"Frank" wrote in message
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Nikki wrote,
this morning I gave them some BS, they all seemed
to like that. so all is well.....

Good!

so I grabbed him, I came home today and he had a
monster bubble nest built, if I would of got him a week
sooner I would of spawned him.....

Some bettas aren't worth the food you put into them, let alone the
time. It's a *lot* of work raising the male fry to selling size, so if
your going to spawn and raise bettas, you need to spawn for true colors
and breeds. I know it took me over 5 years of line breeding to get a
black body with yellow tail and fins to breed true. Then for someone to
cross breed anything into the line, the offspring would become
worthless.

I hate this microworm sh*t, gross (the smell).....

Grin - - - Sounds like your culture is turning dark (smells) and a new
culture needs to be started - 3 or 4 days ago. If your hatching your
own baby brine shrimp, put a white paper coffee filter under your baby
brine shrimp net. The baby brine that goes through the net and stoped
by the coffee filter is as small as microworms or vinegar eels - small
enough for betta fry second food. First food I always used hard boiled
egg yolk. ........................ Frank


I used the egg yolk the first day but was worried it might file the tank,
some people say yes some say no.
No I have not started BS yet only the microworms, but the breeder I have
been dealing with (the one who started my microworms for me, said let him
know he has live BS.
I would love black betta's, and with yellow fins, I bet they are beautiful.
I more or less bred the betta's just because I enjoy it, I did use two of my
best male/female, but as soon as I am done reading all of the info on
gene/coloring... I will start doing it more serious, I have a place to take
these guys when they get old enough, right now i am just getting the hang of
it.
thanks frank
Nik
I figured i needed to start a new culture, i got the oatmeal and yeast
ready, just got to push my self to do it tonight.