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Just left petco and they had many dead Bettas in cups. It's disgusting. I rescued one that was almost dead and he is in a natural tank and is doing zoomies.. he was pale and listless when I bought him. He's so happy . Thank you for all your educational videos. I've learned the correct way to create a natural habitat.

@vivirSimpleMente

Жыл бұрын

I did the same with my Mr. Finnie. He lives in a mansion.

@user-wr6pl3iv4h

7 ай бұрын

I was literally at a Petco today as well, in Waldorf, MD. Yes, i’m calling them out! Dead Bettas in cups and also in extremely dirty water. Some had open wounds and to the point where they were all white, zero color, i felt so bad. I can’t believe this happens as often as it does, it’s absolutely mortifying. If only i had the space! You want to save them so bad but then they’ll just order another fish to take it’s place so you’d be supporting the abuse. Already have 2 Bettas, both in 5 1/2 gallon tanks, heater, plants, Fluval HOB filters that actually support 20 gallons of water and they’re living their best lives.

@strombergdt6400

6 ай бұрын

@@jakaribey23 sadly most stores around the world iam in Switzerland and if you buy fish at a petshop they will always say atleast a 20 gallon tank but themselves have them in those plastic cups and this for atleast like 2 weeks since they even do quarantine in those cups… funny enough most employees dont even know what fish they are selling and when i applied i never heard back… they even had a tank full with rams and they where fighting since smaller ones went through the territory the tank was max 30gallon tank with like 20 rams

@FatherFish

5 ай бұрын

@@strombergdt6400 Purchasing these bettas perpetuates these disgusting practices by rewarding them for their abuse.

@superseshiro

3 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish That is the problem: Those stores will always do what is best for the bottom line... And when we buy the poor fish out of an obligation to do better by them, we incentivise these abusive practices - because it is "good business" ...

God bless Father Fish and all his wisdom

Father Fish... Man, you are amazing. Happy to be 1 of the thousands that have told you so. Thank you for the videos and information. Thank you even more for encouraging love for nature and sharing yours. Amazing human being. Truly.

💖Another great video from Father Fish... My daughter became a lifelong Betta Lover. My little hobby channel was actually named for her. One day we were watching tv (back in the 1980s) and a television announcer said that a program was 'Officially starting." My 3 year old daughter got all excited; she thought it was going to be about fish. She said "Can we watch the fishely?" 😄 I couldn't disappoint her, so we made her a video with a VHS recorder. Her grandma even made her a whale video. 🐟

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Delightful story. Thank you O'FISHLEY!!

Thank you Father Fish! You’ve taught me info I’ll take with me forever!

Man we need more ppl like you in the hobby! Thanks for the knowledge as always. I’m new to the channel and DEF sticking around.

Thankyou for your informative not complicated videos & advise on Bettas care . Really appreciate it. Sending love from LONDON ENGLAND UK.XXX❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I have recently started keeping bettas. Fell in love instantly... Need to get me a few females!

@NEnigma777

2 ай бұрын

I never thought I would be addicted to fish, but I have three bettas and I love them so much! I also own two dogs and they are getting jealous of all the time I spend on my bettas!

I’m going to try this. I have a very happy male betta. My tank is thriving because of you father I owe it all to you. It’s been such a pleasure learning the hobby. Thanks again

Words couldn't describe how I really really love this video..

Thank you father fish, learning alot because of you!

I accidentally bred bettas! Lol. I had put a pair in a heavily planted outside pond last summer.. I took them out as the weather cooled and just left the pond to fend for itself over winter. As it warmed up again in late spring, I noticed baby fish. I thought they were guppies at first, since they were the same size…then realised they were tiny bettas. We had nights that got down to 4°c so I am baffled how they survived for so many months at such low temperatures. I know they had “wild food” to eat but they must have been dormant for some of that time to still be so small when I found them. I am giving them dried shrimp and black worms now and they are growing well. There are about 20. It’s starting to get cold here again in Australia so I’m not sure if I should leave them in the pond for the coming winter. So far they are not fighting.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Pretty impressive. Leave some of them through this coming winter. They will not fight until they become fully mature. If the pond is large enough males can easily survive in community. Please keep me posted about these. I am not aware of low temp survival of bettas.

