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Betta/Plakat Fish Room–Spawning Tank

2 March 2010 334 views 24 Comments

A brief look at my fish room where I house my plakats. I plan to build a betta barrack for my males and future fry. The females live in a ten gallon tank, and love to eat! Also shown is my spawning tank that I set up, as well as a pair just about ready to breed. The jars that I have some males in are 3/4 gallon and get small water changes daily and a complete change every week.

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  • spoonsivic said:

    very nice setup. good luck on ur spawn.

  • boxsterwelby said:

    Thank you, hopefully I can video the spawning.

  • boxsterwelby said:

    what about landfill teresa? He’s in that room, give him some love. He owns that room. hahahah.

  • boxsterwelby said:

    yeah, but you can’t really watch your fish in a dark bucket! I enjoy watching my animals. And, although I don’t take your simple approach, i can control the evironment of the tank and get more consistency in the breeding. Lastly as you said, I have a nice set up that looks good. These are the reasons I did this and it works. I think you suck if you raise your fish in a bucket, but good luck with that.

  • FishLover559 said:

    i sugest you to lower your spawnning tanks to like 3″-5″ so itll be easier for the male to breed. because it wont work your male so hard. ive only been into betta for only 6 weeks now. and ive already have my 4th batch growing. so far i sucess in breeding same pair 3 times already 9-10 days apart from each batch of layed eggs. message me if u like some pointers. no vids because my cpu + vista windows wont let me upload any vids

  • boxsterwelby said:

    The level was at about 6″ and by the time they actually spawned some evaporated. I’m not sure I would breed the same fish over and over…especially 10 days apart. The spawning takes a bunch out of them and they need time to recover and rest.

  • FishLover559 said:

    nah my pair seems to do fine =D.. they rest enough =D if i already done it 3 x a month =D.. and they seem fine and females is already ready to breed again =D

  • 109cy said:

    i think u need a hood for the spawning tank..theres not gonna be alot of heat for the frys…

  • boxsterwelby said:

    You’re right, I do cover the tank when I actually spawn and have fry, but for the video I was just showing what I do for a set up.

  • Plagerz89 said:

    wow nice setup you must be realy dedicated, and love your bettas, you sound cute to hehe :)

  • mystasher said:

    hey there, i was wondering where and how did you get those 3 rectangle containers next to your spawning tank? those looks great. i would like to get some please let me know! thanks!

  • boxsterwelby said:

    I actually picked those containers up at the goodwill thrift store, but i’m sure you can order them from like a website that sells trophy boxes.

  • mystasher said:

    ohhh okay thanks..atleast i know they are trophy boxes…lol..if ever i come across some..thanks for the info.

  • richerxiong said:

    how many gallons is that female tank?

  • darkplakat said:

    nice video one thing your missing sponge filter.

  • boxsterwelby said:

    these are just breeding tanks, all the other fish have filters.

  • plakatlover said:

    have u ever try fighting the males??

  • bettaj said:

    Use something other than a chimney b/c it messes with the top of the water–breaks apart bubble nest. Try getting a beanie baby box, cut the bottom 1/16th off and drill 5/8th holes all over the box. For me this helps…try the Thai method as well. bettas-dojo daaht kom for more info

  • zzzz0313zzzz said:

    nice

  • plakatfreak said:

    you don’t need asponge filter yeyt

  • FlyGreenBerid said:

    sweet set up hope it gose good

  • bucc4life said:

    great site

  • plakatbettas said:

    kool setup..you knoe female bettas only release there eggs unbred when they are overloaded with eggs….my female did it like 2-4 times cuz i kept feeding her alot of bloodworms so that made her have tons of eggs…

  • LeeLavey said:

    what kind of jars are those

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