Hello, I am new to this group and tried to breed betta for a few month now. I had a few batch of vain tail and now wish to try my hand at HM. Does anyone have...
... Tim Arndt is the closest breeder to you www.timsalphabettas.com He has some fab stock, but sells out quick... You may have to wait a bit for what you are...
Hello all, I'm new here and would like to purchase a male betta for my 25g tank. My tank is in the process of cycling now and hopefully will be ready by the...
Welcome to the group! Do you have plans for any other tank mates???? Bear in mind Bettas are extremely territorial and often dont fare well with tank mates....
Hi. I have been keeping and breeding bettas for some years now and have been wanting to get some HMs. Unfortunatly they seem imposible to get in the...
you can go to aquabid.com and order from thialand. they breed the best over there. they get sent to www.deemarkbettacanada.com then she sends them to you. she...
Hi, I plan on having a single male betta in a 25g tank, a school of non-niping tetras (probably 7), 2 african dwarf frogs and maybe 3 dwarf cories and 3...
Whats everybody up to? I guess busy with xmas, that must be why its so quiet around here ;) Well heres whats new with my fishies: My Betta Channoides have had...
I need help. My marble blue/white HF has what I think in fin rot. His fins and tail are disappearing. I have treated him with MelaFix for about a week but it...
Hi Catherine :) There are several products that can effectively treat it, but you have to look at the big picture first- Why is it happening??? Betta finnage...
Catherine, can you privately email me where you got the fish? I have had 3 males that this has happened too and they were all from the same breeder (i bought...
MSB may be onto something here. However "finnage failure" (for lack of a better term) can also be linked to age... From what you have described, it is similar...
Sometimes they will also 'blow their fins'. This usually happens in HMs. Its almost as if the tail just falls to peices wil no warning. This sometimes happens...
A-HA! I think I may know what this is. I was perusing my IBC Tech library and came across this article. Unfortunatly I dont know who wrote it or when, but...
Hi I have moved Pi to a separate tank and started him on Maracyn last evening. He doesn't like an empty tank. He likes his plants and tunnel ( a widw napkin...
Hi Catherine :) Ok, I dont think it is fin rot per say, but actually a bacterial infection... If the first pic is from when you got him, he didnt look so hot...
I was speaking with Tim the other day and he posed an interesting question- "Why do you keep Bettas?" Why not some other type of fish? I didnt have much of an...
Hey, i just read an article about the totals of new species found in Borneo (cryptozoology being a passion of mine) and the article mentioned that they found...
... I keep em for their character, always willing to fight another male, very comical (especially when playing hid and seek) and more than anything the flaring...
Hi Anthony! Thanks for your imput! The "clay pot method" is a very old one, still tried and true in SE Asia...The interesting thing about clay (unfired) is...
Hi Sarah :) It never ceases to amaze me- just when we think we know it all, up pops a whole slew of crittes we never knew existed.... You best bet for...
wow I dint know such stuff like the clay pot method reached all the way to this side of the world...and even had a formal term !!! I always thought it was just...
Because they come in so many colours and forms. You can never get bored! ;) Like if you breed say a zebra danio to a zebra danio, you get a zebra danio. But...
1. They're just really beautiful 2. They sometimes seem to have neat personalities, especially compared to most freshwater fish of the same size 3. They are...
