Wow My Bettas Have Bred!

[Fighterfish]

Woohhoo!
This morning i woke to find a bubblenest in my floating palnts with eggs in it. The bettas are in my 27 gallon community. One male and 2 females. I know this is not supposed to be done but i was a newbie when i got them. I haven't been trying to breed them but lately i have been feeding a lot of bloodworm.
Anyhow, how long do the eggs take to hatch?
Thanks,
SF

 

[ezrock]

Congrats. 24 hours to 36+ hours depending on temperatures. warmer temps will have eggs hatch more quickly. Are you going to take the eggs/nest/male out into a separate tank? If not, I wouldn't count on many fry surviving in a community tank.

-Ian

Woohhoo!
This morning i woke to find a bubblenest in my floating palnts with eggs in it. The bettas are in my 27 gallon community. One male and 2 females. I know this is not supposed to be done but i was a newbie when i got them. I haven't been trying to breed them but lately i have been feeding a lot of bloodworm.
Anyhow, how long do the eggs take to hatch?
Thanks,
SF

 

[Fighterfish]

I ahve put eggs in breeding net and set up another tank but don't have a heater.So i am a bit buggered their. Unless i can get one soon which i can't as i can't drive and get to LFS. So i am not sure what i am going to do.

 

[BWBettas]

Hurrah, but one problem... they wont live very long lol. Shouldnt really move them out of the nest because the male will tend to them etc. And your going to need aload of live foods etc and ALOT of water changes.

Bret

 

[Fighterfish]

Hurrah, but one problem... they wont live very long lol. Shouldnt really move them out of the nest because the male will tend to them etc. And your going to need aload of live foods etc and ALOT of water changes.

Bret

Maybe if you sent me my plants bret they would breed even more.

 

[BWBettas]

I Have PM'ed You Ages Ago But You Didn't Reply!!

Bret

 

[RandomWiktor]

You should seperate the male into his own tank. The number of females is far from ideal also, but perhaps since they are in a community tank, they have enough other fish to keep themselves occupied to avoid fighting. If you leave the male in, you run the risk of eventual injury or death to the females. You also will have manyunwanted batches of babies, and while raising bettas sounds fun, it is immensely hard work with a great deal of expense. And, if your bettas are just run-of-the-mill petstore VTs, their age and genetics probably will result in a high percentage of defective spawn. The best situation overall for the fish would be to house the male singly. It is excusable that you didn't know before, but now that you do know, there is absolutely NO excuse for continuing to keep them together.