Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Fighting Strain Bettas - A Singapore Farm Visit
Fighting strains - Betta Splendens:
"The farm is located off Jalan Kayu and is owned by a retiree. The owner
was a betta player in his younger days and after retirement decided to
spend his spare time in breeding and raising fighters. He is in his
sixties and has been a breeder of fighters for the last 10 years.
The farm has an area of about 250 metres square, divided into 2 sections, one section for concrete ponds and another for earthen ponds."
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
How to Breed Betta Fish in Two Minutes
What do you need to breed Bettas:
- A small net
- Breeding tank
- Healthy pair of male and female Bettas
What are the stages? Watch this excellent video to see this in action:
- Let the male into the tank and let him build the bubble nest.
- Introduce the female - watch for the right signs: flaring at each other.
- Watch to see if mating follows: embracing of female by male
- Watch the male picking up the eggs squeezed out of the female.
- See him spit the eggs into the bubble nest.
- Remove female to another tank.
- Watch the male tend to the eggs until they hatch.
- Remove male after fry is hatched.
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