All My Fry Are Gone

[FBTgirl]

They all died last night 3 fry.

 

[BettaGirl201]

Awww...poor things. I'm very sorry for your loss.

 

[HODDY]

what was you feeding them? how many water changes were you making?

 

[kewskills]

Sorry for your loss

 

[JamesCarden]

ohhhhh I'am sooo sorry!!!! are you going to try again???


James

 

[FBTgirl]

I am trying again in August. My BS hatchery was going to come tomorrow too

 

[K.J.]

Aw bless them. Guessing it was the frozen food. Going to try a high quality pair now? How old is the first pair anyway? Might be too old, depending on when you spawned them.

 

[FBTgirl]

My pair is about a year old

 

[-germ-]

Thats a shame....
Good luck with the next try....

 

[K.J.]

They probably won't want to breed again, then, unfortunately. They lose fertility/breeding drive (can't remember) at about 12 months.

 

[FBTgirl]

I have a 5 or 6 month old female as well. I would breed her but she is to tiny and I am afraid that the male will kill her.

 

[15761718]

They probably won't want to breed again, then, unfortunately. They lose fertility/breeding drive (can't remember) at about 12 months.

that is far from the truth, in fact around 12 months of age is when they are at their breeding best!

its not until 16 - 18 months u can say that they will lose their fertility or breeding drive.

not EVERY single time of course but on average

 

[starrynightxxi]

actually, most breeders breed their bettas from 3-6 months of age. i think 8-12 months is when bettas are generally considered as "slowing down" as far as breeding is concerned.

 

[*Fishkies*]

Awe sorry for the loss.... for the baby fry....


Good Luck with your next atempt of breeding...

 

[Amerce]

Hi this is the first time I've seen your post about betta fry and I wish I could have helped when you were asking about feeding them.

1st fry food should have been infusoria which you should have been cultivating at least a week before attempting to breed the fish.
2nd fry food would have been microworm, which you can buy in or start off with a culture, once again this should have been bought in a week before attempting to breed.
3rd grindal and bbs but I don't even attempt to feed them this for at least till the second or third week of their life when they are big enough to take it.

As for the age of their parents, after around 12 months you have the possibility of deformed fry or non fertilised eggs, the older the parent then the more chance of a small hatch rate or deformed babies, something any good breeder will try to avoid.

I hope this helps and if anyone has any more informative advise then please correct me, but any breeding of fish needs at least a good bit of planning before hand, especially if you plan on breeding fish that have so many fry.

Good luck with your next breeding attempt.

By the way water changes should NOT be attempted, just water top ups and then only very gradually over a matter of weeks.