So another post while my kids watch their early morning Rio movie.
Am I the only one who's noticed there is A LOT of preparing for a Betta Spawn? Like most first timers, you jump in thinking "This will be easy, right?"
WRONG.
Like most times when deciding to recreate a perfect carbon copy of your favorite pet/animal properly, there is a ton of research, time and planning that goes into going at breeding properly. Hundreds of dollars in set ups, knowledge, space, time, work... HOMES. It's quite the task! I am amazed lately, now that I think about the breeding posts that show up on the Betta forum. Now I am not someone to judge usually, but there are tons of new people on there breeding. I am not talking about the first timers who have owned and been on the forum for months but the ones who have under 200 post count posting spawn logs. How do they do it? I have planned to breed for 3.5 months now and I am close to ready both supplies wise and knowledge. I could never imagine being able to afford to upgrade my boys tanks and learn and spawn while starting out with Bettas. It's crazy, but I wish them luck, easy spawning and lots of great homes for their babies!
As for me? I'm almost there. I do need more plants, we are doing the plastic option as I cannot keep a single plant alive. I do have my 16g spawn tank which will be my grow out tank until I can find something larger. I do have IAL and fry foods. I do not need a heater as the room I plan to use has its own heat control. I have a light, which I'll be using my dragons ballast since my 16g doesn't have a canopy yet. I have medication and live/frozen foods.
The only thing I feel I am missing is jars for seclusion. I do have homes lined up, friends locally and across the country as well as local persons interested in something other than a Veiltail. I know my petstore would gladly take any males. I am hoping to rehome some females, I may end up keeping the majority of them. But that's cool. I am unsure if I'll cull any healthy fish for the sake of numbers. I have always been an animal lover at heart, and I cannot see myself killing innocent beings because I decided to create them and found out I have too many. Just doesn't seem logical to me. I guess these are things you think about with spawns. I've always been of the impression that one should never breed unless they can safely house all offspring should they never find a home. I am willing to do this. I am sure the males will go like hotcakes, I am sure some forum members in Canada would love some females too. I guess I should start looking for a bearded dragon cage so I can take my 50g long back? Haha.
So yes, I'm almost ready. I have most of the stuff. Just need to find affordable jars that are easy to buy if I end up needing more.
May look into mason jars.... But yeah, for the most part I got the stuff.
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