Feeding Bettas

Written by William Berg


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Your betta should go forrepparttar food right away, but if not, watch whererepparttar 125608 food sinks, and whatrepparttar 125609 betta does. If more than 15 min he has not eatenrepparttar 125610 food yet, removerepparttar 125611 food. Never letrepparttar 125612 water go cloudy. If it is already, then change it, as cloudy water will threaten your betta’s health. Normally, small bowls or containers should be changed at least twice a week. Larger tank can be changed once a week. And notice ifrepparttar 125613 ammonia and nitrite levels are uprepparttar 125614 roof, because both are very bad for your Betta. Also be wary of harmful bacteria they can ruin your fish life, but don’t kill of all bacteria inrepparttar 125615 aquarium since a lot of bacteria is essential for a well functioning aquarium.

Duringrepparttar 125616 pre-spawning period you can feed a wide variety of food, including blackworms, Grindal worms, fruit flies, brine shrimp, mosquito larvae and frozen blood worms (all are life exceptrepparttar 125617 frozen blood worms). During this periodrepparttar 125618 adult fish may be fed 4 times per day or more depending on how closerepparttar 125619 fish are to being placed intorepparttar 125620 spawning tank.

You can start feeding your betta fry, 5 days afterrepparttar 125621 spawning. Feedrepparttar 125622 fry several times per day, using a variety of foods (infusoria, boiled egg yolk, baby brine shrimp…) made up of small particles.



William Berg Has over 20 years of aquarium experience. He runs the website http://www.aquaticcommunity.com which features a lot of information about bettas aswell as other fish such as cichlids, predatory fish and crayfish.


Breeding Gouramis

Written by William Berg


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The dwarf gourami has diagonal turquoise blue stripes on their reddish orange body. The males are larger and more colorful thanrepparttar females. The male becomes very brightly colored at spawning time. Their nature and needs of treatment are similar to those ofrepparttar 125607 pearl gouramis, they will eat anything they are being feed, however they prefer live foods and prepared mixtures. Best spawned in a separate aquarium especially setup for this purpose. Place a well-conditioned pair into a 40-liter or 60-liter, thickly planted aquarium with a lot of floating plants. The spawn can consist of 300 to 700 eggs. After spawning is completed,repparttar 125608 female should be removed. The male will tendrepparttar 125609 spawn untilrepparttar 125610 fry become free swimming, and then he should be removed too.

The males of honey gourami have beautiful bright orange-yellow color. The females are plain, have slightly shaded brownish orange body with a silvery fluorescent glow. They prefer aquariums with some thickly planted areas and with some open swimming areas. They usually eat anything you provide them with. These fish are moderately easy to breed, though a little more difficult thanrepparttar 125611 dwarf gourami. For a pair, prepare a 40-liter aquarium without air stone or filter. The male will build a large bubble nest. The eggs will when laid float up intorepparttar 125612 bubble nest, whererepparttar 125613 male will guard over them until they hatch andrepparttar 125614 fry becomes free swimming, which is when he should be removed. The female should be removed right after spawning.

William berg is an experienced aquarist that written articles on everything from aquarium decoration to clown loaches


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