we're moving yesterday to our new home. nicer and bigger than the old one but lots of things to do...
in the meantime, we're going to be very busy this week and the next, apologies for not replying to your queries in the meantime.
Tuesday 26 February 2008
Thursday 21 February 2008
pictures of giants
These 2 giants need new home. We haven't been able to make use of them cause all tanks are occupied for spawning and rearing....It's so sad really, cause they looks very nice to each other (fighting that is) and their size is just amazing to see.
They're about 3x the size of normal hmpk. nice to see how they swim side by side with the others in our tank, but over the time they get to be the bully and got irritated with other fish around them.
Anyway, if you're interested, shoot us an email. We may just sell you 2 for the price of one, hopefully you can make use of them. They come from 8 rays spawn, but these 2 are only 4 rays. When they spread their caudal, they are actually ohmpk. the blurry pictures don't do them any justice at all, but then it's very hard to take pictures of moving object (plus crappy camera, but who's complaining, right?)
In the picture, you can see the front male of not spreading to its max. it's quite clear of its 4 rays (and very thick fins). Also you can see how they compare in size with other hmpk and hm in the tank :)
They're about 3x the size of normal hmpk. nice to see how they swim side by side with the others in our tank, but over the time they get to be the bully and got irritated with other fish around them.
Anyway, if you're interested, shoot us an email. We may just sell you 2 for the price of one, hopefully you can make use of them. They come from 8 rays spawn, but these 2 are only 4 rays. When they spread their caudal, they are actually ohmpk. the blurry pictures don't do them any justice at all, but then it's very hard to take pictures of moving object (plus crappy camera, but who's complaining, right?)In the picture, you can see the front male of not spreading to its max. it's quite clear of its 4 rays (and very thick fins). Also you can see how they compare in size with other hmpk and hm in the tank :)
Sunday 17 February 2008
predatorial of bettas
watching how our giant fry grow and how the bigger ones started to chase the small ones (and sadly sometimes they managed to catch up and eat them) has made me realize the meaning "survival of the fittest".
most tanks are the result of 2 spawns in our place. we spawn them first time, once the fry hatched and free swimming (day 2 or 3), we released another sibling female in the tank, which usually resulted in another spawn the day after release. Even with only 2 spawns, it is so apparent how aggressive the first batch is....by the time the 2nd batch is free swimming, the first batch already started to eat BBS. only a matter of couple of days before they go very hungry and started to chase the 2nd batch fry. perhaps that's because giant grows very fast?
anyway, usually only half of 2nd batch fry can survive at later stage, that's discounting any other events that may happen during their growing up....
another thing that also amazes me....there are times when i saw the father chase and eat the 1st batch fry!! i think he got pissed off when the larger fry started to it its much smaller sibling, so he chased the larger fry and kill it....that's how cruel life is!!! it's just to show how the father wants to make sure that the larger fry does not pose any danger to his other fry....
most tanks are the result of 2 spawns in our place. we spawn them first time, once the fry hatched and free swimming (day 2 or 3), we released another sibling female in the tank, which usually resulted in another spawn the day after release. Even with only 2 spawns, it is so apparent how aggressive the first batch is....by the time the 2nd batch is free swimming, the first batch already started to eat BBS. only a matter of couple of days before they go very hungry and started to chase the 2nd batch fry. perhaps that's because giant grows very fast?
anyway, usually only half of 2nd batch fry can survive at later stage, that's discounting any other events that may happen during their growing up....
another thing that also amazes me....there are times when i saw the father chase and eat the 1st batch fry!! i think he got pissed off when the larger fry started to it its much smaller sibling, so he chased the larger fry and kill it....that's how cruel life is!!! it's just to show how the father wants to make sure that the larger fry does not pose any danger to his other fry....
giant and anal fin
lately i noticed that the bigger the giant, the thicker its anal fin is. i'm referring to giant hmpk of course. it seems, as our giants getting larger in size, i can notice the tip of its anal fin (towards the pointy end) is slightly bigger than its body width (body that holds that anal fin -- the pointy part).
i usually only noticed this effect when you get old standard hmpk fish. when they get older, their anal fin is getting longer. funny that our giants are very young, only about 2.5 to 3 months and many of them have huge, large, finnage. ok, their size is about 2.2 to 2.3 inches but it's so nice to see they grow so fast and so big in such short amount of time.
