ASIAN BETTA ALLIANCE - Cebu Chapter

[The Good$!!!]

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pag december ta magtunga ani halfmoon super red roy para mas klaro na

Aww kana bah hehehehe...

Anyways, mu text lang ko bai if niay meetings... Usahay gud ky ma cancel ky conflict sa sched... Busy man gud ang mga tawo...

G leave ko sa hospital karon ky concentrate ko review sa NCLEX so dako ko time mag rear sa akong Bettas ug ang spawns...


Post unya pics bai ky nindot kaau to promotion imung Bettas ky nindot kaayo...

Nia ko Gold CT dri nga double-ray, mu loan unta ko ug Yellow CT female nimo nga extra then fry sharing lang ta... Pa add ug color variety sa akong Barracks...

Thanks bai! Text2x lang unya... Mingaw na pud to si "The Dragon" sa imo hehehehe...

[dirk14]

basket man toh c dragon pag sabado... heheh

[nevalaroza]

@dirk

kamao diay na mu basket c mike??
abi nako Karate na iya..

pahulmon lang taka yellow CT female next week kay orange and yellows ako gi breed last week.
daghan na ako black ug blue orchid. copper and electric blue by december napud kay naa koy orders

i'm planning to get piper's white dragon bai kay nahan ko daghan dragons.

OK ra ta ka display riverfront, muragtaud2 naman to display didto, nikaon ug space sa ilang display
akwaryums. icheck daw roy

[The Good$!!!]

@dirk

kamao diay na mu basket c mike??
abi nako Karate na iya..

pahulmon lang taka yellow CT female next week kay orange and yellows ako gi breed last week.
daghan na ako black ug blue orchid. copper and electric blue by december napud kay naa koy orders

i'm planning to get piper's white dragon bai kay nahan ko daghan dragons.

OK ra ta ka display riverfront, muragtaud2 naman to display didto, nikaon ug space sa ilang display
akwaryums. icheck daw roy

Kusog man pud didto then mutual benefit man sa shop... Anyways, si Sir Raul na ug si Sir Oding nagkasabot... Cla na mag negotiate ana... Ang vacant nga tank ky g sudlan man nila ug Flowerhorn which is okay...

I'am so glad Riverfront is selling Daphnias and Tubifex Worms... Tawag lang then pa reserve ky dali na kaayo mahurot...

Try to contact Sir Oding lang then kamo na discuss...

C Mike rman ng display didto... Direct buyers lang ni akoa hehehehe...^^

[The Good$!!!]

Betta Breeding Tips


Selection of Pairs
1. Know the parents of your pairs. It will help you determine the lineage and hence help you decide what to outcross it with in the future.
2. Imported male stocks don’t last very long when used for breeding. They get sickly and unable to spawn even after recuperation. So choose wisely in pairing it. You will have limited number of times to spawn it.
3. Males should be larger than the females.
4. Females should be at least 3 months of age and gravid. Four months or more is better.
5. Successive spawning is not recommended. It will surely mean early death particularly for your male broodstock. Let him rest for at least 2 weeks or more before pairing it with another female.
6. Spent females should be rested for at least a month to produce eggs again.

Spawning
1. Introduce male first in the aquarium. Give him time to adjust to his new territory at least two days. Use 5 gallon aquariums for my breeding tanks.
2. Place jar containing the female (or another aquarium) beside the aquarium with male. The intention is to allow the male to see the female.
3. Wait until the male will start to build a bubble nest. Do a water change of about 50% using a small hose. Concentrate on removing solid matter on the floor. This is to ensure removal of pathogenic organisms. Refill the aquarium with fresh water to its original height. Allow the male to rebuild his bubble nest again. Then, release the female.
4. Covering the aquarium completely with glass will ensure better retention of the bubble nest. A scooped up styropor will also be effective as well.
5. Expect fighting to erupt. Don’t worry about torn fins. Bettas do not kill each other contrary to popular belief. They will just run away if they lose the battle. This must be the female’s way of testing whether the male is stronger and deserves to be the father of her offsprings.
6. Separate the pair again should the female win the battle. They are not compatible. Pair them up with other partners.
7. The male normally wins and spawning will commence. Both partners will help collect the eggs and spit it out to the bubble nest. It will be the male who will tend to the maintenance of the bubble nest.
8. When the female sulks into a corner and does not want any longer to go to the nest of bubbles even after being chased or bitten by the male, it is time to separate the female. Put methylene blue or acriflavine for 3-4 days to protect the wounds of the female.
9. The father will tend to the bubble nest. Should he decide not to, remove the father and apply methylene blue or acriflavine to contain protozoans and fungal attack.
10. Avoid feeding the father with mosquito larvae. The mosquito larvae will eat the eggs and even the fries.
11. The eggs will hatch in 2-3 days depending on the temperature.


