Fry With Betta

[JohnRossDele]

well, i was just wonderin wud a 21 litre hexangonal tank with a betta be safe anuf to house my new livebearer fry. there's a kind of artifical java moss ball that i bought a while back which might help because it was suggested by a member of staff at my local pet shop its got a hollow center in which the fry can get through and hide in

cheers

 

[doresy]

well, i was just wonderin wud a 21 litre hexangonal tank with a betta be safe anuf to house my new livebearer fry. there's a kind of artifical looking java moss ball that i bought a while back which might help because it was suggested by a member of staff at my local pet shop its got a hollow center in which the fry can get through and hide in

cheers

Well, back in the day when I had a community tank I had around 20 molly fry in a floating breeding trap. In the morning I had around 2-3 left in the trap plus one sick looking Betta. The Betta died around 3 days later!

 

[Assaye]

You've be very, very lucky if the betta doesn't try to eat them and if he does you'll be very, very lucky if he doesn't over eat and get rather ill.

 

[SlyPolak]

Marimo balls do NOT have a hollow center unless they are the size of a basketball

 

[JohnRossDele]

so if i got rid of the betta it wud be fine? yeah?

 

[JohnRossDele]

Marimo balls do NOT have a hollow center unless they are the size of a basketball

sry made a mistake they are artifical not artfical looking

 

[SlyPolak]

lol,,,, and yeah if you took the batta out and leave only the fry they should be fine with adaquate filtration/heating

 

[Inchworm]

Hi JohnRossDele

Any fish that is large enough to swallow little guppy fry will do it including the mother guppy. You can't depend on them avoiding the bigger fish by hiding.