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I've never done drip acclimation before. Is it really that much better than floating? My betta seemed fine last time I just floated the bag for 20 minutes.

I'm back after a bit of a break. The betta fry are thriving, their dorsal fins are starting to grow in, which is amazing to see. I've got a quick question though, I'm going away for a couple of days and I've arranged for someone to feed them while I'm gone. I was wondering if it would be okay to ...

I think this might be the last update, but he's finally a proud daddy now, fingers crossed for a successful spawn and healthy fry.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who's helped me out with breeding my Bettas. I'm thrilled to say that the male has finally started building a bubble nest, so fingers crossed that we'll have some more fry soon.

I select a male and female that I think are suitable for breeding and separate them for a few weeks, feeding them live foods to get them in good breeding condition. Then, I move them to a bare bottom tank with about 4 inches of water and set the heater to around 80 degrees.

I prepared the tank ...

I'm trying to breed Bettas and I've had some success before, but I'm running into some issues now. I've got 4 8-week-old fry from a previous spawn, but the male I used before is probably too old now and the female he bred with passed away from dropsy. So, I got a new male to breed with my other ...

I select a male and female that I think are suitable for breeding and separate them for a few weeks, feeding them live foods to get them in good breeding condition. Then, I move them to a bare bottom tank with about 4 inches of water and set the heater to around 80 degrees.

I prepared the tank ...

I'm trying to breed Bettas and I've had some success before, but I'm running into some issues now. I've got 4 8-week-old fry from a previous spawn, but the male I used before is probably too old now and the female he bred with passed away from dropsy. So, I got a new male to breed with my other ...