@Jacksprat265

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish yes I’ll keep you posted!

@zeljkobanovic4398

Жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. Bettas surviving winter. Maybe you should create a video about it ?

@Jacksprat265

Жыл бұрын

I ended up taking them out to sex them… all 14 are female. So I’ve put them in a sorority tank. I’ll repeat the experiment next spring 🌼

@cheesecheese8701

Жыл бұрын

@@Jacksprat265 omg yes you should do a video That’s awesome that they survived. From what I heard they need a heater but I had two back when I was 14 and never had a heater they died after 3 years. Would love to see your video pond

Thank you Father Fish.

I just want to say you're awesome, and my fish love your show and so do I. Thanks for everything.

So excited you finally did a video on breeding bettas!!!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I know. Now if wqe can only get people to watch it lol

@alexbwja

Жыл бұрын

​@@FatherFish brother you may have less views then other people's but your truly helping more people because these other KZreadrs just keep repeating the same stuff

Father fish thank you for your amazing knowledge! I love your videos! 🙏🐠🙏

Thank you father fish🙂 great information. I will try this!⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another homerun. Best fish guru out.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate that Crawford.

Terrific explanation ❤

Thanks Pops for the wonderful infos❤❤❤

Great information to know! Thank you

Great info as always

Great advice Lou!

Awesome, God bless Father Fish for sharing his knowledge with all of us

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Miagi!

Thanks for the wisdom.

Thank you! I'll have to check out your store!

Love this channel. I have learned so much from Father Fish. I love Bettas ❤️

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Great video ive watch this video several times and still like it

Enjoyed watching thanks

An awesome and very concise explanation, thank you Father Fish! 💯😀👍

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Carl!

I learned a lot of useful tips from this im planning on breeding bettas thank you

I have 10 bettas, so glad you shared your betta knowledge with us all Father Fish ❣

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

So nice of you

@theaquaticdesert

Жыл бұрын

Wow 10 male bettas?

@TheDISSHonoredOne

Жыл бұрын

@@theaquaticdesert yup mts 😁

@TheDISSHonoredOne

Жыл бұрын

@@theaquaticdesert i keep saying no more bettas, because i'd like to have different species tanks but my daughter is attracted to them an salt water fish the most

@aburningbear3138

8 ай бұрын

@@TheDISSHonoredOne I’ve gone through 5 bettas now 😢 I’m not sure how much salt I should be adding to the water? Maybe it’s not enough

This video was good, people just don't want to go through all the extra stuff involved in raising Betta fish. Plus once you raise them it becomes a whole job to get rid of them

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

lol

@mfstarboy8690

7 ай бұрын

Never get rid of them. 🎉

@Terasurn

6 ай бұрын

​@@mfstarboy8690 Unless you possess a house big enough to hold as many tanks as you require for 30 Betta fish, you are going to have to either sell them to a willing buyer or give them away.

@2shy1151

3 ай бұрын

People should be getting their fish from people like you instead of PetCo.

Bettas are the BEST! 💗Thank you for the video FF!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Gotta love bettas.

Wonderful video as per usual, keep up the great job!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Carden.

I found your channel just in time. I'm getting ready to set up 6 aquariums and was researching substrates. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I'm going to have some fun now. And I did subscribe.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Be sure to share your aquarium on Discord.

Amazing video

Love your videos father fish

SO BEAUTIFUL TY ❤& Its spring here in the Ozarks can’t wait to use your tips & Make This Happen Father Fish 🤗

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dear Freaky Fish Lady.

Good afternoon Mr Fiather Fish hope all is well and a great video

Very informative

What a delightful video. Thank you.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

the Nitrogen cycle is already established. Put the fish in day 2.

I've been thinking of breeding bettas, and this video just came in time for me!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Excellent

Such a great and informational video!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Excellent piece!

Love your videos father fish!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Oshmanuel

Thanks for the information.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Any time!

Great video FF.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit TK

Great tips

Top notch advice 👌🏻

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

TY Andy

Loved this video. ❤

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. You, me, and 10 others. Disappointing how few are interested.

