Fao Netty And Anyone Else?

[pixiesandfairies]

Can someone explain hoe to condition a betta for breeding or point me in the direction of a good website or book please? First timer here, you could say a virgin! LOL!

 

[Phoenixbaby]

yooohooo netty, oh wise one

or daz

 

[modaz]

Can someone explain hoe to condition a betta for breeding or point me in the direction of a good website or book please? First timer here, you could say a virgin! LOL!

oooooh i do like virgins sorry that was rude of me! hehehe, i condition in a tank on her own away from the male for 4-5 days on live food only for 3 times a day at a temp of 30 degrees, then also do the same with the male and then add her seperated to the male tank with a large jam jar and continue until she is swimming in a nose down position, i release her whether the nest is built or not, as long as he is filrting with her he will build after she is let out if he aint done already......oh by the way i've left a message on your ebay and it needs answering

 

[Netty]

Hey Pixies

Well instead of feeding just twice a day we feed 3-4 times a day on a high protein food. We use bloodworm and Attisons Betta Pro. They are kept in a tank with the temp slowly raised to 30c. It usually takes about 10 - 14 days but as with Tien she conditioned very quickly and is already releasing eggs.

This is a very good website with lots of information on breeding and raising fry.

www.bettysplendens.com

Hope this helps

 

[modaz]

Hey Pixies

Well instead of feeding just twice a day we feed 3-4 times a day on a high protein food. We use bloodworm and Attisons Betta Pro. They are kept in a tank with the temp slowly raised to 30c. It usually takes about 10 - 14 days but as with Tien she conditioned very quickly and is already releasing eggs.

This is a very good website with lots of information on breeding and raising fry.

www.bettysplendens.com

Hope this helps

oh and there is also www.crackersbettas.com oh and thanks for replying to that message but ive left an URGENT one again for you on your ebay

 

[pixiesandfairies]

Thanks for all info, so far, more always welcome. Modaz have replied. Your Ace.

 

[modaz]

Thanks for all info, so far, more always welcome. Modaz have replied. Your Ace.

oh and yes theres a credit note waiting for you for when ever you wish to use it

you can also condition pairs up in seperate containers in the dark for 3 days without any food prior to the spawning, just make sure that they are very well fed before, apparently this produces a great spawn, i tried it once but i felt sorry for them and chickened out after 2 hours and they still spawned well, maybe the 2 hours did help, who knows

Thanks for all info, so far, more always welcome. Modaz have replied. Your Ace.

oh and yes theres a credit note waiting for you for when ever you wish to use it

you can also condition pairs up in seperate containers in the dark for 3 days without any food prior to the spawning, just make sure that they are very well fed before, apparently this produces a great spawn, i tried it once but i felt sorry for them and chickened out after 2 hours and they still spawned well, maybe the 2 hours did help, who knows

and ive also done the female on the out side of the tank in view range which was an awesome result and the one with the male in a jar looking in at the conditioning pair also worked well regarding the speed of condition of the pair in the tank

 

[Netty]

So when you put them in the dark for 3 days....how much food are you supposed to give before hand and for how long?

 

[modaz]

So when you put them in the dark for 3 days....how much food are you supposed to give before hand and for how long?

oh yeah, that would help, 5 days i was told, so i just choose the 2 fattest ones that i had at the time, this was when i was conditioning about 8 pairs in one go so i had a good choice as they were partly conditioned anyway.

 

[Netty]

Do you then still put the female in the chimney or just put them together straight away?

 

[modaz]

Do you then still put the female in the chimney or just put them together straight away?

you add them together, im yet to try this and have the guts to do it, but i got it from a very reliable source and ive so gunna try it but i may need to have hypnotherapy first

 

[pixiesandfairies]

Just take another pill and keep watching the bubbles daz!
MY BUBBLE..........






MY BUBBLE..........







MY BUBBLE..............







HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! :stupid:

 

[modaz]

its always my bubble, shame the bugger keeps on bursting on me

 

[pixiesandfairies]

whats the best starter food for fry?
Anything i relly need to know that i haven`t asked? or any other advice you think i need?
Do betta need to be close in size?

 

[Netty]

Well on the advice of Daz I'm only using microworm as an emergency back up, so for the first food now I've hopefully cultured some infusoria and I've got 2 bottles of vinegar eel ready too then after a week we start with the BBS.

It helps if the female is slightly smaller or the same size as the male, as if she's too big he'll struggle to wrap himself around her.

Another good site for info is:

www.bettatalk.com