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Hi Bob, Welcome to the forum.. Plenty of wild betta info on here and a few of us keeping wilds. I have Mahachaiensis only now, but have kept Channoides, Brownorum, Persephone and Ocellata

Hello and welcome to the forum!!!!

Hi Betta Boy, Plenty of info on here about Betta breeding and still a couple of us on here to answer questions if you have any. I used to breed Yellow HMPKs - I still have a soft spot for them

Hi Dan - I'm late to the party (as always), but have to agree with 'Razzi; that black male is STUNNING - love him!!! Great setup for him too

Hi Marcus, welcome to the forum. Feel free to ask any questions you may have!

Hi Phlebo! Welcome to the forum. A sorority of marbles would look amazing and a riot of colour. It's funny how most of the betta people I know are also into guppies as well. I like something a little more unusual when it comes to guppies and if I could get my head around the genetics, I would probably be trying to make my own colour/pattern varieties.

Hi Amber, welcome to the forum! Fishkeeping can certainly get addictive What colour platies are you breeding? I'm trying to decide if I will get back into livebearers again. I had some nice platies once, so maybe I'll go back to them. Can't wait to hear some of your money saving ideas!

Hi Trashlass, lovely Bettas you have there! They look quite happy in their tank set-ups. Can't wait to see what you do with Ernie's tank - I'm sure the shrimp will appreciate the addition of more places to seek refuge I'll definitely go check out your insta! PS: Your video didn't upload. We can't upload video directly to the forum. I find it easiest to upload to youtube and share the link here.

Wow! You really are getting serious!! Make sure you take plenty of before and after pics!

So much more high tech than my setup. Kinda jealous.... Lol.

Hi Beulz, It is hard to keep things at just one or two tanks - believe me, I keep downgrading and slowly tanks and fish keep sneaking back in. Feel free to share photos of your setup - we LOVE photos around here...lol

Hi Yulianto! How did you go with your cross? I think a Nemo Copper will look amazing

Hey Kendall! Welcome to the forum Good to hear you are conditioning up your pair to make sure they are in best form for breeding. Have you sorted out foods for the fry once they hatch? Everything can happen so quickly, before you know it you have fry that need food! I highly recommend feeding live foods to your fry (Vinegar Eels, Baby Brine Shrimp). There is plenty of info on here about breeding, have a look around and if you have any questions, we are more than happy to answer.

Hi there! Welcome to the forum. Happy to answer any questions you may have

Hi Arakuna... Did you get to the bottom of what is going on with your Betta?

Welcome! What kind of bettas are you interested in?

Hello ijat!

Hello Fadi and Pakdeeko! Welcome to the forum.

Hmmm... Seems I still had a few of the mixed mutt guppies in the outdoor drum that I missed. Went outside this afternoon to scrub out the drum and set up for new guppy spawns and was greeted by a few adults and about 40 babies...lol, oh well - looks like they have just established a summer spot to grow out...lol

For anything new it might be worth using postimage though... Photobucket is malware/popup central these days

Hi ganaM Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you aren't too far off from being cycled. As Bettarazzi mentioned - your readings will probably change once you introduce fish. Depending on the tanks size and number of fish you are adding, I personally wouldn't add all your fish at once, but do it gradually over a week or two while keeping an eye on your parameters and staying on top of waterchanges. Can't wait to see what your tank looks like once you have it completed with fish in it!

Hi Plippy, Welcome! You sound like you have some nice tanks there, would love to see some photos if you have any! (we are suckers for photos around here!) I'd love to find the time to get back into aquatic plants and mosses. One day.

Last summer, I threw some mixed guppies into a drum and let them populate it over the summer. It was a great little experiment and was very successful. This year, I am going to refine it slightly. I have some hybrids that I created with Opal Endler M x Redgrass Guppy. I have set the pattern and very happy with the results after 5 generations. I almost lost the lot recently due to neglect and it looked like I had lost the lot with the only survivors being 6 males. Thankfully, I found a single fry in the tank and have raised it to a point it can be sexed....A FEMALE!!! The plan is to continue raising her to a breedable size and put her with my best male to restart the population and raise them in an outdoor tub. I also have decided to do a second tub of a slightly more fancy single strain guppy or endler (anyone got any Medusa Roundtails?). Let's see what I decide. Here is a pic of my hybrids I am calling Opalgrass Scissortail Guppies...

It's weird - I've seen the broken links (grrr). The photos I put up last night were uploaded to photobucket and linked fine. Mind you, I don't like the 200 pop up ads that are on the site now. I have been looking for an alternative so might give it a try

Welcome to the loony bin!