Betta Babies!

[FishHobbyist1564]

hi everyone! my bettas just had babies, and they have hatched! There are SOO many lol. They are at the stage where they can only swim vertically to the surface of the water (to their nest). I woke up this morning, and a lot of them were on the sponge filter though, so i shut the filter off, and they are all back in their nest.

But heres the question... should i leave the sponge filter off for a few days until the fry get strong enough? or what should i do lol?

 

[modaz]

hi everyone! my bettas just had babies, and they have hatched! There are SOO many lol. They are at the stage where they can only swim vertically to the surface of the water (to their nest). I woke up this morning, and a lot of them were on the sponge filter though, so i shut the filter off, and they are all back in their nest.

But heres the question... should i leave the sponge filter off for a few days until the fry get strong enough? or what should i do lol?

turn the filter back on,but reduce it so the outflow is not so strong, the slightest change in water chemistry at this stage could kill them, the male prob put them on top of the filter so dont worry. fry need filterated water

 

[FishHobbyist1564]

are you sure this is ok, because the male is now out of the fry tank, and the babies are swimming. They will swim around, but some get on the spong filter and dont get off until i move it a little. Is ther anything i can do so that the babies dont get stuck to this filter?

 

[OldMan47]

If the sponge filter is being run by using an air stone it probably will be fine with the baby bettas. If you are running a power head with it, it might possibly have too strong a current for them. The sponge filter is also a good source of baby bettas first food which is usually microscopic life forms. They will have been growing on the filter if its been in there a while and will get the bettas off to a good start. If the fry have absorbed their egg sacks, they should be swimming well enough to navigate near a typical sponge filter without getting caught. Are you sure they are not just feeding?