Betta Jars For Breeding...

LittleL

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Ok i think i have the betta bug! im addicted already and i have only just brought my first betta!

I really want to breed some bettas and i have read some good website, including bettatalk which i thought was great and gave me a very good insight into betta breeding.

Anyway, before i do anything, i have to get all the correct gear..

Right now for the question!! where can i get a large quantity of jars/containers from for the fry when they get bigger and need separating from the females? im looking for a place or website that sells them in the UK and at a reasonable price....
 
ok website = bad idea go to your local aldi and buy picled onions they are in huge jars from there and are only 99p assuming your are in the uk however if your in the states i have no idea :(

oh and also this would be better in the betta section of the forum :good:
 
i was ment to post in the betta forum, but posted here by mistake and i dont know how to move it.... :blush:

I never thought of pickle jars!! have to clean them really well though!
 
ok website = bad idea go to your local aldi and buy picled onions they are in huge jars from there and are only 99p assuming your are in the uk however if your in the states i have no idea :(

oh and also this would be better in the betta section of the forum :good:

If Tropicarna has to jar 100+ males, that's an aweful lot of picked onions to get through! The 101 ways to cook with pickeled onions cookbook hasn't come out yet! :sick: You could always ask around for some jars.

Instead, try a dollar store, if they exist in the UK or jars for canning preserves which they sell empty.
 
If you know anyone who owns a restaurant, or you could just go to various restaurants asking for empty pickle and mayo jars (though the latter will require quite a bit of cleaning, methinks).
 
Have a look in wilkinsons for those 'tea' 'sugar' & 'coffee' pot's only 99p
 
I've used Beanie boxes. Other breeders have used cleaned large pasta sauce jars (tell everyone you know that you need them) and you can buy canning jars (here they're usually Ball or Mason jars). When it turns out you have 100 more fish to jar then expected, you can use 32 oz. plastic "deli" containers. And as a last resort, you can cut the tops off of water bottles (find a water company that makes a bottle to your liking--with as few ripples and ridges as possible so you can more easily see the fish and so there's less for gunk to settle on).
 
ok website = bad idea go to your local aldi and buy picled onions they are in huge jars from there and are only 99p assuming your are in the uk however if your in the states i have no idea :(

oh and also this would be better in the betta section of the forum :good:

If Tropicarna has to jar 100+ males, that's an aweful lot of picked onions to get through! The 101 ways to cook with pickeled onions cookbook hasn't come out yet! :sick: You could always ask around for some jars.

Instead, try a dollar store, if they exist in the UK or jars for canning preserves which they sell empty.

no one said you had to eat the pickled onions! :good: just throw them away or give them away?
 
Good suggestions already given, but can I just say that its very difficult to catch a fish in a round container, especially a small one like a jar :/

I use beanie boxes and needed to buy a small enough net to catch them in so I could clean the beanies out completely before I had a filtered system. This proved difficult with little energetic juvies in a flat sided container so can only imagine how hard it would be in a round one :S

Just something to consider :D
 
What is a "beanie" box? Is that supposed to be "beans"?

http://www.majesticbettas.com/supplyshop/bettatank.htm (here's a picture)
Beanie boxes are usually 4"x4"x8" (high) plastic boxes with a lid that were used to store those Beanie Babies (fad) from about 10 years ago. Some of the betta conventions judges use them to hold the bettas on display (or up for judging) since the fish has about 1.5 liters of water to swim in (unfortunately, it's mostly vertical space) and since the plastic is clear it is easy to view the whole fish. I use them to hold newly acquired males in quarantine since I can set 3 boxes in a 5 gal. tank with a heater (8 in a 10 gal.). People use them in their betta barracks since the boxes are flat sided so don't waste any space.
 

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