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Turquoise Metallic Black HMPK x Salamander Dumbo HMPK

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#1 ·
Hello everyone,

After a few months of preparation tomorrow will be the big day when I attempt to breed my betta for the very first time. I'm nervous, but very excited about it. So without further ado, here are the parents:

Sub-Zero
Turquoise Metallic Black HMPK


Nora
Dumbo Salamander HMPK


I'm breeding for form so a mix of colour isn't going to bother me. Wish me luck!
 
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#3 ·
Ooh! My boy Sir Arthur is a Dumbo Salamander HM, your girl looks like the female PK version of him lol. Good luck with your spawning, can't wait for pictures of the fry!
 
#6 ·
First try ended in failure. Nora just wasn't interested!

Tried again today with much more success. Sub-Zero chose to eat the eggs but Nora was amazing, picking up any he missed and putting them in the nest. Don't know if I should remove Zero now...


 
#8 ·
You should try him again later on, sometimes the first spawn is a bust and the second he's great :) it's a learning process for them ^^
 
#13 ·
o_O keep up on the water changes I lost most of my first spawn to a crazy ammonia spike 25 it's easy to over feed
 
#19 ·
Two weeks old today! Sadly I did lose the very small fry but the other eight are doing great.
Bit of a worry that after my first successful brine shrimp hatching two following ones have failed. Still have some from the first hatch but it will only last a couple more days. Going to try and ween them onto frozen daphnia while I try and get another brine shrimp hatchery going

 
#25 ·
Photo time! Babies turn six weeks old tomorrow. Three have names, Patch, Titch and Bob.
Patch and Titch are separate from their siblings. Patch has been on his own for the last two weeks. He developed a large black spot on his side. I didn't know what it was so I separated him for the sake of his siblings. Clearly the spot is nothing to worry about as he is the biggest baby and doing fine. He got his name from the spot
Titch is on his own because he is half the size of the others. I put him by himself to try and fatten him up without him having to compete for food :)

And Bob... Bob was seemingly born without a swim bladder. I didn't notice when they were in the bowl because I only saw them from above and the water was only two inches deep. But now he is in the main fry tank it is quite obvious from his swimming that something was wrong. On closer inspection I noticed that, unlike his siblings, I could see no swim bladder inside him. Aside from that though he is fine. He 'bobs' around and has no trouble eating. He just sinks.





And the other babies :D

This little one has blue eyes like his dad <3


Colours are coming in great


Baby fish eyes <3


This little baby has a beautiful sparkle
 
#27 ·
Poor little Bob! He will need a special home <3
 
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