by Sumer Tiwari | Oct 11, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
A 6 week old Betta macrostoma fry with a full belly after feasting on baby brine shrimp Roughly 80 eggs that were collected by stripping a Betta macrostoma male. When my last blog post (VIDEO: Details of Betta macrostoma mating and breeding) was published, I got a...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 3, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
I first became acquainted with Lee Gordon, the aquarist behind Angelmania.net, in 2012 while on the hunt for broodstock for my own Angelfish rearing efforts. I have always been impressed with the quality of the fish he produces, and the results are evidenced by how...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Nov 2, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Last month I walked you through the artificial incubation technique I settled on for my Angelfish breeding. It’s a simple process usually; Angelfish lay their eggs on a tile, which you can then remove and incubate. But what happens when they lay the eggs...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 15, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Whether or not to incubate the eggs of your fish artificially has been a long running debate—certainly as long as I’ve been breeding fish and no doubt long before I ever started. Mathias Eberhardt spoke of the downsides to artificial incubation our interview...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 15, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
In the first installment, I showed you how I set up artificial incubation for my Angelfish spawns. In this second installment, you’ll see how it can turn out. 24 hours in In the first 24 hours, you should be able to readily identify infertile eggs. If the...
