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Here I am totally devastated. Today my whole betta population was wiped out.. bar one strong male who I am hoping *fingers crossed* will survive the night. I have liteally been here watching them drop off... After looking up columnaris and having a closer look at the dead fish I beleive this...

Sorry, that was water change yesterday.....

No I didn't quarantine.. the LFS calim they quarrantine.. I don't think i will be trusting them from now on. Ph level is 7, haven't checked the ammonia.. I did a water check yesterday so ill check ti agian to make sure it is still safe. I Isolated the fish in betta containers. Just in case...

My tank has been going wonderful for several weeks. but over the last 2 days I ahve had 6 fish die. To explain, the LFS gave me some floating plant and a female betta from their personal collection to breed on Wednesday. Honestly she was as old as the hills LOL They are trying to breed with...

Ahh the joys, yes LOL. It has been a fun time.. But at least we know now if we want to breed these fish we can!! Our lfs was saying they have been trying to breed them for years with no success!! Then for that matter they also didn't know that male bettas like to be in a tropical tank, not...

Augh well it seems our remaining betta female has no idea... She is spawning with my male at the moment but she eats the eggs just as soon as the male puts them up. Oh and to make thigns worse this male just refuses to build a nest Augh... So we have a few bubbles with about 30 eggs, the...

Thankyou so much :) Not that I really had much to do with it LOL the fry are already starting to look darker and are flitting all over the top of the water.. aww how sweet hehe. I have tried to take come pics with my close up lens, will have to see how they come out (traditional film so I...

Oh yes, they are bettas :) The daddy is a tourquoise (marble or butterfly.. he has a black head..) mummy was a lovely purple female...

hehe ooh it sure is addictive.. My dh is npw talking of going into breedin hehehe One black moment though.. I just checekd on the tank now the light is better and the mummy fish, my purple female has passed away :( I have no idea why, she has no body/fin damage (though she has a little now one...

After all my worry and panic with these nests and eggs, this morning I woke to discover WE HE HAVE FRY!!!!!! Not many, only about 25 but hey, at least some have made it... not bad for an accidental breeder hehe. I was actually able to get my hands on dome liquid fry food and intent to...

Oh I am hoping so!!!! still I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much... The daddy has built himself up another good sized nest now so looking good.. well to my in-experienced eyes it is :)

I'm not entirely sure yet. I know there aren't any breeders in the local area (and I think statte but not sure about that one...) that the pet shops buy from, they purchase from interstate so maybe I can sell on to them... Just hoping we get them to hatch.. Some of them have blackish spots on...

there is no current where the male and eggs are. I had to seperate them into another container and theya re floating in the top of my aquarium. I'm off to get a 10 gal today to set up for the fry tank should any hatch... I was totally unprepared for this.. was the last thing on my mind having...

ROFL...

Ok, just to confuse me more, it looks like he is starting to re-build a nest, however as soon as he adds another bubble to the meagre collection a couple of others burst!! I think I will ahve to stop wtching him or I will do my head in with worry... Typical male.. as confusing as all else LOL...