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What else do you breed?
Me after years being out of fish I decided to breed betta again (Show Betta), how about you what do you breed aside from snakes.
Halfmoon Koi Pair
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/a...eeders%201.jpg
Halfmoon Mustard Gas Plakat Pair
http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/a...eeders%201.jpg
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Rabbits and goats.
If my goldfish would spawn, I'd keep a few.
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Deb, those are gorgeous! Are you going to enter them in any shows?
I don't keep anything else but my roommate has a thriving ant colony. :rofl:
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I don't breed anything as stunning as those bettas, only dermisterid beetles for future skeletal taxidermy whenever I get round to actually doing it
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Re: What else do you breed?
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Originally Posted by Sirensong26
Deb, those are gorgeous! Are you going to enter them in any shows?
Thanks, no I don't plan on entering shows with those, just a side breeding project, and like everything else I breed I try to breed quality....definitely not your average Walmart or Petco Betta.
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Woah, those are awesome bettas!
I bred guppies a few years ago, but it only lasted a couple years. Apparently I got breeding stock that has already been in-bred for a few generations, and they produced small and unhealthy guppies.
I kept a 50gal display tank, a 10gal breeder tank, and a 5gal fry grow-up tank. This is my display tank, but it's gone through a lot of tear downs and re-scaping... Here are the best couple setups.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2FIMG_5506.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...3_aquarium.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...84400640_n.jpg
And a bad photo of the kind of guppies I was breeding.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2FIMG_6334.jpg
I used DIY co2 for this whole 50gal, and it did have a visible effect on the plants, though not as huge as pressurized co2. I only just tore down my 50gal for good one week ago, after running it for 6+ years, and moved my group of harlequin rasboras and zebra danios into a new 25gal setup similar to this one.
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I breed feeder guppies, meal worms, Madagascar hissing roaches,blue apple snails, rats, ducks, pigeons, rabbits and guinea pigs
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Stunning bettas and beautiful lil guppies! Interesting how many of us also like fish!
I used to breed South American Cichlids (Red Devil, Jack Dempsey, Dovii) but gave up those to focus on the snakes a while back.
some old photos!
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2Fdempseyf.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...Fdevil1_02.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...Fdovibody2.jpg
that male was so gorgeous and impressively huge (aggressive too). Here's a shot of him in the 240 gallon with the female.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...psaec72763.jpg
miss the fish but glad I don't have to do the aquarium maintenance any longer :D
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Re: What else do you breed?
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Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril
Love the Red Devil :love:
Funny thing fish were the first thing I ever bred as a kid some many many moons ago (my parents were avid fish keepers), and if it was not those first breeding experiences of fish I am not sure I would have transitioned and bred other animals.
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Originally Posted by redshepherd
Woah, those are awesome bettas!
I bred guppies a few years ago, but it only lasted a couple years. Apparently I got breeding stock that has already been in-bred for a few generations, and they produced small and unhealthy guppies.
I kept a 50gal display tank, a 10gal breeder tank, and a 5gal fry grow-up tank. This is my display tank, but it's gone through a lot of tear downs and re-scaping... Here are the best couple setups.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2FIMG_5506.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...3_aquarium.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...84400640_n.jpg
And a bad photo of the kind of guppies I was breeding.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2FIMG_6334.jpg
I used DIY co2 for this whole 50gal, and it did have a visible effect on the plants, though not as huge as pressurized co2. I only just tore down my 50gal for good one week ago, after running it for 6+ years, and moved my group of harlequin rasboras and zebra danios into a new 25gal setup similar to this one.
Nice tanks, guppies have a special place, first thing I ever bred in my life.
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Re: What else do you breed?
Those bettas are super gorgeous.
I don't breed anything at all, I want to get into little seahorses. 😁
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Re: What else do you breed?
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Originally Posted by Fraido
Those bettas are super gorgeous.
I don't breed anything at all, I want to get into little seahorses. 😁
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From what I hear-no you don't! They are as bad as betta in that you will end up with ninety tiny tanks all over.
