DenningA.Rajit

Les, What's your breeding guppy tank setup like for your red guppies line?

Welcome to the hood matey. Denning.

Same. I would love to start a marine tank. Possibly in my two foot tank. But, it seem Marine nano tank is the way to go this days. How do you manage to get your coral to grow so well? I have a friend who is into marine and he is trouble getting his coral to grow. He is ending up algae all over his tank. He said its because he used tap water instead of RO water.

Hey Sara, Welcome to the forum. Give us a shout if you need a hand or discuss breeding options for your betta ventures.

I'll be bringing my camera along if that's alright.

Paul, I was so convinced it was a male. I even tried pairing up with my new royal blue CT female. It was bizarre thing to see that it was not interested at all. Maybe that is a definite sign it is a female not a male. One good thing came out from this discovery, sexing plakat is a challenge. I don't know how you boys in brissie do your jarring and sexing. Having her/he is enough for me to go crazy. So, I can clearly say I have a female HM/Plakat who is on steriods Shadoh, Yeah I had that thought too when I first saw the eggs. Males don't produce eggs. They eat them but never produce them. All good now. Now, to find a good looking "BOY" to match up with this feisty girl. Ness, Yeah, I will bring her to next coming Vic betta meet. You can meet her in person. She's gorgeous when she is in a good mood. :P

I think Mother Nature is playing a prank on me. Just went to do some water change when I notice something different in my betta container. I didn't believe my eyes. It look round and whitish. Upon further check, to my surprise it's actually eggs. My betta had been dropping eggs and now munching on them. After a few minutes, all gone. So, is this plakat male or female?!!! It flares like a male yet just dropped eggs in the container today. Is this the time to throw the towel and move on to better things in life?

He is about 9 - 10 months old now. He is one of two survival from my HM PK x HM female spawn I started last year. http://ausaqua.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=13526&view=findpost&p=153465 In terms of breeding, should I condition him and wait till he grows a bit more before putting him into the spawn tank.

Shadoh, Thanks for informing me about the signing issue. I have rectify the problem now. Video of my plakat flaring I notice vertical bars when it flars back at my other HM male. Confuse whether male or female at this stage.

Hey all, I have been working myself up trying to figure out whether my plakat that I have bred is a male or female. I've tried pairing up with another female CT but this fish was not even interested i.e. flaring at her. I also put it into a tank by itself with almond leaves hoping there is some bubblenest action for a week. Nothing. I did however put it with my HM male together and it seem to be flirting with him all across the tank. So, I thought it might be a female but looking at the body conformation, appearance of egg white spot under belly and size. But, another opinion to help me investigate whether it is male or female. Thanks for your input guys. Here are some photos My Plakat

Shadoh, Thanks for your comment. I too like the color of the steels. I never expect to have some steel in this spawn. :P

Finally, my camera is working. Three different colors coming up from my Royal Blue (red wash) x Royal blue HM 02 HM 04 HM 06 HM07 HM 08 HM 09 HM09

LOL ness i havent put any spawn log for this. it's a hush hush spawn.. an accident that happened 3 months ago I have now about 14 males and 10 females and some unsex (5) at the moment (so tiny that can be mistaken as platy babies) My link Picture of dad Mum was from one of Michael's super blue female (royal blue) I don't have any photos of mum cos she passed away way before i remember taking photo of her. I have her sibling sister so down the track i may try to breed a male back to his auntie.