Introductions

[rowland]

Hello everybody,

Rowland from Brisbane here, introducing myself.

I currently have a pair of B. burdigala & a trio of B. smagadina and am raising a spawn from each.

Nice to be here.

[Bettarazzi]

Welcome Rowland. Beautiful fish. Congrats on the spawns.

[forever_and_a_day]

Welcome! I hope you'll post some pics sometime because as bettarazzi said, they're beautiful fish

[rowland]

Thanks for the welcome.

My camera is a very cheap Sony SteadyShot.

(Although that's not what I call it when I try to take fish pics)

Very poor results.

I agree they are lovely fish, as are all Bettas.

The parent burdigalas are very shy and I rarely see them.

Bubblenests, disappearing grindals and black worms are the only sign of their existence.

The young are doing fine in a one third full 24x12x15.

There are 20-30 of them between 10-15mm. Made up of 2 spawns.

Some shyness but not like the parents.

The smaragdinas are less than a week old and doing well.

Thanks again.

Here is a photo of the current burdigala nest.

http://www.filefactory.com/preview/40ed9yxs2w2f/

(First few nests were underwater.)

Edited April 1, 2014 by rowland

[Bettarazzi]

If you use the bbcode direct link from file factory the picture will appear in the post itself like this

[rowland]

Thanks for the info.

Obviously I am still finding my feet.

Thanks for that.

This is several days later. About 18 fry visible.Mainly on the l/h side

Edited April 2, 2014 by rowland