Breeding outdoors

[Foo Hong]

:DHe! :D 2 pairs of 'not-so-important' strains spawned today in the outdoors tanks. greenish/brownish murky water with floating plants and ...mmm noticed bits of bird droppings in the bottom too :D

Now these were my working strains which havent reached the desired forms n HM yet so all I was looking for was their best male n female offsprings for me to work on. after several difficult attempts, maybe female getting old, I decided to breed them the natural way. threw the 2 pairs side by side in glass tanks with collected rain water, debris, bird shit,..and what have u[including lots of infusoria in the water]. :D :D

and they spawned! Was watching the pairs...one of the most peaceful breeding I ve seen. Maybe they think they have landed in Jurassic parlk 3 so better breed now before no chance :D
both pairs started the 'process' at abt 9am, done by 11am

so they like outdoor lifes :D :D :D

[kennho]

R u going to keep the fries in this "man-made natural" environment ? Will sure to be interesting.

[Samuel Phan]

The pair prefers "Kinky" :D

[Foo Hong]

Actually, I have raised some before in this natural shanty environment. Threw some bettas to eat mossies etc. used this as my Green water tank. Happened that male/female wa sintroduced. actually some fries grew up on nothing fed. ther is a lot of infusoria in the tank that I can see, some even resemble microworms and swim like them. some also very small..might be rotifers. occasionally midge flies[bloodworms], glass worms also exist!

Threw ome female into 1 tank before after 3 weeks she was 2 times larger than her sisters in the jars....?????so???

[kennho]

quote:Originally posted by Foo Hong
Threw ome female into 1 tank before after 3 weeks she was 2 times larger than her sisters in the jars....?????so???


So what is the learning from this statement ? Space, food, water, light, environment ??? :):D

[Foo Hong]

maybe thats how giant plakats came abt n this is giant HM in the making [eb]

[Foo Hong]

Yo...let me show my cards. The outdoor couple is a MG geno[red multi] x MG. fries free swam on 3rd day [cnf]. was usually 4 or 5 days one [cnf]

ntg fed for 2 days after free swam n stomachs look full...gud! :D
Just innoculated with some daphnia today....to complement those infusoria in the tank. I intend not to give any bbs to this spawn and see how they do. later stage, daphnias will be given every 2 days only. so far I think its 100% survive rate.

oopps. next door neightbours...marble genos also spawn today! [eb] water in this tank even murkier :D

[VinceTan]

hmm "let nature take it's course" theory? interesting i can forsee their growth to be far different from indoor bred ones. Do keep us updated .

[VinceTan]

hmm "let nature take it's course" theory? interesting i can forsee their growth to be far different from indoor bred ones. Do keep us updated .

[Foo Hong]

Well thats how the Thais raise bettas anyway. I just copycat :D

The plastic cover for the outdoor tanks smeared with bird droppings. Maybe shld open it up so that the bird shit falls into the tank and create extra infusoria [eb]

[Foo Hong]

Well thats how the Thais raise bettas anyway. I just copycat :D

The plastic cover for the outdoor tanks smeared with bird droppings. Maybe shld open it up so that the bird shit falls into the tank and create extra infusoria [eb]

[ben fox wong]

when you see less fries, you wonder why the birds got fat stomachs.

[ben fox wong]

when you see less fries, you wonder why the birds got fat stomachs.

[Foo Hong]

Oh whenever the mynahs come they never go away empty handed [eb]

So I had to sign an agreement with them on limited hunting, so as to preserve my betta ecosystem :D

[Foo Hong]

Oh whenever the mynahs come they never go away empty handed [eb]

So I had to sign an agreement with them on limited hunting, so as to preserve my betta ecosystem :D

[Foo Hong]

mmmm, one stupid cockroach went into the tank and drown! since when were roaches so silly [cnf]

well moinas were gathering around mr deadie roach and seem to be multiplying into more n more baby daphnias [eb]

[Foo Hong]

mmmm, one stupid cockroach went into the tank and drown! since when were roaches so silly [cnf]

well moinas were gathering around mr deadie roach and seem to be multiplying into more n more baby daphnias [eb]

[Jonathan_Tan]

yuckz...gross...
but at the same time, cool..haha

[Jonathan_Tan]

yuckz...gross...
but at the same time, cool..haha

[Foo Hong]

Let nature takes its course. Oh BTW fries have grown.

[Foo Hong]

Let nature takes its course. Oh BTW fries have grown.