freshmike Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 I currently own 8. That's right, cichlids and bettas...... 1 short finned male 2 viels 2 crowns 2 females 1 almost butterfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace99 Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Have you been sucessful breeding the bettas, FreshMike? I tried once in a 20gallon tank and the female ended up killing the male one. I heard that in Thailand, bettas are bred in two large barrels with one interconnecting channel so that they only need to come into contact with each other when they ready to breed. Otherwise that just stay out of each others way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I have never even tried....that's the gf's job...and if she found out that I even thought about it.....well....no more me. She is a fiesty one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victornguyen Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 bettas are cool, i bred them along time ago...and let me tell you it takes some effort to raise the fry...but breeding is an easy job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinalcore Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 I have 2 females (Blue bodies with red fins) 1 male that you can see in my avatar pic The gf has 1 female and A nice tri-color Blue Veil tail and her mother has 1 red veil tail. I'm currently trying to breed my male with her female that has alot of red in the fins and a more natural body color. I'm having no luck yet but will keep on trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinalcore Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I'm trying to find some one who breeds CT, HM, or Delta tails or the Imbellis. I'm looking at trying to breed some myself but just can't seem to find anyone around here to get a breeding pair from. Any help would be extremely Appreciated. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozco Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Where do you buy healthy bettas? I've had some pretty lousy luck with that. My birdt betta, a red, lasted about 3 weeks before turning grey and sinking to the bottom of his bowl. I was chaning the water every other day with that one, and he had 2 gal. My second one is still alive, he's in a 5 gal unheated filtered tank with 5 white clouds. He's irredecant green with a bit of red and purple to him. But in the few months I have had him, he has lost all the scales on his head, and he has had finrot (which I successfully treated with melafix) and he's had little white fungus (also successfully treated) and sometimes, every few weeks, I find him stuck to the filter intake. Other days he is flaring and swimming and making bubble nests. The third one, kept in the 5 gal heated tank next to the unheated, was living with guppies. He was royal blue all over, but lasted only a week before he got the little white spots all over, and died. The store I buy them from only gets a small shipment at a time, and they aren't kept in those dixie cups, they live in little hexes or bowls at the store. Not ideal, but better than the tiny lemonade stand cups. And the girl who works there is always pointing out which ones weren't as active, etc, to help send home a healthy one. As far as I can tell they are healthy when I get them. Is there some trick to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinalcore Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 I have found someone who breeds them in Alberta. She orders them from BC and Thailand and charges $20 to $35 per breeding pair. I am planning on going to pick up a couple of CT bettas over the next couple of weeks. Please let me know if anyone here in Calgary want a certain kind, gender or color and I will find out a price for you and if she has any of that kind. If she has the kind that you want I will see about making arrangements to pick them up for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinalcore Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Updated list of My Bettas 1: 1 Pastel VT/CT Cross Male (Same one as before) 2: 1 Blue CT Female 3: 1 Steel/Red Butterfly CT Male 4: 1 Red Cambodian CT Female 5: 1 Royal Blue/Red Butterfly Female 6: 1 Green CT Female 7&8: 2 2.5 month old spawn from 1 and 2 (Both appear to have alot of Blue and red as well as the crown's fin traits) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaytania Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 I currently have 3 Bettas 1. Blue tri-color Veil Tail 2. Red with Blue Veil Tail 3. Red Cambodian CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 I have one CT Male Red i would like to find some red CT females but nobody seems to have any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinalcore Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 (edited) Updates to my list: All of the ones from my last update plus the following 9: 1 Opaque VT Male 10: 1 Red/Violet VT Male 11: 1 White with a violet tint body cambodian Female Plus 7 or 8 fry that are just over 7 weeks old. Chris you still have me beat by a long shot. 58 now isn't it? Edited October 31, 2004 by Spinalcore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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