Hickey fish farming

Betta fish are tropical fish, spread covers Southeast Asia, Africa to the Pacific. In the wild these fish live in groups, commonly found in swamps, lakes, and rivers current is calm. Betta fish love shallow waters shaded aquatic plants. Betta fish food is water fleas, mosquito larvae, and worms fibers.
Betta fish can live in an environment that is dirty water and lack of oxygen. This fish can be kept in small jars even without the aerator. This ability is obtained due betta fish has a labyrinth cavity as in the human lung. The labyrinth can make it able to survive in oxygen-poor environments.
Types of betta fish
The range and type of betta fish can be cultivated quite a lot. Moreover, with many breeders crossing dikreasikan. But in general there are two types of betta fish farming, namely hickey hickey and complaints. Hickey maintained to enjoy the beauty of color and shape. Fins beautifully fluffy, graceful movements with colorful attractive. While the complaint maintained betta betta fighting for race or limited to mere pleasure.
Hickey fish generally comes from the type of Betta splendens, while Hickey complaints originated from the species Betta and Betta smaragdina imbillis. In addition there are also complaints that hickey came from the type of Betta imbillis var. Malaysia, or also popular with the name of the five colors hickey. Type Hickey has beautiful colors and shapes at the same time aggressive nature.
Choosing a Betta fish seed
To get optimal results both quantity and quality, choose a quality fish seed. In general, the good seed is of superior offspring and in a fit condition. Make sure the seeds that will be used have been entered in the phase ready to be mated.
The characteristics of a male betta fish are ready to spawn:


Aged at least 4-8 months
Long body shape
Long fins and bright attractive colors
The movements are aggressive and agile
The characteristics of the female betta fish are ready to spawn:
Aged at least 3-4 months
Rounded body shape indicates slightly distended abdomen
Fins short and uninteresting dull color
His movements were slow
Betta fish spawning
After breeding males and breeding females are ready to spawn, provide a place containers of plastic basin or a small aquarium with a size of 20x20x20 cm. Prepare a plastic cup to place a female betta fish. In addition, plants also provide water as kayambang.
How practical fish farming hickey
Places are needed for spawning betta fish
In a single mating, betta fish can produce up to 1000 eggs. The eggs will hatch within 24 hours after fertilization. Based on the experience of the breeder, betta fish hatchery mortality rate is quite high. And in one mating usually only be harvested 30-50 betta fish life.
Breeding males can be mated to 8 times at intervals of about 2-3 weeks. While the suggested breeding females mated only once. Because the next marriage will be a decline in the gender diversity is increasingly dominated hickey androgynous female child.
Betta fish spawning arguably tricky. Need accuracy and patience so that the fish can mate successfully. Here are the steps for a betta fish meijahkan:
Fill spawning sites with water as high as 10-15 cm. Seabagai note use of groundwater or river water is crystal clear. Endapkan terelebih first water to be used at least for one night at least. Avoid the use of bottled water (drinking water) or tap water especially chlorine smell.
Add water into the container plants, as a place for refuge seed. But the placement of the water plants do not get too dense, minimally. If too much, water plants could potentially take the dissolved oxygen in the water.
Insert the male betta fish that are ready to mate. Let the fish during the day in the container. The male betta fish will create air bubbles. Useful for storing fertilized egg. For male betta fish make bubbles, can also put a female betta fish but separated. The trick, female fish put in clear plastic cups (glass former Akua) and sank into the container.
After breeding males make bubble, insert the female broodstock. Time betta fish spawning usually occurs in the morning at about 7-10 or about the afternoon at 4-6. Betta fish is quite sensitive when mating, should cover the container with newspaper or place in space to avoid the back and forth and noise.
After fertilization occurs immediately lift the female parent, who is responsible for raising and maintaining the seed is male betta. With his mouth the male will pick the fertilized egg and put it on earlier bubbles. If breeding females are not raised, then the eggs are fertilized the female will eat.
After about a day the eggs will become fry. Well, for the next 3 days the small fry do not need to be fed jarena still no nutrients carried in the eggs. Male betta fish will not eat for keeping seed.
After three days of hatching eggs, give the feed a type of water flea Moina or Daphnia. Feeding should not be much of a seed as water fleas will potentially contaminate water and cause the death of the seed. In a single mating betta fish will usually produce 400-1000 eggs.
The new male breeders seed was taken after 2 weeks of the hatch. Move tersbeut seed in larger containers and provide greater water flea or mosquito larvae.
After 1.5 months, the fish can already be sorted based on their gender and are able to enjoy its beauty. Then separate the fish into the container enlargement.
Betta fish feed
The usual favorite feed the betta fish is a water flea and mosquito larvae. Some there are who give silk worm or worms other fibers. Betta fish feed should be given as often as possible. Can be 3-4 times a day, the more often the better frequency. A little bit but often better than many at once. This is to reduce the risk kekanyangan and feed residue buildup, which can lead to disease and death.
Feed water fleas can be found in existing gutters tergenangnya water, or buy it from an aquarium store. If not possible, we can cultivate their own water fleas. Here's how to breed the type of water flea Moina and Daphnia:
Create or tarp-sized cement pool 1x1x0, 5 meters. Fill the pond with water.
Prepare dried chicken manure as much as 1 kg. Wrap the cloth, then hanging with a rope and dip the bundle into the water.
Sprinkle seeds moina much as 2 grams, or daphnia seeds 5 grams.
After one week moina can be harvested, while the need to daphnia up to 3 weeks.
Betta Fish Care
Unlike other types of ornamental fish, aquarium fish betta place does not require the aerator. This fish is water resistant to minimal oxygen conditions. Not recommended for maintaining adult betta fish in an aquarium. The fish can be mutually attack each other. As a result, the fins are not smooth and the color is less out. Betta fish should be maintained in a separate container.
Especially for betta fish complaints, we can put it into a small glass jar. To be more aggressive and ferocious fish, place it in a dark place. Do not put the jars in place to keep the fish close together. Because the complaint betta fish will continue in a condition ready to attack and beat him into the glass. Give opaque partition between the jars.
Replace the water contained in the container periodically. See if there is a buildup of dirt and residual feed at the base of the container. The buildup can cause illness and even death due to water contamination in fish.