Betta nest split into 3 small nest and male is taking care of only one nest

[Aniket]

Yesterday my bettas spawned. Female also helped male to put eggs in bubbles. After spawning i removed female. Male made nest was big one but now less bubbles are there. And nest split into 3 small nests. Male observing only one nest.
And what time it takes fir hatching eggs?

 

[Colin_T]

It's ok if the male only looks after one part of the nest, don't worry about that part.

The eggs take a couple of days to hatch at 26C. The clear babies (fry) will hang on the side of the glass or plants for a couple more days before they start swimming about. When they start swimming around, you start to feed them with infusoria, green water or egg yolk.

After the fry have been on egg yolk, infusoria or green water for 2 weeks, you can start offering them newly hatched brineshrimp. Keep feeding egg yolk, infusoria or green water until all the fry are eating newly hatched brineshrimp.

The fry that eat the baby brineshrimp will have little orange bellies. When all the fry have orange bellies from the brineshrimp, you can stop feeding the other foods.

 

[Aniket]

It's ok if the male only looks after one part of the nest, don't worry about that part.

The eggs take a couple of days to hatch at 26C. The clear babies (fry) will hang on the side of the glass or plants for a couple more days before they start swimming about. When they start swimming around, you start to feed them with infusoria, green water or egg yolk.

After the fry have been on egg yolk, infusoria or green water for 2 weeks, you can start offering them newly hatched brineshrimp. Keep feeding egg yolk, infusoria or green water until all the fry are eating newly hatched brineshrimp.

The fry that eat the baby brineshrimp will have little orange bellies. When all the fry have orange bellies from the brineshrimp, you can stop feeding the other foods.

Is there any alternative food to baby brine shrimp?
Can i feed dry tubifex worms by cutting in small pieces

 

[Colin_T]

Baby fish need tiny bits of food and the only thing small enough for Betta fry is green water, infusoria or egg yolk.

You can buy fry food from pet shops. There is a powder fry food for egg layers and a liquid fry food for egg layers. The powder food is usually ground up algae, and the liquid fry food is usually based on egg yolk.

The following links have examples of commercially prepared fry food. The first link has a powdered fry food, the 2nd & 3rd links have a liquid fry food by a company called Wardleys, with the second link being the older packaging and the last link has the new packaging.
https://www.sera.de/en/product/freshwater-aquarium/sera-micron/
https://www.cichlid-forum.com/reviews/view_product_details.php?id=282
http://www.tails.co.nz/fish/food/wardley-small-fry-food

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Newly hatched brineshrimp are the most nutritious food for baby fish. Other small foods include vinegar eels and microworms, however baby brineshrimp is smaller and more nutritious than these.
You can buy dry brineshrimp eggs online or at any petshop and hatch them in salt water.

When the fry are a month old you can cut up dry tubifex and other foods that you feed to the adult fish, and feed them to the babies.

 

[Aniket]

Thank you

Baby fish need tiny bits of food and the only thing small enough for Betta fry is green water, infusoria or egg yolk.

You can buy fry food from pet shops. There is a powder fry food for egg layers and a liquid fry food for egg layers. The powder food is usually ground up algae, and the liquid fry food is usually based on egg yolk.

The following links have examples of commercially prepared fry food. The first link has a powdered fry food, the 2nd & 3rd links have a liquid fry food by a company called Wardleys, with the second link being the older packaging and the last link has the new packaging.
https://www.sera.de/en/product/freshwater-aquarium/sera-micron/
https://www.cichlid-forum.com/reviews/view_product_details.php?id=282
http://www.tails.co.nz/fish/food/wardley-small-fry-food

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Newly hatched brineshrimp are the most nutritious food for baby fish. Other small foods include vinegar eels and microworms, however baby brineshrimp is smaller and more nutritious than these.
You can buy dry brineshrimp eggs online or at any petshop and hatch them in salt water.

When the fry are a month old you can cut up dry tubifex and other foods that you feed to the adult fish, and feed them to the babies.

 

[NickAu]

When feeding dry food like worm you need to soak it in a spoon of tank water for about 15 minutes before feeding.

 

[Aniket]

Yes

When feeding dry food like worm you need to soak it in a spoon of tank water for about 15 minutes before feeding.

I kept dry worm for soaking. And then i feed them