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My male betta is just one year old and this is his first time spawning.

Yeah, I'm with you on that, looks like a female to me too.

Based on the dorsal fin I'd say you're right, looks like a female to me too

I've found boiled egg to be a great food source for newborn fry in the first few days, it's just as effective as Liquifry. When it comes to feeding adult fish, I prepare boiled egg by mashing it up with a fork. To dry it out, I leave it in direct sunlight for about 4 hours or on my kitchen worktop ...

I've been collecting live foods for over 30 years, never had a problem. Yeah, there's a risk, but it's one you've got to take if you want to give your fish the best.

happyone wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:58 am I had a bunch on my legs when I was sat in the back yard, was quite a few to be honest, I sat there for a bit and I was getting eaten alive, after that I went back to my fish room and caught a few more to feed the fish.

Ha, no I didn't.

I culture mosquito larvae by collecting rafts from my water butts. I put one raft in each 4-litre container of water - each usually produces 200-300 larvae. They hatch within 24 hours, feeding on the green water and growing fast. This is just one method I use for feeding.

Those that don't get ...

I'm thinking of breeding the green female to a blue male, should be interesting to see if any green males pop up from the spawn.

I collect mosquito rafts from my water butts, then I put one raft in each 4-point container of water. Each raft usually produces between 200-300 mosquito larvae, they hatch within 24 hours and feed on the green water, growing really fast. This is just one method I use for feeding them, I've had good ...

They seem alright to me, I reckon you should ease off on the food a bit next time since they're still settling in.


One of the reasons I fed live daphnia, Fluxx, is they can just be left in the tank with the fish, won't die off and pollute the water. Hopefully, in a couple weeks, I'll be ...