Feeding BettasWritten by William Berg
Feeding BettasKnowing right way to feed your betta is fundamental, because not doing it right can have big consequences on your bettas health. Nothing is more stressful than dealing with a sick fish, right? So, let's do it right, and get rid from calamity! Here are some golden rules on feeding your betta. First, select proper food. Bettas are selective eaters. A betta specific pellet is ok, but live and frozen foods are preferable. The recommended diet includes frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms. The next rule is to not overfeed your Bettas. Carefully dose meals, because even if fish ate all you give him, he will produce so much more waist when overfed and pollution level of jar he is in will go beyond safe range, this problem is smaller if you keep your betta in a larger aquarium. Remember not to leave uneaten food in Aquarium! Once your betta and rest of fish is done eating, you must remove all uneaten left over food. If you do not remove it, it will punctually rot and cause havoc in tank. Bettas prefer to eat from upper parts of water column. They don’t really enjoy eating from bottom of tank. So before dropping food in tank, make sure you have his attention. Let him see food, get it close to his face from outside of aquarium, let him check out what it is, and then there you go! Drop food in front of his nose. The best way is to drop a tiny bit of food--about 6 frozen brine shrimp, watch bettas eat it all and then look at belly, if it looks same as it did before you fed, it’s ok to give them more, but always watch and make sure to make second portion smaller than first.
| | Breeding GouramisWritten by William Berg
Gouramis are a quite popular chocies among fish hobbyists. For novice fish breeders, breeding gouramis can be an appealing challenge. Getting them to spawn and raising fry can be a rewarding experience.Gouramis are labyrinth fishes. They have labyrinth, which is an air-filled breathing hole, located under gill covers. This kind of fish can often be seen going to surface of water to take in fresh air, making them survive waters with low oxygen levels. There are many different types of gouramis, which all originally came from South and Southeast Asia. Most species are easy to breed, however a few species like Helostoma temmincki (the Kissing Gourami), Osphromenus goramy (the Giant Gourami), Sphaerichthys osphromenoides (the Chocolate Gourami) are rather difficult. Some of favmost popular species include Pearl Gourami (Trichogaster leeri), Dwarf Gourami (Colisa lalia) and Honey Gourami (Colisa sota). And these are species I am going to say a few words about breeding. The pearl gourami is one of most beautiful of all gouramis. The body and fins have lovely mosaic pearls that shine in lights. The length for female can reach 10cm, 12cm for male. These gouramis love shallow, warm (around 27 C), and slowly flowing waters. They are very calm fish and easy to keep. They eat just about anything; however green flakes and Grindal worms are preferable. The breeding aquarium should be 80 cm in length or larger, with some suspended and anchored plants. The aquarium should be filled with about 15-20cm of water with no air or filtration, temperature 29C. Up to 2000 eggs can be laid in one spawning. When fry become free swimming male should be removed from aquarium. The female should be removed right after spawning.
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