what is everyones' best working breeding technique?

Right now I have one spawn going.

The setup:
-a cycled, 10 gallon tank w/ about 8 gallons.
-submersible heater set for 80ºF
-a chunk of java moss
-sponge filter
-IAL



I just condition the pair for a few weeks, put the male in the spawn tank after he has a nice bubblenest going on his jar. I let him roam the tank for a day. Then I put the female in. I almost always get a spawn within the next two days.

Here's some horrible, yet you get the point, pictures. They were taken not even 5 minutes before this post with a camera that has no focus adjustment.


the spawn tank with pair spawning.


male w/ his shitty, yet functioning, bubblenest.


female with that, ".. get it over with already." look.


Like always, criticism is welcomed. If I somehow succeed with this spawn and raise the fry, offspring will be available at the beginning of Spring.

those are great pics sean, you need more floating plants a little less water and and no lights at all black it out if you have to and check on them with a flash light from time to time.

and i say what ever works.im more of a natural person.let them spawn in ponds ya know those little home depot ponds.then when the fry get a little older put them in a bigger pond if you dont they will grow small. remember bigger pond bigger fish small ponds small fish i cant tell you how important that is.good luck

okay well since you say that bigger the pond bigger the fish smaller the pond smaller the fish...i personally do not have a pond because i live in a apartment, so if i were to breed a pair and got some fries, they would end up growing up in a 15 gallon tank..does this really mean my fries will be smaller than they would be if grown in a pond?...what im really asking is does anyone else have this experience? because im sure alot of breeders here in the US use 10-20 gallon tanks to raise their fries. and did they turn out just like you thought?

hello,

really you dont have to have a 10 0r 20 gallon tank,what you can do is go to a office supplie store and buy the biggest rubber maid type container some are 70 to 100 gallons and they come with a top. fill 1/3 of the container with playground sand and get a good heater for a 100 gallon tank and a waterfall filter there fairley cheap and som floating plants and you should be in good shape when i gets some pics of my fish room inside and out ill post them good luck to you and hane a marry christmas .oh and keep you 10 and 15 gal to grow live foods in

here are some of my pictures of my fighters and breeding setup. comments welcomed.



my hybrid cross singapore, fresh out of the mailing box.

some males on top of my refrigerator.


5 star thai



another 5 star thai. this one huge, hard hitter big mouth but only okay speed. i will breed with a female with speed in her blood.


here are a few more males.
far left is a mahachai plakat(to breed with plakat female to make hybrids)
middle is a 5 star plakat (black body, green shades on fins)
and far right is hybrid cross singapore


here is a 5 star female. she is almost ready for spawning with my mahachai


my little fish section in the kitchen closet of my appartment. the only peaceful place for them to live. lol


this is my breeding pair in the breeding tank.


sorry for some bad pictures. couldnt get the lighting exactly right.

This is a pic of my plakats nest .This is what I would say you wan't in a males nest.I never got to breed him.

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once you pour all the remaining fry in the larger container, i belive lots of them would die right? i want to do that, but im afraid my fries will die because they are so fragile.

i belief u has very experience wif/ breeding.

no, they will not die. infact their survival rate is very high. do a water change often.. every couple days.

u can try, take my words to a challenge, hahaa...

=) u can rest assure on my words..

and remember to feed em. and more kepatang leaves inside.

good water and feeding = results U survival rate.

okay, right now i just have a batch of fries born 2 days ago. if i pour them into a bigger tank then they would survive right? dont make me kill my fish man i got good blood strains in them..lol

They will be fine.I breed my fish in a small bucket and do the same as chris says.Or I will breed in a small plastic shoe box you can get them for a dollar or two.They work great cuz it keeps the whole tank shallow wich helps the male watch the falling eggs and the baby fry.

if ur fries die, when u come to sg, i gif u 10 fighters, for free* provided i am still playing by d time.. haha

chris.