hey i need help raising the betta frys...???

Question

hey i need help raising the betta frys because the parents eat them too much so i dont know what to do and now i have a buch of frys at the bottom of the tank and the bubbles are all gone is there any kinda of way to make the bubbles to last and not pop when you try to help the babys i.. because the bubbles that my crown tail make are week and they dont last that well... does andy one have the same thing as mine or its just mine that has the week bubbles... well if any one can help i am very thankful for your help..... thank you .....

Answer 1

Sounds like you are encountering a few basic mistakes many begining breeders encounter. I have been breeding bettas for sale and show for over 20 years. Here's the method I use, you might find a few tips in there:
Breeding tank: A 10 gallon makes a good breeding tank for bettas. Place in on a dark surface and set it up with no gravel or decorations. Use a small sponge filter and a heater. Maintain the heat at 78-82, the temperature is not really that critical. Using a hood is a good idea to hold in heat and moisture.

Conditioning: Condition the male in the breeding tank. Condition the female in a separate tank and be sure they cannot see each other. Feed well on frozen or live foods alternating with flakes or pellets for at least a week. The female should be plump with eggs and the male should be flaring and showing his best color, maybe even building a bubble nest.

Spawning: Drop the water level in the breeding tank to about 5" deep. Place the female in a bowl or other container next to the breeding tank so that the male can see her. As soon as there is a good bubble nest in the breeding tank add the female. Check for eggs in the bubble nest every few hours. You know they are finished when the female is hiding from the male and he no longer leaves the nest to chase her down. He will also not be trying to attract her to the nest. At this time remove the female from the breeding tank. If they fail to breed within a few hours go back and repeat the conditioning steps for a week.

Eggs and fry: The eggs will hatch in 2 days. At first the male will collect the babies and return them to the bubble nest, this is normal. Once you see that the babes are able to swim in a normal fashion, remove the male. Now is the time to start feeding the babies. Feed them newly hatched brine shrimp, micro worms or vinegar eels. Feed several times a day for the first week to 10 days. At that time you can start adding some powdered flake food to their diet and begin increasing the water level in the tank.

Care: The babies need very clean water. Do a 50% or more water change every day and be sure to remove any uneaten food or dead babies that you see. Keeping the water clean and changed very often is one of the major keys to success. Be sure you cull the brood. Culling is to remove unwanted fish. Remove any deformed fish right away and destroy them.

Rearing and selection: Eventually you will need to split the batch as they will over crowd the 10 gallon. Removing the females to another tank is the best way. The males can stay together without a problem. Continue to feed quality foods of increasing size working your way up to frozen or adult brine shrimp and continue to do large daily water changes. Once they begin to develop color, you should cull based on color. Keep the color you like and remove the rest. Even if you started with two reds you will get a few that are not red or are not evenly colored. If they are near adult size a shop should buy them from you or at least give you some store credit. Be ruthless, keep only the very best to breed with next time around.

The males can stay together basically for their entire lives as long as you never separate them. Once separated even for a day they will begin to fight so keep that in mind.

Best of luck and stick with it, you'll have baby betta before you know it!


MM

Answer 2

I now have many fry swimming around my tank, and thought i would share my steps for success with others.

* place female in a semi submerged glass in the males tank.

* leave it there for a day. He will have started to build a nest.

* let the female live in the tank with the male for around four days (yes, this worked)

* then if you are as lucky as i was she will follow him under the nest and breed.



Tip: Don't get attached to your breeding female encase she does not survive, be tough. I didn't lose on female, and the mother is ready to breed again.

I learned that if you leave the female in the tank for around an hour, nothing will happen.

After the male and the female mate, I take the female out and put her in a seperate tank with a heater, and I feed her food rich in protein. I also put BettaFix drops in her tank, and an aloe leaf to fix her fins, which are probably ripped from mating. (The male most likely bit her and chased her around the tank).

The male will watch the eggs, which will hatch in 3 days. During this time, I keep a piece of romaine lettuce in a glass of water on the window sill. The lettuce starts to grow mold and bacteria.

Once the eggs hatch, I put the piece of lettuce in the tank. The betta fry will eat the bacteria on the lettuce. I change the lettuce piece every few days with a new one that has been in the sun.

I remove the male betta after two weeks.

After a few weeks, the betta fry will start to eat adult food. Pretty soon it’s easy to seperate male from female. I keep the females together, and put the males in their own cups. They’re now eating adult food, and are ready for new homes.

This is so successful, that I had almost 100 adult bettas at one time.

Answer 3

they are very hard to raise... i've tried this before and they end up dying. but you want to put something about 1/2'' under the top of the water for them to go into so they won't drown. 2nd, the parent fish shouldn't eat the babies..are you keeping the male or female withthe babies? the male should be the one taking care of them and the female removed from the tank. make sure to NOT feed the male while he is taking care of the fry...he may mistake them for his food. you can feed the fry, very tiny live ghost shrimp but they can't eat anything else. don't change the water within the first 2 weeks or so the fry have hatched. this will disturb them and cause them to drown. make sure the water isn't too cold-- that was why the fry died that I tried to raise..

Answer 4

You need to get a seperater for when the babies are born so that they are not in the same area as the parents.
As for the bubbles there is not much you can do, you can't help make them stronger!
Sorry!