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Victoria Betta website. And their facebook page.

Defs visit holger he's absolutely lovely and keeps some awesome fish. If you head to the coast same thing goes for jaylee of course

It's in Melbourne but its open to anyone who wants to attend and all the international and some local entrants get auctioned off so there's some great fish and we will be trying to make the auction interstate friendly :)

There's a fair few of us from Melbourne so plenty of help ioth locally and through the forum like the lively brenton

There is a local club vic Betta they are hosting and inter.national show in may so if your free head on down to that

Otherwise have a peruse around the forum ask some questions and everyone will be as helpful a

You can possibly get in touch with serkan he keeps a lot of killifish but also has some wild bettas and plenty of knowledge plus local hobbiests he can point you too

Also Holger at second nature aquariums I know its orange not Canberra buts he's a lovely fella and all his anks are inspirational To visit

And yes plenty if people on here are happy to ship fish

( also keep your eyes peeled in may for the Vic beta inc show fish )

Usually we just .say where we are from what fish or tanks we keep and how we got in to the hobby

Intros are really just to make sure you aren't a spam bot once you post in the forum you really get to know everyone much more anyway and thoer interests :)

welcome most of us are active on the facebook page too.
i'm a fan on the gene pool.
that's where we make our spawnlogs so we can easily track ages, sizes and pictures of our own spawns

Yeah I always opt to fatten up and do a big feed of something like live blackworms before I go so they can nibble on them. Betta can survive up to several weeks with no food anyway. I've read of fish lost in the post for six weeks but still alive and bloated fish being starved for four weeks so ten days in the scheme of things isn't too hard on a healthy Betta

Holiday blocks risks fouling water quality and id prefer a hungry Betta to a dead Betta

yes do what brenton suggested!
the ibc show is going to be fantastic and all international entrants (and some local entrants) are auctioned off so plenty of amazing fish will be up for grabs!

check out the other two topics as well. especially 'breeding dumbos'
i spoke to a few americans about their lines of enlarged pectoralled fish as well
even extravagent bettas guys over a year ago i asked and they were the ones who said they had 14 sellable fry though most of them were assymetrical in colour if not size (didnt make them reconsider continuing dumbo to dumbo breeding though so not too severe).
anyway theres much more info available now than when i posted this over a year ago (including an ibc standard(trial standard))

otherwise we will probably be going on a binge soon for several clubs/organisations (angfa, aswa, aga, ifga/similar....) so will let you know if we find anything to help

someone or les are probably some of the best people to ask about this
it's something ive wondered for a little while to but i really hard to find info on
colours are much easier to find definitions/info/genetics for than form trait but oh well
i think youll find you can find vague definitions or specifications
but anything like standards usually require you to be a member of a guppy specific forum/organisation (eg IFGA)

here's some early definitions on some traits i come across though

RREA (Real Red Eye Albino) : There are two types of red eye colors for Guppies. Red wine color red eye type is called Albino eye. The clear pink color eye is called Real Red Eye Albino, RREA

HTD = HALF THUMB DORSAL.
This is a high dorsal line most famous in ASIA like Thailand but will not pass in IFGA standards.

HIGH DORSAL
male with a basic round caudal, that has an extended flag dorsal fin. It could also probably be described as an IFGA swordtail without the sword.

and some good links
TAIL VARIATIONS
http://www.rhfishfarm.bizhosting.com/info/l1p3.htm

GUPPY COLOURS
http://www.guppychicago.org/guppy-types/

international fancy guppy association (has a show standard and extensive library for members)
http://www.ifga.org/index.html
might help but i think you need to join to access most of the things which may be useful... :/

guppy specific forum
http://www.guppies.com/forums/forum.php?s=3151948e6020ce54e9a719aea0e50899

i did it as pie bad. skin(flesh) coloured face rather than no mask.

added in 'skinmask'

back when we had guppies we found the fry are too prone to stress from sudden changes in tanks.
Thats why people use breeding nets and remove the mother.
the fry can grow in the net protected from predators without the stress of changes.
when ever we tried moving fry over early on such as the week of birth more often than not we'd find them dead that night. (that was just standard lfs gupies though)
im a bigger fan of moving parents out if possible otherwise once they are a few weeks old or just under a cm they can handle it (endlers also seem more resilient) . accidently scooped a tiny bugger out and left him in a cup unheated for 3-4 days no problem.

i believe most fancy lines breed pure as the effort is put to seperate them. throughout thier lifespan. eg the fish chick ones ar ekept seperate no sorority or mixed guppy tanks like the LFS. i know the offspring ive seen from someone lea trios carry all thier parents traits pure.

thats odd.
i've never had this especially before a water change(after a water changed id put down to stess)
odd

blue velvet seems to depend on the intensity of the blue as well
rillis i dont even know if anyone on here has them
of course theres always additions and changes. thats language for you.

bettas come up for air anyway so water aeration isnt as important as it is for say gold fish
looks likehe has a good crib though i like the bowl and he seems happy in it

dont over complicate it.
plenty of sponges cheaper than aqua-ones especially if you buy a few (plus no postage when its local )
we mostly run the XY sponges no problems. as for biological function i wont lie we mostly use them to prevent having tanks of stagnant water.
plants and water changes remove more ammonia than most filters
good bacteria is on everything in your tanks, plants, rocks, driftwood and your sponge of course and water changes shouldnt affect it dramatically.
make sure every few weeks you do give the sponge a good squeeze and rinse though
if your concerned re: water changes, you can always test it. gradually increase the water your changing and look for signs of stress in the fish after each increase till you find a level you and the fish agree on

im not sure if emersed leaves will help with all algea blooms
they will survive though we have some emersed leaves in our pallifina tank no problem
you can spot dose with flourish excel for black beard algea.
use a syringe or eye dropper right up on the spots affected and it will begin to die off in a few days
also maybe look at your photo period (amount of light on tank) as this is a leading cause of algea blooms and fixing the cause is better than treating the symptoms

Hi sarah,
welcome to the forum! we hope you love bettas.
apple has some really nice coolour to him
also as you look around you'll see some of us do keep bettas with other fish.
Including sorority tanks of female bettas, wild betta species can be maintained in group, and even lone males can be kept with most tetra or cory species no issue (though there are exceptions)

hi krystie
the image size is fine
the fish look lovely cant wait to see some more.
alot of us dabble in other fish.
were gonna get a few of the show grade guppies after we move so we can compare pics of sexy sexy guppies
(currently only have endlers but i actually bought my first breeding tank with guppy fry )

can we do some more subforums in the aquarium societies andmeetings? theres a ba one but maybe asofv/edas, vic betta, angfa?

long intros are good! means we know more about you.
i spose after goldfish 13L seems tiny but for a betta that's actually quite a nice tank size though
definately better than what 99% of shops keep them in
if he is a bit sick salt and regular water changes will always help and the swimming room as well will help keep water quality better for longer and will also give him some space to exercise his fins and things swimming
plenty of infos around here and plenty of fish as well
good luck

i think its like discus or wild bettas though. some look similar to each other. some look totally different though

just like 215 till we become the top asofv breeder ever