Raising the Fries
1. As soon as majority of the fries becomes free swimming, remove the father using your bare hands or a course net. Put him in a separate jar and apply methylene blue or acriflavine for 3-4 days to contain potential diseases.
2. Apply acriflavine for the fry tank.
3. Feed with infusoria or green water for the first 3-5 days. 10ml per feeding. 2x a day feeding frequency. Introduce new water every day.
4. Start of the second week introduce gentle aeration and feed with microworms
5. Start of the third week, do 50% water change. 2x a week water change will bring down mortality rates. Maintain acriflavine or methylene blue concentration.
6. Start feeding fries with Moina or Daphnia. Alternated feeding btw Moina and microworms.
7. If fries are ½ inch. Feed with tubifex, bloodworms or mosquito larvae.



Jarring the Juveniles
1. Start jarring into individual containers when fries reach 3/4’inch in length.
2. Daily water changes and frequent feeding is highly recommended for fast growth.
3. Start culling when they reach 2-3 months of age. This is a necessary step to ensure good spawns and lineage that you want to maintain.
4. At 3 months, you will be able to select what to keep for further breeding.
5. Then the cycle repeats.

Happy Betta Breeding ! ! !

[The Good$!!!]

ABA- Cebu

Nia diay ta plan Christmas Party this December 13...

Wala pa na finalize ang venue...

Basta mag dala ta ug atong self bred Bettas for exchanging gift...^^

[The Good$!!!]

Steps for a successful line:

1. Know what you want.
Have that picture of your ideal in mind from the start and don't let it go. Write it down in your breeding charts.

2. Start off with fish that are as close to your ideal as possible and within your budget.
Get their background!!! It's vital to a long-range breeding project to know where they come from and for how many generations back.

3. Breed them.
Okay, this is another post and fraught with it's own problems and tribulations. ;-p

4. Have backup plans and fish if the pair you have won't breed. (Seriously...)
Better to buy four pairs a little less than ideal, and be able to mix and match, than to buy two perfect bettas that can't stand each other.

5. Monitor the fry as they are growing.
Depending on what you are after, you might be able to cull earlier (for instance, fins can be seen pretty early, but 'blue' is the last color to develop).

For any color-chasing, you must wait until their development has stabilized, because red wash pops up at odd times as the bodies grow.

6. Cull, but not too heavily.
Make sure you have enough of the fry to live through any developmental and personality problems and still carry on your line.

Always keep more than you plan to breed in case you need backups.

'Culling' is simply getting rid of the fish you can't use for your breeding goals. This can range from letting them live and giving them away /trading with pet stores / tossing them in your pond outside, to literally killing them (either by feeding them to other fish or different methods). Different breeders have different methods, everybody is different.

The importance of culling is so that you can spend your energy, time, and devotion on only those fish that will promote your ideal. It takes a lot of work to raise them, and the more there are, the harder it is to devote yourself to any few in particular.

7. Breed the next pair you want.
A father/daughter or mother/son pairing is good for stabilizing pretty quickly if you liked the parents well enough. Otherwise, siblings or different batch siblings also work.

8. Develop and cull again.
For the third generation of crosses, start watching carefully for any developmental problems that might occur with the inbreeding.

9. If you want to do out crosses, be careful.
Know where you got the fish from, and recognize what it will do to your lines. Anticipate some work for a few generations to stabilize it back again.

10. If you want to experiment, do it in a separate batch.
Always keep your "goal line" clean. If the experiment works and you like what came out, re-evaluate your goals and breed back in.

And all those are general steps and suggestions. Depending on what you're after and how pure was the stock you started with, it can take anywhere from three to ten (or more) generations to establish a line.

How *long* it all takes mostly depends on how often you breed your fish and how quickly you raise them to maturity. Show breeders will often get fully functional and developed bettas two-three months after hatch.

However, I also can't stress enough the importance of keeping several generations around. At any point, you might find your fish refusing to breed or a diseases comes around and wipes out a promising batch...

Giving your 'less-than- perfect' fish to your friends and neighbors as pet fish is a great way of keeping them around in case you need to borrow them back again.

[arioncabasa]

Kana imo avatar bai, killifish ba na?

dili sir..kuan na sya Paracheirodon axelrodi or cardinal tetra..characin family ni cya.

[arioncabasa]

unsaon pag apil dri?ako migo intresado kau.

[dyesmil]

nev wen ka free? pwdi mg betta tour sa imu haus?? kuyogon nako si craig nd marti..