Breeding Going Well!

[Loony Fish]

The tetra eggs are the same size, maybe a bit smaller. the food looks like a sandy beach from a helicopter meaning you can see the bits, but only with a magnifying glass. should be small enough.

 

[bronzecat]

Ah ok......I'd still crush it down to start with though just to be on the safe side

 

[Loony Fish]

Will they be able to find food in fine gravel? can they eat it from the surface?

 

[Netty]

It will be difficult as the food will sink between the gravel. This is why we always use a bare bottom tank.....it makes things like this so much easier. You'll have to be careful when syphoning out the uneaten food that you check for any fry that have been sucked up too. If you attached some airline to a staight rigid piece of plastic it'll make it easier to direct the syphon where you want it to go.

Most of our fry spend all their time on the bottom and until they are about 3 weeks old they don't tend to go up to the surface very much.

 

[newfishy]

the first bites are similar to betta starter. it does ok but you wont get anywhere near the amount of surviving fry you get from live food. for example my several one or two baby spawns.

 

[Loony Fish]

so, what do i do?

 

[bronzecat]

There is very little you can do Taking the gravel out is something you really should of done before starting the breeding. Even if you were to use something like microworm or baby brine shrimp, they are still going to fall down through the gravel.

About all you can hope for, is that some of the fry will take from the surface

 

[LionMom]

There is very little you can do Taking the gravel out is something you really should of done before starting the breeding. Even if you were to use something like microworm or baby brine shrimp, they are still going to fall down through the gravel.

About all you can hope for, is that some of the fry will take from the surface

Not having bred bettas, I'm no expert, but can't he move the fry to another tank or tub without gravel???

Just a thought.

 

[Netty]

It might we worth a try although we don't recommend moving fry so young as the stress could kill them. You'd have to be very gentle with them and use the tank water they are currently in.

 

[Loony Fish]

Netty,
I think i'll try 3 things.
1.) Keep a few in curent tank
2.) Move some to a bare bottom
3.) Keep some in the tank, but in floating containers so they are in bare bottom and the tank ate the same time.

Should this work?

Also, What color are fertile eggs? mine are white (no fungus) and that worries me.

 

[Netty]

Difficult to say with this situation. By moving them now they'll not have Dad to look after them once they hatch. This will also cause the male alot of stress having his eggs taken away. You could try to tub hatch some but then you risk dislodging eggs which will fall into the gravel.

If you do manage to take some eggs to tub hatch, then you'll need to keep the tub floating in a tank with a bare bottom so that once they are free swimming you can start adding a little of the tank water and eventually release them into the main tank.

Tub hatching isn't a 100% guarantee that any fry will hatch though.

If you're planning on moving them once they are free swimming, then good luck lol they are soooo small you'll have a job to find them in the gravel. I have a job seeing them in a bare bottom tank without a magnifying glass!!!!

 

[Loony Fish]

once they are free swimming...

 

[Loony Fish]

Actually i think ill just try the fry in their current tank; there is lots of plants, and small protizoan animals floating around that they could eat. ill still feed them though.

 

[Loony Fish]

I GOT FRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Netty]

Congrats and good luck with them. Keep us updated on how they are doing