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Re: Help for Betta with velvet

Subject: Re: Help for Betta with velvet
by TetraLinz on 19/7/2012 22:36:45

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EmmaG wrote:
Nice to hear a success story like that T.L, I hadn't thought about a couple of lady friends for him, would that work ok long term with heavy planting? I'm liking the idea of keeping him more and more, he's quite a little character, had my hand in the tank with the tweezers trying to sort out the shrimp massacre and he was swimming over to have a nose, and flaring at the camera when I was trying to get a pic.

Milk and Stripe look like beautiful fish, unusual colouring.

Better get this fish into training for a big home I think, take some inspiration from the Olympics, Tom Daley has been training at the pool in the town down the road, perhaps Mr Betta fish can get some tips from him! :)



Well, your tank's certainly got the volume needed for keeping a harem of bettas together and of course, you don't JUST have to have the bettas in there - other peaceful fish would work too. Shortfins work better than longfins - betta aggression can go both ways and those longer fins are a target. Plenty of plants and bogwood/decor for visual barriers. He'd need to be as fit as he can get though so best not get ahead of ourselves.

As for my tank, Milk died fairly soon after mating in April, after Hughey was removed, but the other females were more successful and the tank worked well for 9 months or so. Stripe went on a breeding frenzy for 2 weeks or so in September/October of that year, breeding with both females in quick succession, and I've still got 3 sisters from those matings.

If I were to do it again, I think I'd remove the females for a few days after breeding, for R&R, and to give the male privacy while the eggs and fry are still under his protection - that, btw, is when I saw most of the aggression with Stripe (Hugh never bred).