My first baby bettas!

[Stav'sBetta]

Hey everyone,

After a few weeks of waiting, Frankie & Ryba finally mated, and I now have about 10 youngsters in a 5 gal tank. They've been in the tank for about two weeks now, but they don't seem to ever change or get bigger. I feed them a drop of Liquifry No1 three times a day, and I've just bought some baby brine shrimp for them. Is it because I'm looking in on them too regularly, so they never appear to grow any larger? When do they actually start looking like fighters?

Also, does anyone else stroke their male betta? Frankie likes coming to the surface and brushing his fins against my hand, and he and the females also eat straight from my hand. It seems unusual that a fish would be willing to be stroked.

Cheers then

Stav

 

[Sorrell]

http/waynesthisandthat.com/bettagrowth.html

This is a fry growth chart that you can check progress against. Let us know how your fry measure up against these.

You really need to be feeding some bbs and other live foods to get them growing and make sure they have plenty of water changes.

 

[Idolz]

Argh! Sorell beat me to it!
I was gonna post a link to the same site.

 

[freshmike]

Dang! Bettas grow fast!

 

[cutecotton]

yeah they should really need live food (bbs and mw), by the 2nd week they should have their dorsal and anal fins, by 3 or 4 weeks you should see some signs of ventrals, and also around 4 weeks they should get their labrith organ.

I would supplement thier diet, also their water needs to be changed once or twice on a daily basis, and fed 3 tiems a day with something live

good luck!

 

[shrks1fan]

All good suggestions above. I'd just like to point out that Liquifry #1 isn't actually food for the fry, it's food for Infusoria which the fry eat, however this is only appropriate food for fry for the first few days, then they need MW's, Vinegar eels and/or live BBS. If your fry are particularly small then this is probably the reason, nutrition is lacking. As others said, live BBS would be the appropriate food at this age.

However, since you're seeing them everyday, you probably won't notice the growth they have experienced, I know I don't, haha. If you could compare them to newborn, then I'm sure you'd see the difference

Congrats on the spawn, I hope your fry do well for you.

Linda