The Giant Plakat 101. Prepared and presented by John Ho

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1 The Giant Plakat 101 Prepared and presented by John Ho

2 At the end of the presentation, you will be able to 1. Know more about the origins of the Giant Plakat 2. Water Management for the Giant Plakat 3. Food Nutrition & Diet 4. Exercise & Training 5. Common Diseases and Treatment

3 Origins of The Giant Plakat Mid year 1999 in Thailand, Mr Athapon (Uncle Sala) and his son Mr Natee found a very large specimen of a green traditional male plakat about 4 inches in one of his ponds in his fish farm Search through over 400 cement ponds to search for the biggest female plakat in an attempt to breed giant size plakats By year 2001, many large strains of giant bettas are created: long fins and plakats through selective breeding

4 Origins of The Giant Plakat (Cont d) Many thai breeders began to buy giant plakats from Uncle Sala s farm. Pioneer thai giant legendary breeders such as Uncle Daeng, Surat aka Ram91, Interfish, Taebetta, Bung Plakats Rayong, JJgiantbettafarm continued to improve the new generations of the Giant Plakat In the last few years, giant breeders such as KKBetta fish, Cupang Pasid, Ivan F.Simanjuntak, Ryo Sulivan, Hafiyyan Betta and many others in Indonesia coming up with many beautiful giant plakats

5 Why is Giant Plakat so Unique? Much larger than a fully grown adult plakat. Can grow up to 4 inches in full length Huge appetite, eat 5 times as much as the normal plakat. Hence, produced 5 times as much debris Large size body and you can see their facial features clearly

6 4 inches Giant Plakat Photo contributed by Simon Spencer

7 4 inches Giant Plakat Photo contributed by Simon Spencer

8 4 inches Giant Plakat

9 Water Management for Giant Plakat Big appetite, messy eater, produce huge pile of debris.nightmare to maintain water quality Recommended tank size would be a minimum of 1ft tank Tank water level 60-70% and the tank should be partially covered

10 Singapore Tap Water Safe? Accordingly to PUB website, Singapore tap water is safe for human consumption based on the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality ( Is it safe for our fishes? Many years back, fish hobbyists only need to eliminate the chlorine present in the tap water by aging the tap water overnight. Those days, water conditioner is primarily removing chlorine Recent years, the inclusion of both chlorine and chloramine to treat our raw water. Chloramine cannot be removed by aging the water.

11 Where does our water comes from?

12 A closer look at our Tap Water

13 A closer look at our Tap Water

14 A closer look at our Tap Water

15 A closer look at our Tap Water

16 How to Treat Your Tap Water for Bettas? Use a 2ft tank to age and treat your tap water Fill up the 2ft tank (80% water level) with an Internal power filter or corner filter Add in 1 small capful of Seachem Prime water conditioner Let the filtration system run for 3-4 days

17 How to Treat Your Tap Water for Bettas? (Alkaline Ionized Water) Various Alkaline Ionized Water filtration systems such as espring, hydroflux, diamond water and calstar are some of the water purification system for your consideration Add a few drops of seachem prime in 5 litres containers

18 Conducting Water Change For 1ft tank, 100% water change to be conducted once a week Ensure that the tanks are scrubbed and clean Add it a pinch of EIHO water Stabliser, aquarium salt, 1-2 drops of vitamin complex, 2-3 drops of ATM paradigm water conditioner Add in Ketapang juice until the tank water is slightly brownish

19 Water Management Best Buddies

20 Food Nutrition and Diet

21 Food Nutrition and Diet Market Grey Prawn Salmon

22 Food Nutrition and Diet Live Micro Meal worms

23 Food Nutrition and Diet

24 Feeding Schedule Monday: AM-Pellets, PM-Pellets, Supper-Live Meal Worms/FBW/FBS Tuesday: AM-Pellets, PM-Pellets, Supper-Live Meal Worms/FBW/FBS Wednesday: AM-Pellets, PM-Pellets, Supper-Live Meal Worms/FBW/FBS Thursday: AM-Pellets, PM-Pellets, Supper-Live Meal Worms/FBW/FBS Friday: AM-Pellets, PM-Pellets, Supper-Live Meal Worms/FBW/FBS Saturday: AM-Market Grey Prawn / Salmon, PM-100% water change Sunday: no feeding Please Note: Siphon out debris twice everyday, AM & PM

25 Exercise and Training Point me not! Chasing the siphon Flare before and after meal

26 Common Disease & Treatment Fungus 1. SU pet container as hospital tank 2. Fill up the hospital tank with treated aged water (50% water level) 3. Add in 4-6 drops of Tetra General Tonic 4. Add in a pinch of aquarium salt

27 Common Disease & Treatment Fin Rot 1. SU pet container as hospital tank 2. Fill up the hospital tank with treated aged water (50% water level) 3. Add in 4-6 drops of Baxter Fin Rot Medicine 4. Add in a pinch of aquarium salt

28 Common Disease & Treatment White Spot 1. SU pet container as hospital tank 2. Fill up the hospital tank with treated aged water (50% water level) 3. Add in 4-6 drops of Interpret Blue Methylene 4. Add in a pinch of aquarium salt For fast treatment, Put the giant plakat in a 1ft tank with 80% water level Add aquarium salt Put in the water heater, adjust the temperature to 30 degree celsius Will recover within 2 days

29 Common Disease & Treatment Swimbladder disease 1. SU pet container as hospital tank 2. Fill up the hospital tank with treated aged water (40% water level) 3. Add in a pinch of Epsom Salt 4. Flare regularly