We recently put a small sponge filter in the tank and have been feeding them frozen baby brine shrimp. Stopped at a LFS on saturday and ended picking up a small double tail male that i would guess is between 2-3 months because it is starting to gain size and color, placed him next to my female and he started blowing a nest so now I have to choose to breed my regular fantail (red with hints of blue) male or the double tail male (grey right now but developing reds,blues, and other iridescent colors). I also figured out that I have a pretty good female because she has lots of color (blue body and red fins). I tried to get pictures and even a video but my camera doesnt zoom and focus enough for the pics or vid to come out. Also if i didnt mention it before the fry are free swimming, they are a week and 2 days old.
I am learning to breed betta firsthand!
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Another update on the fry. We removed the fry from the 10 gal spawning tank and placed them in a smaller tank. We found out that we only have 24 (very thorough search, at least an hour). We also placed the male back in the newly cleaned spawning tank and the female in a separate container next to him. Hopefully he will begin to build another nest.
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Option # 1. Feed them Infusoria. Breeders who start their baby bettas on infusoria usually rear 90% of their spawns -- some 400 to 600 babies. Get your cultures started at least two weeks before you set up your breeders. Raise it in non-aerated quart jars filled with aged water. (Ask for Aqualand’s “Infusoria Fact Sheet.”
Option # 2. Feed Newly Hatched Shrimp. Breeders who start their betta fry on newly hatched brine shrimp will rear spawns about half the size of those who start theirs on infusoria. Try your hatching methods early so you know they work, and you know your “eggs” (really cysts) will hatch for you. (Ask for our “Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs Fact Sheet.” For best results, feed infusoria their first two weeks and start adding brine shrimp their second week.
Option # 2.5. Feed Microworms. Possibly better than Option # 2. Use same as brine shrimp. Better, use Option # 2 and # 2.5. Best, go with Option # 1, then add #2 and # 2.5 two weeks later.
Option # 3. Powdered or Liquid Fry Food. You will successfully rear about 5% to 10% of your spawn if you start them on powdered or liquid fry food -- about 50 bettas. Your betta fry don’t eat those foods. Actually, the infusoria naturally occurring in your water eat the bacteria that eat the liquid food, and the baby bettas eat the infusoria. There are just not enough of the infusoria surviving this way to feed many baby bettas. Only the strongest survive.
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Betta, Breeding basics.htm
Option # 1. Feed them Infusoria. Breeders who start their baby bettas on infusoria usually rear 90% of their spawns -- some 400 to 600 babies. Get your cultures started at least two weeks before you set up your breeders. Raise it in non-aerated quart jars filled with aged water. (Ask for Aqualand’s “Infusoria Fact Sheet.”
Option # 2. Feed Newly Hatched Shrimp. Breeders who start their betta fry on newly hatched brine shrimp will rear spawns about half the size of those who start theirs on infusoria. Try your hatching methods early so you know they work, and you know your “eggs” (really cysts) will hatch for you. (Ask for our “Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs Fact Sheet.”
For best results, feed infusoria their first two weeks and start adding brine shrimp their second week. Option # 2.5. Feed Microworms. Possibly better than Option # 2. Use same as brine shrimp. Better, use Option # 2 and # 2.5. Best, go with Option # 1, then add #2 and # 2.5 two weeks later.
Option # 3. Powdered or Liquid Fry Food. You will successfully rear about 5% to 10% of your spawn if you start them on powdered or liquid fry food -- about 50 bettas. Your betta fry don’t eat those foods. Actually, the infusoria naturally occurring in your water eat the bacteria that eat the liquid food, and the baby bettas eat the infusoria. There are just not enough of the infusoria surviving this way to feed many baby bettas. Only the strongest survive.
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Betta, Breeding basics.htm
Well it has been a month since I last updated what was going on so just a little update, Only one baby survived and is in its own tank, the double tail male died because of unknown reasons, that was a sad day, and the female escaped from her container and beat up the male so they are both in their own 10 gal tanks set up next to each other. The male lost almost all of his fins because of the female and is still recooping from that. No more nests have been built and the female abandoned one set of eggs because the male wouldnt build a nest. Hopefully they will start to breed again, well thats all for now so updates will come again.
