Who does not know betta fish? Small fish are very popular among hobbyists has its own charm. In the market there are two types namely betta betta fighting fish and Betta. Betta varieties known by the scientific name of Siamese fighting fish. While Hickey complaints there are various varieties, among others peaceful betta, betta rubra, betta unimacullata, etc. But we will discuss about livestock Betta. Distinguishing Betta and Betta contest is easy. Namely by looking at the physical appearance of the fish.
Betta fish have fins and tails are beautiful colorful. Betta does not have long tails because today is born a new strain of the type of plaque. Hickey types of plaque seemingly similar to hickey complaints but has a body shape more beautiful and brilliant color. Hickey complaints in general have physical characteristics with a less attractive body shape and usually dark.
Prospects Betta fish as ornamental fish every day is enormous demand for ornamental fish is quite significant. The audience not only among small children as the days of our grandparents were kids. Betta fish are now popular with many people of different ages, classes and all walks of segmentation of society. Marketing is relatively easy because the demand for fish continues to flow. As well as the type of Betta also are numerous, ranging from the type slayer, serit (crown tail), halfmoon, double tail / forked, to the type of plaque. Betta fish has its own place among lovers of ornamental fish. Keep in mind that this fish knows no season like fish louhan, discus, tetra, etc.
The current economic crisis also requires us to rack my brain to look for additional income. One alternative is to become a breeder iakn hickey. This work may seem trivial to you. However, if it dealt with seriously and perseverance, you will get the results did not disappoint. Betta fish of the genus is a close relative of the carp because the order yankni order labyrinth. Betta fish have the ability to take a breath directly onto the surface of the water. It is thanks to the organ called the labyrinth that is in gill iakan hickey.
Actually raising Hickey is easy there are several steps that must be taken to an advanced a successful breeder. The following stages of the process of breeding betta fish until the sales process.
1. Selection of the parent
Holding elections is the most important and decisive stage in the breeding process. Because the quality of breeders will produce quality puppies anyway. Based on the author's experience in selecting prospective parent should be done on the fish over the age of eight months. For fish that have been aged eight months have sexual maturity perfectly. The sex organs of fish can produce gonads and sperm quality. It is better if the breeding females will spawn is a female who is a virgin or has never spawn.
For approximately ten years in the ins and outs of ornamental fish, the writer found that the quality of breeders who only produces 70% of saplings quality as well. Therefore do not play in the selection of candidates for broodstock. Good breeders are breeders who have been sexually mature so the hatching success rate and the number could reach 80% -90%. Jikia done carelessly holding elections then we will receive the results of which will also be very unsatisfactory.
Here are the characteristics breeders are good and ready to mate:
a. Stud
1) It has reached the age of eight months. Can be characterized by size already exceeds six centimeters. Or see the base of the tail muscular.
2) Have a good physical shape.
3) Have a mental bold.
4) Have a bright and brilliant colors.
5) often makes bubbles on the water surface.
6) The movements are flirtatious when he saw a female betta
b. female
1) reaches the age of eight months cuku. Characterized by belly fat.
2) Have a good physical shape.
3) It has a bright color and bold fins.
4) The body of the fish change color to transparent stripes like a zebra.
5) White spots on the abdomen which menjendol sign egg ready to be fertilized.
Most breeders beginners are often unable to distinguish between males with females. The breeder so often happens mixing fish of the same sex. Of course this will result in the fish will fight so that the tail becomes damaged. Actually it is easy to differentiate males with females. Hickey females have less attractive body shape and not symmetrical; tail betta females are also less attractive and short; female betta color less bright when compared with male betta. Hickey stud instead and had a long tail and a beautiful and brilliant color.
The author also prohibit novice breeders to not marry a fish of the same parent. This will produce seedlings that are genetically defective and the resulting color is usually not beautiful. This genetic defect caused by a genetic defect caused by the collection arrives chromosome. If sires originate from one parent, the chromosomes will gather in the end all birth defects that may exist will be deployed in puppies. Going sires should come from a different parent. Better yet, if you do the cross-breeding of other types and colors.
2. Preparation of spawning
After the election will undergo sires we also harsu prepare candidates with good breeding. So that later when the fish are already mated to spawn successfully and without interruption. Selected breeders should be separated and given special treatment. The most important is to provide a nutritious feed supplement for broodstock hickey. Breeder also have to prepare a place that would be a place to spawn.
Many objects can be used as a container for spawning. The most effective and well is to use because we can memantu aquarium fish activity from various angles. Regarding the size of the tank will be used actually no gold standard. The authors recommend a minimum size using ukurang aquarium 30x40x30 (LxWxH). Size is not too wide nor too narrow. Fiber containers such as tubs, drums, or gallons former can also be used.
The stud we put in the tank for one week and given feed mosquito larvae. Perform these treatments for one week until the male lust marked with flirtatious movements and removing the foam. Female fish before the mating process given feed mosquito larvae to accelerate the maturation of the egg. Warning not to feed silk worms provide to the breeders who are being prepared. High fat content will make it difficult for fish when issuing eggs. It is feared that the hatching success rate will be reduced.
Make sure also sires in a healthy state characterized by the agile movement and a high appetite. To prevent disease prevention to give methyl blue dripping into the aquarium. Aquarium which will be used should also be clean both fungi and bacteria that can carry the disease in children hickey.
3. The process of spawning
If both prospective breeders breeders are given special treatment, the spawning can be done. Actually there is no standard time period to prepare prospective sires. If it already looks ready for spawning should be done immediately. Males are placed in a spawning tank when it formed foam where lay her eggs are done spawning. But we can not directly enter into the female betta aquarium. Betta fish should humans also need to approach / matchmaking. Matchmaking is done in order to direct the fish mating. Most fish are not joodoh will fight each other and spawning will fail.