Some of them are ready to spawn already (and we've spawned them). that large anal fin and caudal fin prove to be very useful to wrap the female.
talking about female. their sibling female has nothing much special. good caudal fin spread ranging from 2, 4, and 8 rays. but otherwise, their body is very large with nothing special on finnage. it is still cute to see them dances with the male. of course they're not afraid of the mail, cause they're just as big as the male (with exception that the male has bigger fin).
i usually only noticed this effect when you get old standard hmpk fish. when they get older, their anal fin is getting longer. funny that our giants are very young, only about 2.5 to 3 months and many of them have huge, large, finnage. ok, their size is about 2.2 to 2.3 inches but it's so nice to see they grow so fast and so big in such short amount of time.
Some of them are ready to spawn already (and we've spawned them). that large anal fin and caudal fin prove to be very useful to wrap the female.
talking about female. their sibling female has nothing much special. good caudal fin spread ranging from 2, 4, and 8 rays. but otherwise, their body is very large with nothing special on finnage. it is still cute to see them dances with the male. of course they're not afraid of the mail, cause they're just as big as the male (with exception that the male has bigger fin).
Tuesday 12 February 2008
fascination on long fin giant
recently, there has been some show off for long fin giants. i've never got interest in them previously (as we focus much on short fin hmpk giants). however, this time, the finnage of long fin giant seems to be just fantastic. they seem to hold their tail nicely.
ok, the dorsal and other fin form isn't really that great, but considering how huge they are, you gotta give some appreciation that a good long fin giant is finally able to be developed.
the price is just ridiculous though, so perhaps we have to wait another year to see decent priced giants. funny thing about giants, many dont know when they bought long fin giant, they actually do not breed true. otherwise we'd have lots of giants by now.
our own experimentation has shown us that it is consistently difficult to *always* get 3+ inches giant hmpk. if you're talking about standard pk, then that's no big deal. they're pretty much given already. it's quite easy to get huge giant on standard pk. but once you've put hm line in the mix, somehow F2 or F3 will be shrinking in size.
anyway, we'll see how it goes with our experimentation.
ok, the dorsal and other fin form isn't really that great, but considering how huge they are, you gotta give some appreciation that a good long fin giant is finally able to be developed.
the price is just ridiculous though, so perhaps we have to wait another year to see decent priced giants. funny thing about giants, many dont know when they bought long fin giant, they actually do not breed true. otherwise we'd have lots of giants by now.
our own experimentation has shown us that it is consistently difficult to *always* get 3+ inches giant hmpk. if you're talking about standard pk, then that's no big deal. they're pretty much given already. it's quite easy to get huge giant on standard pk. but once you've put hm line in the mix, somehow F2 or F3 will be shrinking in size.
anyway, we'll see how it goes with our experimentation.
Friday 1 February 2008
giant eggs
recently we've got a bunch of giants (HMPK) spawning. reflecting back, it's amazing that things go by without us noticing.
i just noticed, for example, on how big the giant eggs are. i got surprised not because i didn't see the eggs or their number, it's more to do with they're only very young, about 2.5 months or so, they spawned very nicely, and with their young age, i thought their eggs will be smaller. At least, with other bettas such as long fin or its short fin counterpart, their eggs are smaller, about half smaller.
their eggs are very big, twice as big as the normal bettas, and as big as an old female eggs (old female has tendency of having large eggs).
anyway, it's very nice to see the size of the eggs and their quantity, being produced from such young female
i just noticed, for example, on how big the giant eggs are. i got surprised not because i didn't see the eggs or their number, it's more to do with they're only very young, about 2.5 months or so, they spawned very nicely, and with their young age, i thought their eggs will be smaller. At least, with other bettas such as long fin or its short fin counterpart, their eggs are smaller, about half smaller.
their eggs are very big, twice as big as the normal bettas, and as big as an old female eggs (old female has tendency of having large eggs).
anyway, it's very nice to see the size of the eggs and their quantity, being produced from such young female
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