Great stuff 😃 looking forward to the neon and cardinal tetras spotlight 😉 😊

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Agree completely.

Amazing content as always ❤ I can’t wait for my father fish merch to come in the mail :)

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

It's on the way!!

Always amazing information in your videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kim.

You have convinced me!!!!

Beautiful thank you sir I use to grow baby betas but only successfully grew 2 babies or 3 I stoped the hobby but this is showing me we’re I messed up I plan on getting back in thanks to your info sir God bless you

Thanks for sharing, my 4th FF video today.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Bravo Josh. Delighted to have you in the shoal.

@Josh79168

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish Discord has been helpful!

I removed some guppies from my betta fish' tank only the other day to begin the process of converting his water to the mineral water as suggested by fantastic 😍 Fr Fish 🐟 and only a few days later he had for the first time started blowing bubbles! So i was thinking he was lonely and missing his friends already! I think they love to have company (of another fish species so they dont fight with their own kind when not mating with them). He was in a temporary little tank while I prepared his tank for a few hours with some groovy cherry shrimps who seemed very happy and also a couple of young small guppies and a small panda(black & white) catfish who are also awesome little dudes. My guppies, catfish and shrimps live in a very large interesting tank usually where they are very active and sociable and are back there now. 🥰 My beautiful betta 💞 is really enjoying his new mineral water (bought in spring water 1.5 litre bottles from the supermarket) and is perched in prime place now on my windowsill in my lounge. This is his first night in his spring cleaned pad! He hasn't blown more bubbles in there yet on his first day and seems very active straight away. I was wondering if you were supposed to get a betta fish with the same shape, style and colour when you put them together when they are ready to mate? I have another betta (supposedly female I was told in the shop and which is a different type of betta and not so fluffy finned as the male). She is in a large tank which was the same kind I bought her from ... she was with other female bettas in the shop so she is used to being social! She currently lives with guppies, neons, cory catfish, shrimps, mountain/cloud Minnows! They get on fine but i hope to give her a slightly less busy tank so she has more peace as she ages! I will try look out for the white egg spot now incase she can buddy up for her romantic momentary marriage with my male betta if he starts bubble blowing again too! 🤣 Such a cute breeding lifestyle they have! really hope i can breed some betta fry successfully at least once one day :) Now that i understand their natural habitat of more shallow streams etc feel much more wised up and less confused or stressed about their happiness. 🎉

Love you videos ❤️

Love and regards for you Sir "Father Fish". Regards - Vipin Pandey "My Hobby"

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you Vpin!

I raised Betta babies just with dry daphnia, that I frotted very fine between the fingers. But maybe I was in fact only feeding the tank, and the babies ate what happned to grow there🙂

I have a snail with my male with my boy Betta. And a female Betta next door to his tank. I don't want babies so they are separate. He is enjoying life as is! And loving it this way!

More excellent information,Betta's are the next breed of fish I want to get, the vibrant colours are amazing

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Good choice

Old school is always better to me.. Blessings

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

What is old has become new.

Shes' got Betta Davis Eyes !

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Yes she does.

@mfstarboy8690

7 ай бұрын

I see what u did there.

From one old gheezer to another this was the most get to the point informative video I’ve ever watched on Betta’s , I’ve tried to raise The babies but didn’t get the feeding part right , would raising them in a larger tank with more micro fauna help keep them going till they are old enough to eat larger food , one thing I’d like you thoughts on is the depth of the water in the tank, is 6” of water better for the male to grab eggs and put them in the bubble nest, much like the rice patties of Vietnam? 🤔

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. They will be successful in deeper tanks but 6" is optimal. Niice to see you here Dave.

I think this was awesome, Father Fish! If anyone wants to try to breed Bettas, this is a must watch 😊

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Audra.

Lovely video Father Fish! Hope you're doing ok! Hugs from Romania!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephan

@stefanpetrea6704

Жыл бұрын

​​@@FatherFish I've watched 3 times, shared it on FB, liked it, commented on it. Hope this will help promoting this video :) Stay healthy and strong Father Fish, I'm gonna need your wisdom once I'll start building my aquarium and the food web :) Take care and God bless you!

