okay, sparta is my 1 fry from my last spawn the red HMxVT spawn from November,22(?), 2011 and i have one fry left. 4 days ago he/she turned 3 months, but he/she is wayy under size :lol: am starting to worry, i do every 2nd day changes (should i make it daily? :|) and it is actually %100 percent changes, and he/she lives in i don't even think it is a gallon tank :-? and i feed him/her HBH baby bites, since i have i can't hatch BBS and i don't have money to buy a culture of what evers. and his size is around this:
(smaller i think) and he/she has no coloration either, he only has red tinted eye's and that's it. if anyone knows another way i would appreciate it
I am not weighing in on my thoughts and beliefs which mirror pretty much everything being said. I am just a new breeder who is in the process of raising his first spawn. But as such I have to say it is thanks to this forum at people like you all that I was prepared and took the time to make sure I had everything I needed to breed and raise fry.
You see. That is the true "instinct" of a breeder. Though Amphibianite, not many people have as much self control as you do. To be honest I didn't, but I had to pay the price. Your spawn was very successful and you took all the correct precautions to succeed in an embrace. Nothing beats a first spawn done correctly. Especially seeing the embrace in person.
uhh i never said anything about breeding soon, and what does this HMPK branching about? :| also i had the stuff i needed for spawning it's just my family broke everything, my filter, my heater, thermo. and i do have a 20 gallon (breeder) tank still.
Lol basically we were saying that by breeding a HMPK to a HM you help give the long finned males in the next generations a stronger body and shorter fins which are easier to carry.
Again NO posts were directed at you or were meant to be rude! Sorry if it seemed that way.
As far as getting him to grow can you get him into a larger tank (10 gallon)? The 20 is a bit big right now at his size. Larger tanks maintain temperature better. And can you heat the room? Like with a space heater?
I've think a 20 is a bit to large for 1/4" betta
Even the ten
He/she is fine in a 5
It will be a lot easier for him/her to find food
If u don't have a heater
N can't get one u should go smaller.
A 2 gallon so it won't take much heat or light to heat it up.
I use to use heating pad(blanket)
But I've heard those thing catch on fire, so I've stop
Since you have a budget limit.
U must learn how to make it work
my parents threw away my 5 gallon :-( and i don't have any other tanks right now, because i only have a 10 and a 20 gallons :lol: the 1 gallons are in use for the adults. we have no heating at all (besides the radiator) and as i told a little amount of people, i don't live in a house, i live in a apartment in the ghetto. and the nieghbor hood isn't really safe...
Lol sorry, couldnt resist. Back to topic! xD
Collecting pop cans and such would be a great idea, you keep saying its winter there, same as everywhere else , so why dont you shovel driveways for a few dollars? Unless you don't have snow, then nevermind lol
I agree with both Curly and BB. It might be frustrating right now, but trust me it doesn't get any better being broke. If not all of us know the feeling of not being able to breed then we all know the feeling of being broke.
As Curly said, you must find a way to make it work.
As BB said, IT'S WINTER! We all can make some money shoveling. It just snowed here and I thought it was supposed to snow Friday. I once made over $300 shoveling in my neighborhood. If the lot is big enough I would charge $30. But if it was icy and I had to use a scraper (which was very hard btw) I would charge an extra $5-$10 depending on the size. Just don't go overboard with prices.
Anyway, there is Always a way for younger kids to make some extra cash.
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