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    Re: What else do you breed?

    Quote Originally Posted by Fraido View Post
    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?

    Quote Originally Posted by GoingPostal View Post
    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
    Crawling back into the reptile scene once more!

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    Re: What else do you breed?

    Those are beautiful bettas Deborah! The koi pair is particularly nice! 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.



    Not the main focus of the pic, but one of the parents is in the background.


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    Re: What else do you breed?

    Quote Originally Posted by mwolf View Post
    Those are beautiful bettas Deborah! The koi pair is particularly nice! 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.



    Not the main focus of the pic, but one of the parents is in the background.

    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by GoingPostal View Post
    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?

    Quote Originally Posted by redshepherd View Post
    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), 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?

    Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
    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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    Feeder African Soft Fur rats
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