Betta Jars & Colors?

Question

I spawned a crowntail male with a vailtale female a couple of weeks ago.. and it was very successful for my first spawn. I now have about around 50 fry in my 5 gallon tank. Now, I know i have to start seperating the males when they get around 3 months of age... (which is in about 2 months from now) But my question is where can i find the containers/jars where betta breeders keep their juvenile bettas?

Another Question:
The fry are still very small and white of course, but can anyone tell how they will look like (what color) they will be. I posted a picture of the mom and dad betta at the bottom.
[these fish were just spawned to be owned as pets not to be shown at any IBC show] Thanks for your help..

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Answer 1

To be honest you really don't have to separate them so early. All of them can stay together much longer than that but some minor nipping may occur. I have kept nearly entire spawns together all the way to adulthood many times in the past with only very rare problems. Once you separate the males however, they will fight if you ever try to put them back together.

I always keep mine together for as long as possible and then separate them into 1/2 gallon bowls. Any container with a fairly wide mouth that will hold 1/2 gallon or more water will get the job done so you might be creative and look at plastic containers intended for food storage or the like.

As far as what those will look like... I would predict 100% of the fry will have red in their fins, most of them will have loads of red. The majority will have blue or steel blue (light blue) bodies and some will have a marbled blue / white body. There is a very slim chance a very few may have a white or mostly white body, but odds are really against it. Basically the male would have to have white in his history in the last 2 generations for that to be the case. So expect most of them to look like dad only perhaps a bit more red in the fins.

Congrats on the spawn and welcome to the wonderful world of betta breeding!

MM

Answer 2

Bettas are actually not dyed like some fish and you will't get his shade back by way of including drops to the water. you may improve the colour of his pigmentation by way of feeding shade improving meals like brine shrimp that have a severe point of caratenoid which will improve the levels of crimson, orange and crimson pigments in his pores and skin yet whilst hes blue, eco-friendly or yellow it won't artwork. in the journey that your doing one hundred% water differences your slowly killing him because of the fact even devoid of a filter out in the jar a small filtration device instruments up with micro organism feeding on the ammonia produced by way of the fish. every time you alter all the water the micro organism dies and the water has not something to regulate the waste ranges. you besides mght won't be able to positioned him in the bowl till now the aquarium cycles because of the fact the bowl hasn't cycled, so its not secure. Beads of tiny oxygen on the glass factors will cut loose and persist with each and everything including the betta. The bubbles can get into the bloodstream inflicting a poisonous oxygen point which slowly and painfully kills the fish. His colorings will fade as he turns into further and further uncomfortable and he may even turn thoroughly white wherein case its too late.

Answer 3

I'm not sure about the containers but you don't need to seperate them until the males start fighting. As for the colors, at about 4-6 weeks the colors should start to show. Go to www.bettatalk.com and look in the raising fry section and it will show you the different stages.

Answer 4

First off, both the parents look very healthy, nice job. Second off, the baby males need plenty of room for their new fins to develop fully. I suggest going to your local dollar store and buying round glass bowls or such so that they have room that doesn't cost much.

Answer 5

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/330/N/3720/Newspring_Containers.htm
http://www.restockit.com/Plastic-Deli-Containers.html
http://www.instawares.com/clear-deli-containers.1577.6.6315.0.0.8.htm