OhNo123's Betta Breeding Journal
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Thanks BioHazard
Just an update. While I was at school today, the pair bred. There aren't that many eggs, maybe 50 max. This may also be because the bubble nest is pretty small. Today was humid, which might have been a reason why the bubble nest survived.
Nonetheless, I'm happy that the pair succeeded in breeding. I removed the female into a small temporary tank for a day or two. Then I'm going to acclimate her back into my 10g to recover.
The male is currently tending to the eggs. It doesn't seem like he wants to eat any; which is good. He's constantly picking up the dropped eggs and putting back into his minuscule bubble nest of his.
After the fry begin to swim horizontally, I'll move him back into his 4g cube for recovery. I except the fry to be swimming horizontally sometime late this week or possibly early next week as the eggs hatch in about 2 days and the egg yolk lasts them about 2 days.
Just an update. While I was at school today, the pair bred. There aren't that many eggs, maybe 50 max. This may also be because the bubble nest is pretty small. Today was humid, which might have been a reason why the bubble nest survived.
Nonetheless, I'm happy that the pair succeeded in breeding. I removed the female into a small temporary tank for a day or two. Then I'm going to acclimate her back into my 10g to recover.
The male is currently tending to the eggs. It doesn't seem like he wants to eat any; which is good. He's constantly picking up the dropped eggs and putting back into his minuscule bubble nest of his.
After the fry begin to swim horizontally, I'll move him back into his 4g cube for recovery. I except the fry to be swimming horizontally sometime late this week or possibly early next week as the eggs hatch in about 2 days and the egg yolk lasts them about 2 days.
I haven't updated in a few days but the eggs hatched, and the fry are swimming horizontally now. The egg picking process for the male was very tiring as his bubble nest barely existed and more than half the eggs would be on the bottom of the tank at any given time. The fry hatched Wednesday and were vertical for the past two days.
I removed the male and placed him in his recovery tank.
My camera battery is dead right now.
I'll get pictures up as soon as I can.
I removed the male and placed him in his recovery tank.
My camera battery is dead right now.
I'll get pictures up as soon as I can.
Congratulations!! The breeding project has been a success so far!! Even with the lacking bubble nest 
Can't wait to see pics!
Can't wait to see pics!
Ohno your male betta is absolutely GORGEOUS. I'm glad to hear that they bred successfully. I do have two questions for you....The pictures of the 10 gal I think, Is that a bare bottom tank? What do you have it (plants, decor, etc..)? I love the 4.5 gal cube tank...Awesome.
