Betta Babies

[nikki128]

Hi Everyone-

I wanted to share my betta news with everyone. Last Thursday my betta's had 114 babies. Yesterday a week later there were 40 eggs in my mails bubble nest. My new female betta is so tiny she slips between the divider to make babies and then retreats to her side of the tank. Last September two of my other bettas had 12 babies. I have 1 survivor from that spawn. I am trying to do everything right with my newest spawn. I am doing little water changes everyday and feeding them bbs and atison's betta starter. One they grow up I will be trying to figure out what to do with them all. I don't have the heart to kill anything living. This spawn is definetely growing faster then my last. Today I saw one of the little fry eat something and spit it out.

Nikki

 

[catherine896]

Aww, do you have any pics of the fry and the parents?

 

[nikki128]

Aww, do you have any pics of the fry and the parents?

Here are the parents

And the fry ....

I will try to get better pictures over the weekend.

Nikki

 

[catherine896]

Aww, the parents have nice colours! What type of betta are they?
Those little dots of fry are cute too I love baby fish pics!

 

[FISHBREEDER]

One suggestion to helping fry: Infusoria! Easy to do, get plant leaf, lettuce, and anyother thing GREEN that you can find. Put it in a small glass of water (dirty water is better, ie NOT R/O or distilled water) put the glass onto a ledge with LOTS of sunlight. Within two days the water will be cloudy, this is tons of infusoria, you'll notice if you have live plants in your spawning thank that the fry will move from the nest to the plant... After that microworms, can get starter cultures from many online sights as well as aquabid. Try google'in live fish food. than you can move to of baby brine, is cute seeing little fry with orange filled bellies. My largest spawn to date was 200, in which 163 survived. Good luck spawining its really fun!

~females need at least 3 weeks between spawns to maintain some health (though I reccomend at least 6 weeks). The large breeders "speed spawn" female every 3 weeks, and ususally the female dies within a year...

I have to add this in: WATER CHANGES, maybe the most important thing>> also, keeping air in tank warm! so keeping it sealed except for during cleaning and feeding! One thing that I've found helps with a larger % of eggs hatching is using softer water,,, makes it easier for the fry to hatch... Adult bettas like 400-600ppm, use 300ppm when breeding. (my experiences)

 

[nikki128]

Thank you for the respones. The parents are a female plakat and a male veil tail. My female was new and tiny and she escaped the divider in the tank. So I am not actively trying to breed them. I won't want to breed this pair again. If we breed anymore it will be my boyfriend's yellow crowntail with my red female betta. Before this accidental spawn that was the plan. I will start some infusoria. This group is eating atisons and bbs with no problem.

Nikki

 

[FISHBREEDER]

Thank you for the respones. The parents are a female plakat and a male veil tail. My female was new and tiny and she escaped the divider in the tank. So I am not actively trying to breed them. I won't want to breed this pair again. If we breed anymore it will be my boyfriend's yellow crowntail with my red female betta. Before this accidental spawn that was the plan. I will start some infusoria. This group is eating atisons and bbs with no problem.

Nikki

If they are already to the baby brine than infusoria isn't needed (unless you see that some of the fry are too small to eat the baby brine... but next time infusoria will jumpstart growth. Good luck with the babies, i have a post somewhere on here about my plakat disaster lol... anyways have fun good luck!

 

[Jaded12]

Good Luck! Can't wait to see pictures as the babies get bigger! Keep us updated!