[kermadum]

We recently got a shipment of new fish from various breeders in Thailand. The fish survived the flight over, getting delayed in the floods and then getting to Sydney, so I thought these kids deserve a bit of fun!

This spawn is taking place in a 30cm cube (28ish litres) half filled.
27 degrees
IAL
Lots of Java Fern & Java Moss & this other plant that I've forgotten the name of already, but is Frog something.
Ph is a little high here but nobody seems to mind 7.2




Father (whose name is L'Orange) was placed in the spawning tank on Saturday, Sunday morning mother (named Mrs Spensive) was introduced in a chimney. By Sunday evening he had built a huge nest under a floating Java Fern leaf (ignoring the polystyrene cup entirely) and we let her out of the chimney because there was a storm approaching. Nothing much happened here, a bit of chasey, she inspected the nest occasionally but that was it.



The next morning, it was all a bit flirty, and the embracing started quite early. She was a dutiful girlfriend and assisted L'Orange to put all the eggs in the nest. I think there's a lot of them.



By Tuesday night there were a few tails. This morning there are lots of tails. I couldn't get a good photo due to all the floating plants but here's one where you can kind of make out tails in amongst everything.

[Busman]

Lol that's four spawns now. You really are crazy. Nice looking fish though. You really are producing some great looking fish. You will be able to supply most of Oz if batch testing comes in.

[paul]

Awesome stuff! Beautiful fish too.
I think this officially makes you sydney's (and perhaps australia's) most prolific betta breeder! 4 sizable spawns running concurrently! Well done, and, good luck finding enough jars! Lol

[kermadum]

Yeah, we're gluttons for punishment. But whats life without a bit of crazy. With the barracks I built, & 2 aqua one barracks we were generously given we have quite a lot of jar action going on, but because they're in barracks, water changes are much simpler than if everything was completely independent. And we have a divided girls tank for the girls to move in to. And once I get rid of my piano I'm thinking of building another barracks.

There's also 7 weeks between this spawn and it's closest rival (& about 12 from it's furthest), by the time this lot are needing to be jarred I think we'll have sold or given away most of the older ones.

And these ones are too pretty to not be breeding!

[shadoh]

Wow, another beautiful spawn you have there You are the closest thing we have over here to the Thai fish farms! Where is the spawn log for the marbles?...... lol!

[Busman]

Hey, just a thought but have you considered moving to Brisbane? Lots of occasional river front properties on the market cheap. ( too early for flood jokes?). Lol

[shadoh]

Lol @ Busman!

[kermadum]

Hahaha... as the two brisbanites are either making the joke or laughing at it (and I love a poor taste joke) I don't think anyone is going to complain around here.

The marbles are coming... It's probably a bit soon to start another spawn, but my partner put them together the other night (and I'm not about to stop that) but the male is a bit aggressive, so I don't think it's going to be an easy spawn. In the meantime... here is the male (http://www.aquabid.c...ashm1293448533) at least he used to look like that. These days he has more black and less red. The female is similar but has patches of blue irrid. I'll keep you posted on if anything happens there.

[shadoh]

He is a very impressive marble! Shame he's lost a lot of the red (which looks more orange in the photo...) I can't wait to see the outcome if all goes well

[Yan]

Ok put me down for some of these fry too, if the parents are anything to go by!!

[Sarah]

They are beautiful!

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Hey, just a thought but have you considered moving to Brisbane?

NO!!! You can't have him... he supplies Sydney now.

[shadoh]

That's OK Sarah, WE HAVE JODI LEA!!!

[Sarah]

Hey.. don't rub it in.

[FlameDragon]

Bugger Brisbane need to move to Tassie! TasV and I will happily babysit some for you beautiful, beautiful fish, congratulations. Have to get a cloth for the keyboard, excuse me please, Jo

[kermadum]

Now now kids... there'll be plenty of fish for everyone. Seriously... there are PLENTY! I don't think I can ship interstate at the moment (will work on it once I have a few more adult fish to think about), but you're all more than welcome to come visit if you love a fishy enough.

Everyone is free swimming today, and I gave them their first feed of vinegar eels this morning. The father is still in with them at the moment and diligently trying to keep them in one place, but there are sooo many he'll have his work cut out for him.