Thank you Father Fish! I keep Betta Fish, and this is my new all time favorite video about these wonderful creatures!

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Faedra.!!

Just bought my first 2 male bettas ever and this vid pops up 😊

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Excellent

Betta's are our favorit kind of fish here, we got 8 tanks at home and really all the tanks have betta's in them we got 2 sisterhood tanks and 6 seperate tanks with males and some other fish betta's like (cory's, otto's neon's and pleco's) and its all going great. we where looking into breeding them, actually they succeeded once by accident. and we wernt able to reproduce it. your vid gave me the inpiration to give it another shot.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

The secret is to get very tiny food to the babies as soon as they start swimming.

Thank you for this…I did wonder how kind it would be to leave a male alone without a mate. Have everything planned for my Sonoran Tank and was going to order the tank…had a very bad fall last night…injured my hip and lower back, hit my head (hardest part of me, lol) flared every disorder I have so will have wait until I heal. Sad, down and frustrated and hurt a lot, but that’s life. Anyway, once the Desert one is ready, I want a Betta tank and one for the living room. Saved this video.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Sharon, you must do better than this, Praying for your healing and full recovery. the fish are waiting for you. Love FF

@sharonkaczorowski8690

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish thank you…much appreciated!

I just mated my blue m/f betta. The female was helping the male in spitting the eggs in the nest. They were pretty chill with each other, but still removed the female. I did have a good fresh hatch from the same pair previously. But, i decided to clean up the mulm and the fry died except for 2. Now i only have one that made it out alive at a decent size.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Add some rotted leaves from a pond or creek to that mulm. It will increase the food for the babies. Good luck

Great video as always Father Fish! Have you ever had an Axolotl aquarium? I'm curious what would be the best way to set up the aquarium for one

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I have. They prefer a solitary existence. Dark, cool, ferns, rocks, deep sand.

Great video, even though I'm not into breeding at all. I had bettas in the past, but only males. I'm interested though in the food (web) cultures. What do you need to setup a daphnia or paramecia or baby brine shrimp culture? And where do you get the eggs or starter culture from? I'm clueless when it comes to that to😁

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

We have videos on creating resurrection jars, the best way to start these cultures. kzread.info/dash/bejne/maOa1NuldKbdhpM.html

Great video! One thing, you can raise your fry with vinegar eels the first 2 weeks. High succes rate of raising all of em.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

agreed. Paramecium is also good.

@vredeling

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish Love your approach of no water changes btw. Truth be told. ;)

Awesome

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

yes

thanks for the advice! i dont think im ready to breed bettas, but will tankmates keep my betta happy? even with my one cory he seems a lot happier, they sometimes look like their schooling together and its really cute

I find bettas to be very intelligent. They are always curious about what you are doing or anything new going on in their tanks. I cannot bear to see them in tiny, empty containers. It is mental torture.

I have 40 odd bettas in a 150l tank, i bred them myself in oct last year, tjey all get along fine

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Nice!

@jdghok

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish im hoping they dont show aggression towards each other so they can live together permanently just to prove the nae sayers wrong about them, I'm fed up with "experts" who've had one betta and only heard the nonsense talked about bettas on line telling me I'm cruel etc etc 😉

@juliamartin1962

3 ай бұрын

the secret is they hatched and grew up together. you start having trouble when you put a strange male together with aanother stranger. brothers seeem to get along

@jdghok

3 ай бұрын

@@juliamartin1962 once again that's wrong, I've added 4 or 5 to try and they are fine now too

To father fish, or any others reading, I've been a betta owner for a couple years now. I want what's best for my Betta, and the man himself, Chris Kringle of fish, has convinced me, breeding maybe the right path forward. My problem is I do not want a great many bettas, just the one tank, maybe another if my gardening binge continues. What should I do with the fry? Or the adolescents if fry are to sensitive to be rid of? Should I pursue this, or pamper my betta as I can and simply not breed him?

Going fish and plant collecting now, advantage to living in Jacksonville

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy

I have some work to do with my tank. Thanks.

