how long do i have to wait?

Question

how long does it take for a bettas eggs to hatch? what do i feed them?

Answer 1

I am working on my 2nd yr breeding Betta. I have tried crushed betta food...all died! Next brood, I tried liquid fry food...all died! Ok, third times the charm right!?...wrong...I tried new hatched brine shrimp...all died (they kept spitting them out)! Last brood of the season...I finally got microworms (and learned to "grow" copepods..tiny bugs in a tank)..they lived!...added live plantes with the wrong type of bulbs...all died (10 weeks old due to an ammonia spike).

Ok, I am ready! Copepods all over the tank with several in other tanks that I can harvest...done! Microworm culture growing (2)...done! Conditioned male and female...done! Spawn #1...a ghost shrimp ate all but 5 (don't put GS in the tank!)...my stupidity!...3 are alive, now 5 weeks old. Second spawn (same parents)...13 are 1 week old.

Ok, how long does it take?..as little as 12 hrs (tank temp over 80* F)...as long as 36hrs (tank temp around 78*F). My 12 hr babies died with in 3 days. They could not stay at the top of the water...my 36hr babies (both this yrs broods), had NO trouble staying at the top of the tank. What I did different was to unplug the heater for 24hrs (I am in Texas, so it did not get cold), then plugged it back in...room temp is 76* F, so it did not get to cold. As long as you can see the little white copepods in the tank, you should not have to feed the babies yet (be sure and look for fat bellies on the babies), if you only see a couple on the glass, then you should feed the babies microworms or such.

Good luck with your brood.

Answer 2

To spawn bettas you need to first prepare the fish.

You'll need to make sure you feed them extra well, and provide a wide variety of foods. Betta's do well with meaty foods and many will feed them black worms in preparation to breeding them.

Now you'll want to introduce the females to the males. I find that the easiest way to do this is to put a divider in the tank and have the male on one side and the female(s) on the other. This will allow the male to see the females and vice versa, but not allow the male to beat up the females.

Alternatively you can put in several females into the tank with the male which will spread out his aggression.

Once you notice that a female is becoming gravid (filled with eggs) you should remove all of the other females and put the male and female together in the tank.

You should lower the water level in the tank so that there is about 3-4 inches of water in the tank. You'll also want to minimize any water movements as this will effect the ability of the male to build a bubble nest. You can do this by using a simply sponge filter and a small air pump for filtration.

The male will build a bubble nest at the top of the tank. This is where the eggs will be put once they are fertilized.

When the female is ready she will move up towards the bubble nest and they will do the mating dance, at which point she will start dropping eggs. The male will fertilize the eggs and then put them into the nest.

Once the egg laying stops you need to move the female to a different tank and leave the male with the eggs.

Here is a good article on breeding bettas:
http://www.aquaria.info/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=311

Answer 3

They normally hatch within 48 hours of spawning and will be free swimming fish about 2 days after that. Exact times are impossible to know because temperature can really affect this.

You need to feed the free swimming fry infusoria and microworms as first food. Since you don't have that handy, you can try some of the fry foods from the pet store.

MM

Answer 4

I believe they hatch in something like 2 days and you need to go to the pet store and get infusoria, newly hatched baby brine shrimp or microworms.

Answer 5

it usually takes them 2 days to hatch and feed them brine shrimp

Answer 6

Here is a site that explains everything step by step and als by age of the fry
http://www.bettysplendens.com/articles/catview.imp?catid=856


Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 7

mine hattched in about 3 days.