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Siamese Fighters
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:04 pm
by NeoCult
Just bought a male and a female 2 days ago and already have eggs
wasnt expecting it so soon and i bought them for my little brother, hes now got the bug and today i had to go buy him another small tank and a another pair.
dead easy to spawn
if anyone wants info on how to pm me or ask here, i'll post some pics soon
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:30 pm
by smithrc
you sure its not just him building a bubble nest?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:36 pm
by NeoCult
yeah im sure been breeding fish for years, today there is about 60 wrigglers
anyone want some when they are large enough??
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:29 pm
by Adam
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:24 pm
by NeoCult
lol i wish, pretty much standard fighters, saw some nice ones for sale like your 1st pic, i may get a couple if they are still availabe
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:57 pm
by Des
Hi Neo,
What were you going to feed the youngsters on?.
Des.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:00 pm
by NeoCult
Microworm and then flake with some tank water blended, has worked well for me in the past with various species
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:21 pm
by NeoCult
Heres some new pics for you's of the 2nd pair spawning and then the eggs
Not the best pics but its the best i could get at the time
http://neo.me.uk/Fish/Fighters/sf1.jpg
http://neo.me.uk/Fish/Fighters/sf1.jpg
http://neo.me.uk/Fish/Fighters/Eggs.jpg
and the heres some of the fry from the 1st bach, approx 5 days old now
http://neo.me.uk/Fish/Fighters/fry.jpg
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:38 pm
by smithrc
Neo wrote:yeah im sure been breeding fish for years, today there is about 60 wrigglers
anyone want some when they are large enough??
Sorry Neo - Didn't mean to sound patronising
I've never tried betta's but i was under the impression they had to be conditioned and they only breed when it rains and all sorts.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:51 pm
by Shell231
I have breed fighters too! i also was told they had to have a low pressure ( we not had to have my prefered) i had a beautiful opaque HM pair! like adams pic but after i had 2 spawns from them they started attacking each other couldn't understand it
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:53 pm
by NeoCult
what ive learned from them so far is simply get a male and female lol
no seriously....
Get a small tank one of those £7.99 plastic things, half fill it of water and let it reach room temp for at least 24hrs
Get a male and female, best to get a few actually and maybe a few tanks as we did, get the males settled in keep the female in a jar next to it that he can see, within 24hrs he should have built his bubble nest
put in a female and forget about them for another 12 - 24hrs, after this time u should see the male guarding eggs and the female getting chased away, this is where you take her out.... now 24 - 48hrs later you will have little fry that kinda drop down n fly up, the male will catch them in his mouth and put them back in the nest.
After 5 days when the fry are free swimming take out the male and feed the fry on microworm at least twice a day untill they are large enough for flake etc, another way to do it if you cant get microworm is to get some flake and some of the water from their tank and blend it untill its all liquid.
i bought my brother 4 pair, lost 2 females though and had to get new ones, its normal for the male to sometimes kill her and already we have 3 lots of fry 50+ each hatching
Also if the male is constantly attacking the female b4 they spawn get her out and after anotehr 24hrs try and replace her with another female
hope this helps
