Hi,
My name is Shemma.
I am 46 YO.
I live in Narre Warren, Eastern suburb of Melbourne.
I am infected with Betta virus.
I realy did not feel like starting new topic,and I just wanted fo take part in existing forums, but as the rule is to do it, here I am.
Michael Chang asked me other day, after visiting my place, that I should take a part in discussion as he felt that I can contribute to the site.
I started with hobby less than 2 years ago when my friend gave me home made fishtank, that he was planning to throw away as his gold fish have died regularly .
He chalenged me that I would not be able to last in the fish keeping hobby for a long as I have stressfull job and that hobby is demanding in time, effort and knowledge. So I took challenge, and after some experimenting with live beares, angels, I start to breed fighter fish.
In the begining it was difficult of course, but with few experiments, lot of reading and internet surfing, I developed tehnique that works well for me ( not always of course).
At the momen I have hundreds of fighters, arround 120 jarred in the self filtered bottles. I guess my biggest mistake was to experiment with bettas that are not allways the top of the class, so I have nice fish but not as good as many betta lovers would be impressed with. Unfortunately I could not experiment initially with expensive strains, and I did not expect such a good results. From other side I do not have heart to cull my fish so I have plenty and many more are to come.
I also have a range of live food. From Vinegar eels, microworms, live daphnia, babby brine, and during summer mosquito larve, even some blood worms in the containers with dapnia. I do not need to mention that I would be happy to supply hobbists with these for a small cost.
Now I did not feel that I should go in details with my first posting, so this would be introduction and I am willing to take a part in discussions.
Regards