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stomkat - I raised my 2 oldest spawns in 'clean' tanks. Both spawns have missing ventrals. I now have 2 spawns (one which just hatched yesterday) in 'green' tanks.
I have noticed that the green tanks have fry which are growing much quicker. Of course, maybe it's because I'm so busy with Christmas I'm not hovering over them as much.
With the 'clean' tanks I was changing their water every other day. In the green tanks I'm only changing when nitrates get high.
Has anyone else done this to see which is healthier for fry? I'm curious to find out what the final results will be.
I just keep a light on a tank while it's cycling and algae forms. I don't clean it off the glass and it gets thicker and thicker. It covers everything so thick you can't see in the tank. I wipe off a spot on the front so I can see the fry once every couple weeks. When I change the water I clean off half the bottom only. That way they aren't losing a large amount of algae at once. It begins to reform immediately. It looks disgusting, but the fry are doing great! I changed water every other day. I used air tubing to clean the bottom until completely clean. No algae or dirt.
- Dec 21, 2000
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betta_grrl - I had exactly the same experience:
Meticulous cleaning practices, frequent water changes - missing ventrals.
Negligent cleaning practices, very slow, irregular water changes - Tada! Everyone had their ventrals.
I hadn't noticed the correlation, but my latest spawn is growing like crazy - much faster than my missing ventral babies.
- Dec 21, 2000
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D3 - this is great
so can i just put black water extract in there? and leave my light on all day long?
will i get Green Water?
- Jun 7, 2002
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Hans - i know of at least one breeder who use green (algae) tank to keep fly - and got the same result that they grow much faster than clean tanks. i suppose it's because algae water contains much micro organism that serve as ready food for the fly all-time-round; unlike artificial feeding timing.
- Dec 21, 2000
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briantu - This is a story a florida betta show judge told me . A breeder don't remember the name went to Thailand to research bettas and to look at the various wild types. One day he was walking around the villages of the families who breed and import these bettas. One day he saw two boys walking with two large wild bettas. He asked them how did they get the betta to be so large and they show him som e some crushed leaves they had added to the water. Which makes the water very organic which includes peat which is in black water extract. Since this story which I heard four months ago I have have stop the clean water technique and gone with the organic tank technique using black water extract to raise the fries and you know what the fries are stronger and healthier and grow faster. I know because I run the clean water technique at my partner's house and the organic method at mine. My partner's fish constant have velvet and don't grow as fast considering that the temperature and tanks size are the same. Well, so now I use the organic method which is the green water.
- Dec 23, 2000
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- USE MORE GREEN TANKS!!!!
There's nothing better!
You can forget worrying about your fries food...microworm, infusoria, whatever - forget it!
They'll find enough food until they are big enough to go on powder-food.
You also don't have to clean your tank this much! Use a little sponge filter or aeration and for the first weeks only refill the evaporated water!
WORKS GREAT!!
- Oct 30, 2001
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Amanda - I have a male and female betta but it seems that my male betta can never spawn with my female she now looks fat anough to spawn but my male betta wont take interest in her he wont eat and he\'s loosing his color,he seems to be happy becasue he is mkaing bubble nests but i\'m not sure if you have any advice I beg you to please email me..
Thanks
- Jun 12, 2002
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