Shocking betta spawn size

From time to time we assist others to successfully spawn their pairs. This one is particularly amusing, since the owners still shocked from the fact that their pair successfully spawn, but also because what they were into when they see the outcome!

We helped JT and his friends to get starter male and had chosen one of our females to match the boy. The deal was simple: they paid all costs associated with the pair, we'll just give some advices on how to spawn them successfully (remotely through emails), and in exchange they'll give any number of the offspring that we like - not that we want many...

As with many new breeders, JT was more than anxious when the pair spawn. He practically took a Friday off in preparation for the spawn, despite we've told him that the pair was not going to spawn for another couple of days. We gave him a visit on Sunday to see how things went and surprise surprise we managed to wait a bit to see the first few wraps.

Here are the pictures of the spawning. Wrapping, wrapping, and pick those eggs.






The male is beautiful blue. 3 inches with nice overall form.


JT still couldn't believe his eyes and we thought you should share his amusement. Here are the pix of his spawn. Talking about over crowded! These fry pix were taken when they are 3 days old.





That was just one corner of the tank. There must be between 300-500 fry there. Good luck on raising them folks :)

The funny part was that he and his friends imported a couple of other giant males, and now they've seen what 1 single pair can produce, plans to spawn the others are stopped!

This is a fair warning to others that when we said we can help you spawn your bettas, expect large spawn! Be ready but don't get too nervous, they are extremely entertaining to raise...

BTW, for those of you who are looking for good giants, JT and his friends had indicated that they want to pass the pairs to the next person to try spawning. They have 1 HMPK pair (above), 2 copper red HM giant pairs (never spawned), and 1 pair of blue/green monkey-face giant HM pair (never spawned). We helped them choose these giants, and we thought they're just amazing. If you're game, don't let this opportunity pass. Let us know if you're interested, we'll pass JT et al detail.

As for our service, if you need our help on spawning them remotely, we'll be happy to do so, again we only want 1 or 2 pairs of our choice of their offspring in return. Give us a yell.