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Heres my clown hosting the Xenia...

Originally Posted by rara12 ok, will buy a lid. This is my first time breeding so im wondering how long will it be before my betta starts making the bubble nest? My female is already showing the vertical bars and tilting her head down. He flares at her non stop. Email me and i will tell abit...

Originally Posted by rara12 For lighting im not really doing anything. To seperate the males, when they fry start to fight you just net them and put them in seperate jars. The females for the most part dont fight. The cup allows the male to build a bubble nest more securly and still allows...

I've breed bettas before, did for quite awhile... I would lower the water abit because once the eggs are laid they tend to drop even if the nest is perfect... the lower the water the easier it is for the male to take care of the eggs and babies because they do drop from the nest and he chases...

Drop the cube in the net while its in the tank... it melts and the fish are used to seeing the net in the tank. Makes it easier to catch them sometimes too since they learn that the net brings food...

The way I feed my fish frozen food is by floating the frozen cube in a net and after it melts I let a little float out at a time. This way the fish learn to not be afraid of the net. Usually when the fish see that I have the net in the water they swim right up to it. Can make catching fish...

The same thing happened 2 days ago with my Tomato clown.

I always just put the net in the tank and float the frozen cube in it, that way the fish get used to the net being there. So everytime the fish see that the net is in the tank they usually swim up to it not knowing if I'm going to catch them or if they're going to get something to eat. :notsure:

Originally Posted by 1journeyman Ok, that sounds like a Mantis... I dont hear any clicking noises at all so can it be a mantis or could it be something else? I have a big dragon goby, a Fiji Tomato clown, and a lawn mower blenny that hides in the rocks all the time too but when the lights come...

I've been having the same problem... Lost quite a few chromis and other fish that way... When the moon lights go on or I turn out the lights any fish that seems to hide in the rocks come out the next morning with slashes along their bodies... the slashes look like knife slashes/verticle...