Maui + Kula Spawn!

[bckrazy]

^.~ Hey you guys!! Sorry I haven't posted forEVER about my Bettas or anything... I've been super busy, with tarded High School. I have waay too much homework this year, its kind of insane. Aanyway, since I last posted about the fishies, I got 6 new Bettas! All females, because females are cooler. They really are soo much easier. So, I now have 2 males, 7 females (will post pics soon, I PROMISE), and I got 1 lone Munchkin Spotted Cory Catfish for free at a Betta auction <333 I named him Spot, heh!

And, the big news is, I finally spawned Maui and Kula! I put them in the tank on Friday evening, and by noon on Saturday they were spawning ~ they embraced for 2 hours straight!! Maui has a ginormous bubblenest, he's still in the tank tending to the babies who just hatched this morning. They have not begun to swim yet, but they're bouncing around the nest like little fiends. Maui is constantly chasing them around, picking them up in his mouth and blowing them back into the nest =0) he has been a wonderful Daddy! I'm really, really proud of Maui and Kula. There looks to be at LEAST 100 fry in there, which is AWESOME because I have a freakin huge waiting list already. Like everyone from my Betta club wants several, which is a ton of people! Hopefully the babies will turn out just like Mom and Pops!

getting off track now.... here are the pictures of the spawn and a couple that I just took of the bouncing babies! Maui was NOT a nice boy to Kula. She got her anal fin torn 3 times, and she has a few nips in her caudal. They're both super aggressive, flarey Bettas so they really clashed at first. It was amazing how gentle they were with each other when they were spawning though ~ then, when she ran outta eggs, he went right back after her heh, luckily I was able to net her right away, before they could duke it out again! All in all, it has been a really great first spawn so far wish my luck with getting healthy beautiful babies, you guys.


DADDY ~

<--- taken right before the spawn, with meh new Canon!!!

MOMMY ~



The "Loveshack" ~ 1/2 filled 10gal with 12 plants, an Indian Almond Leaf, a small breeding trap for introducing Kula, a bubbler and a small heater


She was so peeved in the breeding trap ^.^ it was funny!


Right when I released her, she raced over to Maui to show him who's boss - and he took a chunk out of her anal fin! ughhha.


Where's Kula?


There she is ;0P




More coming, of course...

[bckrazy]

Kula checks out the nest... then destroys it, just to mess with Maui


Mooom, Kula jacked up my nessst!


The first embrace, it was not tight at all, so no eggs came out at first -.-


they did it!!! (and then they did it again, and again, and again)


EGGS! don't worry, Kula is not dead, females just go through a paralyzed state for a few seconds after each embrace


aww, Mommy and Daddy worked together to collect the eggs and blow them into the nest this was the best part


Maui was awesome.. he worked non-stop on moving his eggs around, blowing more bubbles, and rotating them so they wouldn't fungus.


Here's my little man today ~ tending to his newly-hatched little devils! ^-^ I swear, for every couple of fry he puts back into the nest, 10 more fall! He's been working non-stop, like the wonderful Daddy that he is. If you look *really* closely, the fry are those dark clusters, and you can see a few tails hanging down. The pics are dark because I didn't want the bright flash to startle Maui.




That's it! for now... =D

[flamepony12]

Ahhh! ^.^ Finally! Erica, I'm so excited! I can't wait for my boy. PM me with updates as often as you can!

[LuvGold00]

YAY!!!!! This is so exciting!!! Congratulations!

Any chance of getting a boy, or am I too late?

[tikeyas_mom]

Great photos!!! i bet they'll make some really pretty/hansome babies

[IRescue452]

Wow how exciting! I can't wait to see how the babies turn out.

[jackie]

Beautiful Photos! I can never get a clear shot of my fish.

Kula is so colourful for a female! Their babies will be awesome!

[CagneyDog]

Congratulations on your new additions! When you order betta's off the internet how long do they take to come?

Wow, That must of been so cool to watch! I bet the babies are going to be beautiful!

Please update us more often!

[lv4dogs]

wow that is so cool!
Congrats on the babies! And good luck with raising them!

[k9krazee]

Wow! Congratulations!! I can't wait to watch the babies grow!!!

[Suki Wingy]

OOH! Congrats! I can's wait for fry pics!

[bckrazy]

thanks everybody!! Maui is still in the tank, working his little butt off, but I'm moving him tonight because over half of the babies are free swimming. They are so cute, darting around the tank searching for food (just like their mommy and daddy, already!). I tried to post a vid of them spawning, but I guess we can't attach videos anymore. Does anyone remember the addy of that free video uploading site?

Devon, ^.^ you must be sooo annoyed with me. I'm the biggest procrastinator ever! I promise you'll get an awesome boy, though!! Kara, of COURSE you can have a boy (or several... )! It would be awesome to place one of my babies in such a wonderful home. I'll definitely be posting pics of them as they grow, and when they're jarred and ready to be placed so you can choose who you want =0)

Cagney, my 3 (in one box) took 1 day to arrive from L.A... they were shipped via Express, which is the best way to ship Bettas, *especially* in the colder months. If the package isn't marked right and you ship priority, the bags can explode in an unpressurized airplane cabin! That is definitely a bad thing... heh.

[Flatcoatluver]

awww they are so beutiful! i love those colors

[flamepony12]

Devon, ^.^ you must be sooo annoyed with me. I'm the biggest procrastinator ever! I promise you'll get an awesome boy, though!!

Haha, no way! I totally respect how much work spawning is!

[LuvGold00]

Kara, of COURSE you can have a boy (or several... )! It would be awesome to place one of my babies in such a wonderful home. I'll definitely be posting pics of them as they grow, and when they're jarred and ready to be placed so you can choose who you want =0)

YAY! Can't wait!!!