Holy crap, Betta babies!

melissa3

melissa3

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I have a 10gal that houses 1 male and 3 females. I was told Bettas won’t spawn if you keep a group of females together. Well, that’s so not true! =)

Over the few months that I’ve been keeping them together I’ve noticed that my male has chosen a favorite female. She’s his girlfriend and he only spawns with her. This time round I took all 3 females out as soon as I saw eggs, mostly just to see what would happen.

Well, they hatched and this might sound dumb but I am so excited! Mostly because my guppies were the only other fish to have babies that survived and also because I’ve heard it can be difficult to breed Bettas.

I’m hoping to keep these babies alive, so can anyone give me any tips, or point me in the direction of a good site with information?

Thanks,
Melissa
 
Congrats on the fry.
It is definately not true. Bettas like breeding in mixed setups. Only thing is the fry won't survive if the other fish are in the tank I think?. Well mine didn't...So good thing you took the others out. I think a ten gal is a bit too small to keep a mixed sex group of bettas so might want to consider an upgrade.

Am working towards breeding bettas myself, though I need to do some more research on raising fry and hopefully getting my new super delta male today. :headbang2:
One thing I would say look at different sites for different methods and opinions.
Here's three I can think of off-hand. A quick google search will provide lot of results. Good luck.

www.bettatalk.com
www.bettysplendens.com
www.ultimatebettas.com
 
Yeah. Definately get a fry tank if you want them to survive. Optimal water conditions are a key to the success of them living.
 
That is exciting news. You must be estatic. The next hurdle comes when the fry become free swimming. I suggest you do a whole bunch of research in the next day or so if you want to raise the young. Someone else mentioned a few good sites for info but once they are free swimming the male needs to move to a new location or he may eat them. Bettas make poor parents.

Good luck.
Charlie
 
I also am thinking about breeding bettas. :D Already did my research. Just got to wait until I make some money and get some Thailand stock or maybe something cheaper. If you got any questions, your welcome to ask me.

You should also buy a microworm culture and feed the fry microworms until they are larger.
 
mvigor said:
You can keep the fry together for a few weeks, some say as long as 8 weeks, but then each male will have to have his own large cup, which you will do a water change on every day for a year until they are old enough to sell. Enjoy!
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Wow... that's good to know. I could probably keep it up for a few weeks, but a year!? I don't think so! I guess I will not be getting a female ever. I guess my Betta will just die a virgin! :rofl:
 
mvigor said:
...for a year until they are old enough to sell. Enjoy!
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I believe that sometimes people look for younger bettas (younger than a year), so if you are able to keep yours going for, say, six months, and you can sex them (I don't know at what age sex becomes obvious), if you let your local fish organizations, shops, etcs., know that you have baby bettas and you can provide pics of the parents... you may be able to sell them sooner than at one year. Betta fans sigh over bought bettas being old when bought, you may be able to capitalize on that -- offer younger ones :)

(warning: I've never owned a betta, just read a lot about them).
 
You can setup a drip system if you keep them in plastic cups. There's also a lot of plastic betta prisons you can put inside your main tank.

Every day is a bit extreme on the water replacement and while it's what professional breeders do it's not necessary on the hobbyist level. Every few days is fine, especially if you're feeding live foods.
 
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