Wow I watched this video to learn more about my betta fish Eros randomly today, and tonight I noticed he blew a bunch of bubbles and keeps looking up at them! Now I feel bad for the little guy. Definitely don’t have space for a bunch of baby bettas right now. He’s in a small 2 gallon tank.

That’s so true! My betta was so bored! So I brought him a female and he lived happily ever after i wish i was a vlogger at that time but they laid eggs and my roommate ruined it… 🤦🏻‍♂️ popped the bubbles…. Rip

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Had a little old lady come in the shop one day worried about her betta. "He is sick!" She complained. "He is vomiting bubbles!" I told her he needed a girl friend. She refused the offer.

@theaquaticdesert

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish lol 😂 she probably thought you’re trying to sell her one for no good reason … thats life 🤷🏻‍♂️ we just gotta keep going doing what we like doing 🌱 🐠

What kind of water do you use in your tropical fish tanks ? Thank you ❤ love your channel !

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

currently using well water. municipal water with free chlorine is my preferred water

Hi there! Setting up my first Betta tank, but I only have a 1.6 gallon tank. How much mud vs sand should I put in there? Also is there a way to stop the betta from jumping out without using a lid?

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

Floating plants will help. Keep the water level an inch below the edge of the tank. No more than 1/2" of dirt and 1.5" of sand to cap.

@Fatherfish. I've been learning so much from your videos. But I would like to know if it's possible to have a food web in a 7 gallon ff planted tank for an adult Betta? I'm still in research mode before setting up my 7 gallon cube tank. TIA!

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

yes it certainly is

@dchkerries1

10 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish Thank you!

I love bettas but I don't want to breed them because if I can't find homes for the babies I don't have space to separate all the males from each other. I've bred kribs and I left them together in the tank when the babies grew out. The original pair kept their territory clear, but didn't hurt their grown up offspring who had the other half of the tank. They'd all mix together at feeding time with no aggression. Was quite interesting. 2 of the offspring paired off and claimed a cave at the opposite end of the tank from their parents but weren't able to produce any fry (either they got eaten as wigglers or maybe they weren't fertile being siblings). The original pair spawned a few times but the wigglers got eaten by their previous offspring (which is probably a good thing as I had no space for any more!).

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful experience. Than k you for sharing.

Do you get them spawning in hard water? Mine is 8.2 and I can only get them spawning if I use rainwater and get the tank over 26c.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Hardness is not a problem.

Hi what is your advice/opinion about vinegar eels/nematodes?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Excellent food for baby fish.

What plants would be best for microscopic foods?

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

Any and all.

Thank you! Just got my first beta couple. I wonder is it a must to remove parents from the breeding aquarium?

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

remove the female after laying eggs.

Hi Father Fish, thank you for your teachings. I want to ask a question before I try to order the food web starter kit from your shop. Right now it is winter, so there is no chance of me collecting my microfauna. Would you be able to ship to Alaska? What would you recommend for my baby betta? He's not a fry but he is still small enough to have no distinctive characteristics. I found him at petco for the first time ever and I am worried about his health.

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

No I cannot Sorry

@FatherFish

3 ай бұрын

Feed him protein

@sarahwoods8016

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm having a hard time seeing if he's actually eating, but he is still alive.

Great video. Can you do step by step videos?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I have some. Will do more.

i want to start a new betta set up and i’d like to keep a happy beta but i’m not in the business of wanting to breed i would just like for my fish to be happy is there anyway to give a betta a happy life without having to breed it?

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

no

My positron he isn’t lonely at all yet, he’s super aggressive but still builds a nest. I seem to have picked very timid females, I have a 8 piece sorority 5 have tried to be with positron, he always nips their fins ….

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Give you girls lessons in,. you know, girly stuff.

Are the babies easy to sell? Or what do u do with 20-30 bettas if they survive? Thought about this but dont want to get stuck with that many i cant find new homes for...

@FatherFish

8 ай бұрын

you can start a colony breeding operation. If you get good at it and can raise them by the hundreds it will pay your mortgage.

Thanks, Father Fish! What if I don't want to breed cockerels? Can parents be left with their children? My guppies control the amount of fish in the aquarium on their own. Will cockerels also do?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

The females will eat the young.