum 10 years ago.   Any hows, I finally found myself some RCS and have noticed that one of the shrimp has little eyes underneath her. Fingers crossed shrimplets  on the way soon

A good water flow with air helps to, to prevent fungul problems.

I'll be watching.

I've been away for some time from this site, I am so relieved that General chat has been re-introduced to this site. I hope you manage it well and members use it for what its made for. I may be back, doing my fishy things not sure yet. Any hows happy fish keeping..................... and...

I think you should use the 2 winning votes in the title IE: General Chat "The Great Escape" as it stands now in the poll, I don't see what all the fuse is about. Members should be happier knowning that the Mods are even thinking about bringing it back, what ever name it ends up with. To blast...

First off, she swam away because she wasn't ready to spawn, end of. They do that even if there is one massive hell of a bubble nest, if she isn't loaded with eggs she won' be intrested that much. From the above it sounds like you conditioned them in seperate tanks, it's got to be done in the...

Personaly for me if the water perameters are kept in check, those tanks will be fine. As Honeythorn has stated it will be harder to keep the water perameters in check with a smaller volume of water. Thats a fact end of. While I will always disagree with Honeythorns' belief that 5g's is minimum...

Best bet is to get a worm culture ASAP, I got a starter culture from e-bay for £2 delivered and if in a fairly warm enviroment can start producing after a few hours. I have been inform, but never used them, that vinegar eels are better as they float (or swim) and live alot longer in water. A...

betta fish, I was not arguing a point, just pointing out why the female is not fully intrested, you are now stating only 2 days before hand? Different fish = diferent times, it's not a given facter, may take longer.

Well again thats your opinion, and if you lived in a bigger house, you would have more air to breath and you wouldn't have a hacking cough?

Keep on reading, peoples breeding exeriences, it helps alot.

Well i skipped though most of this, and it's betta police again (why?). It's got a good filter, and has it left every ones knowledge of bettas they also have gills to recieve oxygen from the water, it's not just all about suface area. OMG, If your thinging of a tank that you want a big piece of...

Sorry forgot to add, Its probly better to have a bare bottom tank for the male to find the eggs he's missed, but saying that I have sand in mine and it didn't seem to much of a problem.

You stated you're doing it for fun, it's not fun it's hard work, a lot of time and alot of money.

Which method did you use to introduce them, chimmney or dividing the tank? and how long for? has the female shown signs of breeding stripes (virtical stripes)? The reason why the male has stopped adding to the nest is because he's now more intrested in breeding because the female is in the same...

Just keep watching for wrigglers then :lol: Good luck :good:

IMO 11 litre tank is fine, as long as its filtered and heated, and the water is kept to prime conditions. As long as the heater keeps the water to the required temp. I don't see a problem. Please stop with this betta police.

From you pic I can't see any eggs and, they will be white. Having said that I know gourami eggs are very small,Honey's will be even smaller, smaller than bettas. What tank have got them in a comunity tank? If so, there's not alot you can do. You really need a tank for them to spawn in then...

Why? The reason is because most of people think it's a quick Dollar/Pound, too which they will fail. It's not an easy job, it takes time, money and space and above all dedication. I don't agree with people telling people not to try and breed VT's that you by in your LFS though, it's better to...

Ok as requested here are some Pictures. First of them is a blurred shot of a tail, which looks promising. Second is a full tank shot and the rest are just random half decent ones. As the little blighters don't keep stil for very long now and every time you go near the tank they swarm around the...

Thanks for all you support. They have been fed daphnia before but getting hold of good quality ones is very hard. Usually you find that most of them are dead in the bag, and you end up paying 60p for 20 live ones. I did by chance get some a few weeks ago that where perfect, but this was due to...

Lost 1 today, realy gutted. My mini fridge went "T" up last week due to power failier(plus a vid recorder) So I lost all my live live food, apart from microworms. So I gave them some frozen blood worm. Didn't think to cut them up? Cause all the live ones I have been feeding them have been...

From that pic I would say female.

OMG I forgot to post these pics LOL.

Hi fry forever, Well first congrats, second your in for a big learning curve. Trust me, I had reserched before hand, but not nearly enough, I have been very lucky that my spawn ended up very small and a lot easier to raise. Anyhows, Have you looked on e-bay for a microworm culture? You can...

I don't find feeding bloodworm messy, just more time consuming. Ohh they love daphnia, it's very funny watching them trying to catch them. Also, a must picture to get is when two fry get hold of the same bloodworm. I've been busy too. I now have windows 7 and im still getting used to it. Only...

Thanks for the correction, have you informed the mods so they can change the picture? This is my original atempt to ID them, http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=105551&st=0&p=888040&fromsearch=1&#entry888040

Well, they dont like tubifex frozen or freeze dried. Not to worry my cories love them.

I got some live brine shrimp today, and after a feeding frenzy, they are all little fat bettas. Also got hold of some live Daphnia and bloodworm(look alot smaller in size than the frozen ones I have). Plus I got some frozen tubifex ( thanks for that finalfantay85 ), which I will try tomorrow...

Thank you, I do hope so, just what they finaly look like still remains a mystery. Thank you. Thank you, I belive its about 3 months. With these it will be longer due to my work commitments, messing up the feeding routine. Thank you, Yes they are definatly shaping into real bettas now...

Here is my very untidy 25ltr tank. Taken about Oct 09, and a blury vid with fry from about a month ago.

Hi mezzic, First off have a read of this http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=165155 The colour of your eggs sounds like a beige color which means they are fertile. Add an air stone to your hatchery, this will circulate the water around the eggs, and reduce the posibility of fungus to...