Gorgeous fish Deb! Been eyeing betta auctions lately since my pet store one died but haven't pulled the trigger, not 100% if I want to keep the tank running or not.
Redshepherd your tanks were beautiful! Love planted tanks, even if I fail at them lol.
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Re: What else do you breed?
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Originally Posted by GoingPostal
From what I hear-no you don't! They are as bad as betta in that you will end up with ninety tiny tanks all over.
Gorgeous fish Deb! Been eyeing betta auctions lately since my pet store one died but haven't pulled the trigger, not 100% if I want to keep the tank running or not.
Redshepherd your tanks were beautiful! Love planted tanks, even if I fail at them lol.
But they're soooo coool. Lol
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Re: What else do you breed?
Those are beautiful bettas Deborah! The koi pair is particularly nice!:gj: I used to breed bettas as well and I mostly worked with half-moon plakats. Unfortunately, life circumstances made me give up my aquariums and that's where the ball python addiction began.
On the saltwater side of the hobby, I propagated all kinds of corals and I bred ocellaris clownfish and banggai cardinalfish. For those who don't know about banggai cardinals, they are an endangered species and are mouthbrooders, meaning they hold the eggs in their mouth for approximately 21 days until hatching. It was one of the coolest breeding experiences I've had. Here is a pic of some banggai fry.
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0317.jpg
Not the main focus of the pic, but one of the parents is in the background.
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0199.jpg
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Re: What else do you breed?
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Originally Posted by mwolf
Those are beautiful bettas Deborah! The koi pair is particularly nice!:gj: I used to breed bettas as well and I mostly worked with half-moon plakats. Unfortunately, life circumstances made me give up my aquariums and that's where the ball python addiction began.
On the saltwater side of the hobby, I propagated all kinds of corals and I bred ocellaris clownfish and banggai cardinalfish. For those who don't know about banggai cardinals, they are an endangered species and are mouthbrooders, meaning they hold the eggs in their mouth for approximately 21 days until hatching. It was one of the coolest breeding experiences I've had. Here is a pic of some banggai fry.
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0317.jpg
Not the main focus of the pic, but one of the parents is in the background.
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSC_0199.jpg
Saltwater fish are the one thing I never dare to get into yet there are so many beautiful fish, I guess I just like the easy things ;)
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Re: What else do you breed?
Seems like a lot of us are/were into fish and aquariums too! I wonder why that is.
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Originally Posted by GoingPostal
Redshepherd your tanks were beautiful! Love planted tanks, even if I fail at them lol.
Thanks! LOL I had my blood and tears moments with that tank. There's definitely a learning curve that can only be learned through experience with your own setup and plants and not just research.
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Re: What else do you breed?
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Originally Posted by redshepherd
Seems like a lot of us are/were into fish and aquariums too! I wonder why that is.
Thanks! LOL I had my blood and tears moments with that tank. There's definitely a learning curve that can only be learned through experience with your own setup and plants and not just research.
I have fish tanks everywhere it seems like, 6 right now which is why I don't mind the idea of downsizing but I would need to find a new home for my plants, hate to toss them. I have much better luck on the salty side of aquariums and have been itching to set up a brackish tank for something different but where to put it....
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I don't breed ball pythons, but I do breed alpacas! I breed both Suri(silky) and Huacaya(teddy bear), for their fleece. They get sheared once a year and can cut between 3-10 lbs of fleece. I don't have a huge pack of them though(sadly:rofl:), I only have about 4 cria per year. They're a joy to own, very sweet animals.
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Re: What else do you breed?
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Originally Posted by Deborah
Saltwater fish are the one thing I never dare to get into yet there are so many beautiful fish, I guess I just like the easy things ;)
Saltwater is honestly not that much more difficult than freshwater. Once you have the tank going and stable they run very hassle-free. The major difference is saltwater setups are significantly more expensive...but $100-200 for a fish doesn't seem that much compared to some of the snakes we buy.;)
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This is what I breed:
Ball pythons
King snakes
Feeder mice
Feeder rats
Feeder African Soft Fur rats
African cichlids
Angus cattle
Jersey cattle
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