Betta fishroom.

[(RC)]

I don't work a red line anymore and I've never worked CT's. The only lines I will be running are non-metallic iridescent and opaque. Royal blue and "purple" will be in my fishroom since jdwoodschild wants to work them. There is also a possibility of light bodied metallic aka platinums and maybe blacks since I alway seem to have a spawn of them going someplace.


RC

Beki! Where've you been lately? Haven't seen you around.

[Damon]

Wow I go away for a weekend and see what happens...................
This wont be much of a problem anymore when we get our original mod for this area back...........

BTW welcome Back RC. Room looks nice as always. Like the changes you made also.

[fraser27]

i think its good (rc) must have took you ages to get it right!

[(RC)]

The building took very little time, but the design took a while. I was planing it for a few years before I built it. Since I built it I have made I few changes on how it works. I don't use it as a drip system anymore,but use it as a automatic water change system now.


RC

[lochness]

very interesting setup - i'm filled with mixed feelings lol but your setup is certainly interesting ty for sharing
regardless of my mixed views, i love to see all diff kind of setups.

[Migirk]

RC,
Guess who. Did you ever breed those fighter plakats I sent you? Oh....btw.....it's Dogsnfish.

p.s. Do you still breed those high quality crown tails that you were always bragging on?

[eon17]

those bettas live in such a small space it would be like you living in a prison cell

[bettaboy691]

i havent been around for a while as i was blocked for giving my opinion, i understand you probaly all hate me, but to be honest, i dont care, i would rather be disliked and stick up for what i belive in, then please everybody with going alone with the crowd.
just to clear something up, pleco_breeder, none of my fish are cramped, whatever you were wafferling on about when people who complain really keep their fish in crappy conditions, thats totally wrong for me, apart from no really liking plecs in the first place, i would never keep any fish in a tank too small.
i did send a PM to (RC) to explain a few stuff and try to say sorry for the way it turned out, but he never replied.i still stand by my decision to argue my point and defend the bettas, sure the whole thing may have become a little aggressive at times, but i wasnt trying to attack anyone, just express my thoughts.as you can clearly see, im not the only person on this forum that thinks your betta system is too small. but moving on...
to end on a possative, i do however like your indoor pond, great idea and lovely goldfish.

[Osiris]

Breeding is whatever works. and when ur primed at breeding fish, setup is designed for them to push out fry. This works for him, very elaborate system that ive seen.

This thread was merely to show off the fishroom, not to argue the point on how to keep betta's. Not sure how u do things in the UK, but RC is a professional, am sure knows what he is doing.

[CyberSpike]

I'm a bit of a technology nut and love tinkering and engineering things, I love your automatic water change setup.

I've always planned to develop an automatic water change system when I get my own place that would be mirco-controller controlled and connected directly into a plumbing system. New water would come directly into a 'sump' like setup, where conditioner would be added, old water would be drained directly out through the plumbing and the conditioned water added.

of course you have to take the time to gravel vacuum yourself, why take out all the fun? :P

RC, what kind of feeding setup do you have, or is that all done by hand? And does your filtration system effectively remove the larger bits of waste?

For my Betta bowl I've rigged up a nice little tool consisting of airline tubing and a turkey baster.

[thenuggetuk]

Hey guys

Here in UK we have fighters in bigger tanks usually... just to put an input into the argument lol. Although your males get a chance to go into a bigger tank every so often?
"Breeding is whatever works. and when ur primed at breeding fish, setup is designed for them to push out fry" - this quote i do not like... Its like getting a dog puttin it in a cage and mating it for it to have pups.. Puppy farming.. Its cruel..although i understand what you are saying and fish do it naturally in nautre.

Anyway My big question is how do you get them to breed!!! I have had a male be attacked by a female and die, males and females building nests, some males displaying but females have no interest... I have given up on trying to breed them now because everything i try has failed

[Damon]

Different setups work for different people. Eastern methods are different than ours in the U.S. for the most part. Read what other breeders have tried and succeded with. Check out the IBC.org pages.

[Osiris]

Damon no way do u have 14,000+ posts

[import_nation]

nice setup, the bettas are nice too. the local fish store i work at imports bettas from malaysia and in their catalogue they have pictures of their setups. its like yours just bigger cups. i really wouldnt think keeping any fish in small containers is considered cruel. in my opinion fish aren't smart enough to be happy. keeping fish in bigger containers will keep them healthier but i doubt they will be sad or happy. i've never seen a fish frown before lol.. o.0

i think the best size aquarium for fish is no aquarium if you ask me. keeping a fish in any size aquarium is still keeping it in the same container and it can only move around in that container. it is still confined to a certain amount of space. people who come to me and complain that our bettas should be in bigger containers, i either tell them to buy bigger containers for us or pay the rent for us to get a bigger space. or buy all of the bettas and keep them in 300 gallon tanks each if they wish to make them "happy".