eeeeemo's Betta albimarginata

[900801]

haha,where is the fry i cant see it

[eeeeemo]

its right in the middle of the picture!!! =)

hello shixuan.. seems like you're a new member.. are you the shixuan that keep guppies??
betta albimarginata gets more beautiful as they grow older i feel.. the white seam of my betta is spreading!! =)

[Shi Xuan]

Yes eeeeemo, I breed guppies but also try to keep some small fish species. I'm pretty new here and I was captivated by the pictures of the betta albimarginata you showed. Very interesting....

[eeeeemo]

when i started out fish keeping hobby in J2 two yrs ago.. i saw your nick then and i thought it was very cool to have a girl breeding quality show guppies and showing so much interest in the hobby. haha maybe you could hop over to the wild side! here is a very good deal for wild bettas by a fellow forum-er and i am quite sure it will interest you.

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=40521

[eeeeemo]

i have had more than 4 spawns from this pair.. and yet currently i only have 10 fries....
i guess.. even though spawning them is easy, keeping the fries and bringing them up is really tough for me...
somehow the fries keep dying.. they are really weak and susceptible to diseases.
i do not even know what disease as they die with full stomachs and some die with half of their bodies alive and the other half dead.

could this be velvet??

[leeruisheng]

A different story for me. Fries decimating because of not covering.

[Panut]

hello.

today was a cold rainy day.. and this is what happens.. during cold rainy

did not witness the actual spitting of eggs etc.. but i did see them acting suspiciously... i went for my dinner.. and when i was back.. his mouth was constantly bloated...


and here is the mom.

The nose looks like a pig

(no offense bro )

[leeruisheng]

I believed you're refering to the circular black markings? If so that's not their nostrils. Those are markings under their lower jaw.

[Panut]

Ooops well yeah. still looks like a pig though.

[eeeeemo]

The nose looks like a pig

(no offense bro )

lol i guess when you take a photo so close up, you'd look like one too!!!

what is your feeding regime for the fries rui sheng? do your rubra parents eat their young?

[leeruisheng]

2 times. Lunch and dinner time. Live bbs.

Parent left the fries alone but in my case if there werer several batches of fries, it's the bigger fries that will eat their siblings.

[willsblee]

i have had more than 4 spawns from this pair.. and yet currently i only have 10 fries....
i guess.. even though spawning them is easy, keeping the fries and bringing them up is really tough for me...
somehow the fries keep dying.. they are really weak and susceptible to diseases.
i do not even know what disease as they die with full stomachs and some die with half of their bodies alive and the other half dead.

could this be velvet??

HI Bro, After talking to you last night, I think your problem is the food. Give them live food as I suggest - daphnia.

BTW - thanks for the pallifina

[eeeeemo]

it was nice meeting you william! =)
next time when you go on your trips, if on weekends. let me know! i would love to tag along.

yes. it is the food. i will work on that.
anyway, heres a photo of my setup to share with you guys.



female hanging out in the middle of the tank. male is... MOUTHBROODING for the 5th time.

[carlfsk]

HI Bro, After talking to you last night, I think your problem is the food. Give them live food as I suggest - daphnia.

BTW - thanks for the pallifina

Hey, care to elaborate what's with the food that cause the death of the fry?

[willsblee]

I will let eeeeemo explain to you. haha. Best is he tell you, if I tell, story maybe different. eeeeemo, all yours

[carlfsk]

Okie. Mine just did it again this afternoon. This is the 3rd time and I hope the father manage to hold them till hatching, then I can think about food for the babies

[esng]

Hello emo,

my pair of albis are of sub-adult age. my female always shuns away from my male when he's approaching and they will have end up having a really swift chase. she actually prepares to swim away when she notices the male flaring.

what's up with that behaviour?

[eeeeemo]

Hello emo,

my pair of albis are of sub-adult age. my female always shuns away from my male when he's approaching and they will have end up having a really swift chase. she actually prepares to swim away when she notices the male flaring.

what's up with that behaviour?

heys i am not an expert mans. but i do believe all fishes do select their mate.. even though for some bettas like albi it is easier to achieve a pair, you actually do have to find a "true" pair. when i first bought this female.. she came with a male that was in the same package. after acclimatising and settling down in a 1ft.. for some reason the male did not show he true colours well...i also noticed they kept chasing each other.. the male will attempt to flare and seduce but the female would react violently. eventually i separated the pair and tried to give them some time apart to miss each other enough so as to have sex the first thing when i put them together again. a month passed. this time i dumped the female into the 2ft tank which housed the male. since the male has been there for so long.. and he did grew bigger in the process as well, he was supposed to protect his territory and be aggressive! again he tried.. for the entire day.... flaring and circling... but as expected, after the day passed and his adrenalin wore out, the female started to dominate the male again despite the male being bigger...

finally, i decided i should buy another pair and see what happens..
when i threw in my second pair.. it was obvious that the new male is treated much better than the first male... the female would approach the new male.. he would flare.. and the female would twirl him with as much enthusiasm as how the old male twirled her! it was a pleasant sight..

the old male also showed interest in the new female..and she responded kindly as well.. i decided that all i need is a pair as i needed to downsize. therefore i shifted the pair of (new male + old female) into a 1ft cube and sold off the other pair.

within a few days.. he started to brood after a rainy day(though now i am pretty certain these fishes do not need a temperature/pressure change at all to spawn) and after so many batches.. though i have lost most of the fries. i truly believe, after this batch of fries has been released, even if i place this pair in a tau huey tub with a small piece of driftwood, they would spawn for me...

hope my experience has helped you.

Hey, care to elaborate what's with the food that cause the death of the fry?

firstly, CONGRATS!

as long as you do not touch the tank and the male manages to brood pass a week, should not have problems even if you attempt to catch the male out to place him in another tank for fry release... (which i did) however some fries/eggs might be accidentally swallowed in the process due to shock. therefore it is better to remove female, and after fry release, remove male.

i bought powdered products like hikari first bites to feed the young ones and it is not nutritious enough to promote fast growth! i think they eventually died by diseases and sickness that are common of weak fishes. what they need is live food such as live daphnia and live baby brine shrimp. which i tried to replace with commercial products for convenience. for the next batch of fries.. i will feed with live food all the way~ =)

[sgbetta]

Bro eeeeemo a very detailed information....Thanks for sharing

[eeeeemo]

haha i was being long winded... betta albimarginatas are easy to breed.. i would say as easy as guppies.......
it is the bringing up process that i have to focus on.

just spotted a fry in the parents tank! guess i left that one out the last time.. =)