Where Do All The Fry Go?

[LuanaNeko]

One thing thats been bugging me as I read about all the lil' fry everyone's getting and such, is where does everyone find homes for them all ? If a single spawn can get you upwards of 150 wrigglers, how do you find so many homes and be able to continue breeding after? I'm curious since I've been toying with the idea of betta breeding eventually, but I just don't know how the logistics work out... My parents dismantled their 30 gallon tank and have an extra 20 gallon tank, so its fun dreaming of possibilities of what I could do with those

 

[Amunet]

I think alot of ppl sell online or find a local petshop or fish shop that will take them.

 

[ReMz]

ppl dont usually end up with 150 fry tho. jars and small barracks tend to be the solution for independent breeders when they separate the fry.

but, a lot of people try to breed w/o considering this b4 hand. dont even think about it until you know everthing and are sure you can handle it

 

[LuanaNeko]

Yep, I'm just dreaming and playing with ideas so far. Its fun to research about it I understand how to separate them out while they're growing, but it sounds like everyone manages to find friends/family/buyers as long term homes for them once they've grown up a bit. The idea of finding homes for so many little ones every time you have a spawn just boggles my mind... How many is the average number of bettas that live to be re-homed?

Also, is it reasonable to expect to be able to sell most of them on ebay or aquabid? I'd think you'd want to avoid the local petstores since they take such horrid care of their bettas... I'd hate to see any betta I raised cooped up in the death cups at petsmart

 

[ReMz]

there really is not a reasonable profit in it if that is what you are thinking.

it's a passion.

petsmart would be glad to have ur bettas for free or close to it

i think 30 is an average spawn.

 

[bronzecat]

Hi
We sell our bettas on-line and in the local area We also have a shop near us who would take 40 at a time if we had loads. We also give some away
There's very little profit in breeding, once you take into account costs like electricity, de-chlorinator, food, time etc etc.....
We do it mainly for the pleasure though

 

[LuanaNeko]

I wasn't looking into it for the profit, I just wanted to make sure I wouldnt have lots of babies that I didnt have anyone to care for Its good to hear that its not a HUGE money drain in the end though, since as much as I love fishies, I can't dump huge amounts of cash into it until I get a bit of a raise... So slight drain or breaking even is fine with me since it sounds like fun

 

[modaz]

for a hatching of around 150 - 300 you get a survival rate of about 40 -60 if done in tanks, it's much higher if done in ponds. lots of hard work but very rewarding indeed.
survival rates depend on feeding, temps and water changes.

 

[newfishy]

so modaz...I have 10 survivors so far out of 14 saved eggs that are 1 month and 3 days....how many do you think will make it to adult hood?

this number is gonna be depressing right?> lol

so modaz...I have 10 survivors so far out of 14 saved eggs that are 1 month and 3 days....how many do you think will make it to adult hood?

this number is gonna be depressing right?> lol

 

[azulfire24]

baa i only counted 24 this morning, more than the 20 i thought i had but at hatching i had closer to 40,, wish i had a big pond thing...... or a huge tank baaa.... they are getting huge though! will be 7 weeks old on saterday! < tommorow>

 

[modaz]

so modaz...I have 10 survivors so far out of 14 saved eggs that are 1 month and 3 days....how many do you think will make it to adult hood?

this number is gonna be depressing right?> lol

so modaz...I have 10 survivors so far out of 14 saved eggs that are 1 month and 3 days....how many do you think will make it to adult hood?

this number is gonna be depressing right?> lol

if they are past the month age then they are likely to all get to adult hood as they are past the first breath stage which is vital and have built good immune systems, its when you get 150+ in a tank that cant hold this amount and you cant move them when very young into larger tanks as very fragile, in this length of time of being so many in the tank the ammonias/nitrates rise and wambam most of them die, the food issue for 150+fry 3 times a day is hard to judge too and this also causes problems with the ammonias and such. the less that hatch have a higher survival rate due to the reasons above being reduced dramatically.

 

[newfishy]

so could the survival rates be incresed by spawning in larger tanks then? it would make sense to me.

 

[LuanaNeko]

So why breed them in a 20g tank instead of the bigger growout tank? Because the grow out tank might have bettas maturing in it still? Or is it because theres too much room in the growout tank ?