Hi, I'm Jillian

[JillyFish]

I'm 18 years old and have an avid interest in keeping fish. I'm going to college in West Virginia for biology and possibly switching to pre-vet. I have worked at a pet store in Pittsburgh for two years. I have three fish tanks and several betta "containers" that are larger than a jar but not quite a tank. My largest tank is 60 gallons. I bred bettas for my senior project. Thats about it...I'm happy to be here:19:

[Dave66]

Welcome Jilly :) What are you going to feed the fry? I used cultured infusoria and green water when I went through the Anabatid phase in college.

Dave

[JillyFish]

Unfortunately, I only had 2 fry survive. I tried with everything I had to breed brine shrimp, but I couldn't get the conditions just right. I fed them some vinegar eels, but I was afraid to feed them too much for fear of polluting the water with the vinegar mixture. I also tried to breed a culture of microworms but couldn't keep up with how often they needed to be changed, and mom didn't like the smell of the rotten milk in her living room :). I tried (stupidly) to feed them that liquid fry food. About 10 survived on that. Once they were bigger, I crushed up some high-quality betta pellets. They seemed to enjoy those. I hope to try to breed them again when I have more time...its been busy with college coming and all.

[*Sarah*]

Welcome to the site :) IT's an INVALUABLE source of information and support.

[Dave66]

Unfortunately, I only had 2 fry survive. I tried with everything I had to breed brine shrimp, but I couldn't get the conditions just right. I fed them some vinegar eels, but I was afraid to feed them too much for fear of polluting the water with the vinegar mixture. I also tried to breed a culture of microworms but couldn't keep up with how often they needed to be changed, and mom didn't like the smell of the rotten milk in her living room :). I tried (stupidly) to feed them that liquid fry food. About 10 survived on that. Once they were bigger, I crushed up some high-quality betta pellets. They seemed to enjoy those. I hope to try to breed them again when I have more time...its been busy with college coming and all.

Keep trying, Jilly. Takes a while to get the hang of feeding those wee babies. Best method I know to culture infusoria is dried duckweed in a jar that gets three or four hours of sunlight a day. You'll know its ripe when you can see little moving bits of dust with a magnifying glass. When it gets really misty, take some out in a eye dropper and squirt 'em at the fry. Key is to do that 8 or 10 times a day, and change 20 percent of the water daily. You should get around an 80 percent yield that way.

Dave

By the way, BBS is too big for Betta fry to eat for the first couple weeks.

[nanaglen2001]

Welcome to AC

Great source of information, and lots of nice people

[RobbieG]

Welcome to AC!

[Lady Hobbs]

Welcome Jillian. Love your name. Hope you enjoy the site and will be a regular right here.

[crackatinny]

Welcome to AC:22:

[AquaQueen]

Hi Jilly, Welcome to AC!

[JillyFish]

thanks you guys, i'm happy to be here. I like to learn everything I can about the hobby.

[MeganL3985]

Hello & Welcome!! :) Nice to see another fellow PA member on here! lol (I'm originally from PA, as well as a few others on here!) You will learn a ton in a short time, so stick around!! :)

[JillyFish]

i plan to! if any of you guys know anything about iridescent sharks, please check out my post in breeding and/or catfish because I have one that looks like she is pregnant. It seems so impossible though.

[troy]

Welcome to @c.

[digger]

hello and welcome

[tropfish]

welcome to the forum! thumbs2:

[Bill M.]

Welcome to AC!!!!!! Feel free to ask any question, the only stupid one is the one not asked!