Matchmaking process is intended that each can know their partner. Pairing can be done by inserting the female into the jar or bottle. Then the jar or bottle is inserted into the aquarium stud. Let males and females observed the females looked at each other. If each showing a positive reaction, where the stud will waddle female flirty and change color to sepertii zebra. Female fish may soon be released slowly into the container.
Males will approach the female and danced in front of the female betta. Hickey females respond to the seduction by walking lazily and follow the direction in which the male swim. If the time is right then the males would invite females to mate. Usually mating occurs during the cold time. According to the experience during the marriage occurred in the morning between the hours of 07:00 to 10:00 and in the afternoon at 2:00 p.m. to 17:00. previously we also have to provide facilities where male lay their eggs. We can use banana leaves or small cut cassava leaves. The media should float as a foam will be released by males. The authors do not recommend using aquatic plants because it will be difficult for males to collect eggs.
Mating occurs when males females clinging to form a ball. After the second ball curled shape of this fish will be weak for some time. Females emit white eggs on the abdomen small size of sand. That's when the male sperm to fertilize the egg out of the. Once issued the female egg is able to issue a fifteen eggs. The males then swiftly picking up the eggs that fall using his mouth, gently and lovingly. Then the eggs are laid in the foam that has been prepared on the stud. The eggs will be embedded and stored in the foam of the stud. This event will take place several times for a few minutes until the female eventually run out of eggs in her stomach.
Typically when the process of mating the females often mamakan their own eggs. Therefore provide adequate feed in the aquarium in the form of mosquito larvae or silk worms. This is to reduce the cannibalistic nature of breeding females. After the marriage process was marked by the expulsion of the female mating region. Males readily dispel the female not to eat eggs that have been neatly between the foam nest. This is where your role as a breeder to remove the female from the aquarium. Do it slowly and do not cause big ripples that can damage the foam nest. Once appointed the female can be rested elsewhere and given adequate food.
Females who have been married can be used up to twice spawning back. This is because females are mated many times (up to four) will experience a decrease in egg quality. The quantity and quality of the eggs will be reduced so that will hurt us as a breeder. Hatching success rate also declined because it is the first of the best eggs. Unused after the female should not be discarded. For most of the top breeder females is the key to getting a hickey superior quality. They usually throw a female who had been discharged for a meal or fish arowana lou han. The goal is to menjaa quality and competition with other breeders. Later the breeder fish produced no equal and ends on the presence of fish stocks affecting the selling price in the market of ornamental fish.
4. Enlargement children
After the mating process passed and the mother was removed from the aquarium. Now the task of the stud to keep her until they hatch. The males will continue to stand vigil under the foam nests containing eggs. Males will also be picking up the eggs that fall and put back in the nest foam. This male behavior contrary to his attitude towards other hickey. Adult betta fish is known as scrappy. Abroad betta fish known as fish alias fighter fighting fish.
Three days post-mating the eggs will turn into a hickey. Originally white eggs will have an eye, then its tail formed and on the third day hickey children (seed) is formed. The fry can not swim well. Often picking stud puppies swim too far from the nest. Males will keep until the fry are able to swim alone. When visible seed has been able to swim the stud removed from the aquarium. Furthermore rest stud.
In the first week of seed does not need to be fed because they still have food reserves of the egg yolk. Furthermore fry fed with food that is small for the size of his mouth.
5. Feeding
The process of providing a very important stage because it determines the survival of chicks. When the three-day-old egg sac which is owned by the seed begins to run out. So that the seed will need a supply of food. Usually breeders give the feed with Artemia salina flour. But the author used to use water fleas fine obtained by culturing own. The result fry will quickly grow larger. There are even some breeders give the feed with boiled egg yolk. Egg yolks will be destroyed by water so that the seed will devour the egg yolks.
Once large enough baby fish can be fed choke or silk worms. Each feed has its own advantages and disadvantages of each.
a. silk worm / worm tubifex
This feed includes highly favored by the fish. Hickey who frequently consume silk worms become very rapid growth. Silk worms have a very high fat content. Risks that may arise is obesity on the hickey. For female betta too much eating worms lay eggs resulted difficult. Silk worms are usually obtained from the gutter flowing. Therefore before being given to the fish we should be cleaned and given antibiotics.
b. choke
Feed which is a subsidiary of mosquitoes. Ncuk has a high protein content. Cuk very well to brighten the color and ripen hickey breeding female egg cell. Cuk is also very easy to get around our environment. Unfortunately choke also invites germs caused by adult mosquitoes. Cuk who had stooped should not be given to the hickey because of its nutrient content is reduced.
c. water fleas
water fleas belonging to the family of microscopic shrimp-udngan very often found in stagnant water. Water fleas will be easily found in waters containing algae and algae. Provision of water fleas can widen our favorite fish fins.
6. Sorting
After the fish berubuh one and a half months to do the sorting. The fish are sorted is the stud of good quality. Quality fish characterized by a proportionate physical form, fin width, brilliant color. Sorting process aims to fin fish are not damaged by fighting. Selnjutnya betta aquarium can be placed pad solitary ukurang 15x15x20. if there is no aquarium it can use jam jars or bottles of mineral water.
Sorting is done slowly so that chicks do not experience stress. Separate the males are of good quality and poor-quality stud. Later this classification will determine the selling price of fish. The more quality then the price will also be more expensive in Angan. Female fish do not need to be sorted. They can be collected together in one container. Sorting female fish is done when we will prepare the parent.
GOOD LUCK…
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