Knowingly Misguided Communal Betta Mating

Hi all,

I recently mated a pair of Bettas in a community tank with the knowledge
that no matter how hard I tried that the chances of getting surviving
young was pretty much nil.

I thought it might be amusing reading for all the aquarium, and
especially Betta, experts who frequent this newsgroup.

Anyway, rather than type it all out again I am posting the link to my
blog were "the experiment" is chronicled.

Look for the entry "Fish Egg Hunt For Easter" and "Fish Fry Fried".
Also, please be gentle with any comments - I'm an admitted amateur.

http://members.shaw.ca/kitschy/Blog/Blog.html

Cheers,

Trev

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Trevor Stenson

http://members.shaw.ca/kitschy/Digs.html
http://members.shaw.ca/kitschy/Blog/Blog.html

"Trevor Stenson" wrote in message
news:kitschy-6B8622.02203922042006@shawnews...
Hi all,

I recently mated a pair of Bettas in a community tank with the knowledge
that no matter how hard I tried that the chances of getting surviving
young was pretty much nil.

I thought it might be amusing reading for all the aquarium, and
especially Betta, experts who frequent this newsgroup.

Anyway, rather than type it all out again I am posting the link to my
blog were "the experiment" is chronicled.

Look for the entry "Fish Egg Hunt For Easter" and "Fish Fry Fried".
Also, please be gentle with any comments - I'm an admitted amateur.

http://members.shaw.ca/kitschy/Blog/Blog.html

Cheers,

Trev

--
Trevor Stenson

http://members.shaw.ca/kitschy/Digs.html
http://members.shaw.ca/kitschy/Blog/Blog.html


hum, breeding advise on betta's from the other group.... I think I did tell
you their fry were very very small...and a divider that is bought at the
store would not work. Im not going to say much....breeding them is a neat
thing to watch and do, its a lot more fun if you spend the extra few bucks
to do it right, and I am not saying going out and spending 200.00-500.00
like some high end breeders, I think you could see now that just having an
empty 10g tank (I use a 5g) which is I think about 9.99 and a sponge filter
9.99 would of made a big difference. Just a heads up, the divider is not
great for to many fry most will find a way through it /around it, yes I have
tried it with my guppies and the same day went and got a bunch of hornwort
which worked 100% better then the divider that they went under. Please also
be careful housing your male /female together, its not that they cant get
along but in a lot of cases they can get a long for a while then decide not
to, if they have a lot of room its better.
Nik