Okay they will be male and female.. and have seperate tanks.. I think I will breed.. I have researched it enought to know what to do.. now I only need experience.. I have a breedig place.. (atisons suggested any large container so a large bucket (10-15 gallons i think) would be okay i think?) But I need homemade foods I can feed the fry.. So far boiled egg yolks.. powdered flakes.. infusoria.. and when old enough broken up blood worms.. anything else beside microworms.. I personally dont think I will be able to buy or culture anything besides infusoria.
2007-08-23 15:50:58 · 8 answers · asked by ♥ 6 in Pets ➔ Fish
Sorry.. a bucket makes it seem like I'm cheap but I dont know how to explain it.. but its a large container that they wont be able to jump out of and I will be able to keep an eye on them.
2007-08-23 15:52:08 · update #1
Do you know where the babies are going?
You may have up to 350 babies. They all need homes.
Be prepared before they arrive. Talk to pet stores (most WON'T take them, BTW)
You need the little cups, or some other way to seperate the males before they start killing each other.
Heres a good site about breeding, but please plan ahead:
www.bettysplendens.com
2007-08-23 16:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Best breeding set-up is a 10 gallon tank with about 4" of water in it,no gravel,several bunches of floating plants,and for when the fry begin to develop their labyrinth organs,a glass cover to keep the air and water temperatures the same.
Look in the back of almost any aquarium magazine for mail order cultures of micro worms.
The reason for keeping the spawning tank so shallow is because the male will be busy placing the eggs and keeping the fry in the bubble nest.After the fry become free swimming, you should gradually increase the depth to around 6 to 8". This facilitates keeping the water conditions at a high quality. A daily siphoning of the bottom will help clean up the "left-overs".
The best filter for a fry tank is a well seasoned sponge filter with a very gentle air lift,so as not to damage the fry.If the sponge is really well cycled the fry will also use it as a feeding station and "graze" on it whenever they are hungry.
Also,you may want to do a few "practice runs"at growing infusoria,to get a feel for how long it takes to grow a culture,and how long a culture will last before it "crashes".Culturing live foods is usually a series of successful cultures and crashes,the trick being knowing when to start a backup culture from your successful one,so you have a constant supply of food.
2007-08-23 23:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your fry will be too small for the first 2 weeks to eat anything but infusoria .If you have some small ramshorn snails put them in the tank with the fry after they are free swimming. One of the biggest problems on raising fry in a small tank is poluting the water with food that is uneaten the snails take care of this Micro wormsare a great second stage food and less bother than hatching baby brine shrimp. You can get a microworm starter culture at aquabid.com
2007-08-24 20:26:18 · answer #3 · answered by bob m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will need a 10 gallon for breeding, but you will need a 55gallon for growout.
IMO you need more research, i have been breeding bettas for over 13 years, and i see so many like you who rush into breeding and want to know what went wrong.
You should know that you will need to condition them for 2 weeks on fatty foods.
Alot of people just go out and buy two bettas and expect them to breed.
Also dont expect great success your first time, chances are that most will die,but it comes with experience. Make sure you have a sponge filter in the tank, and make sure you have some live plants for infusoria.
Again you should get the 55 gallon soon. As growing 400-500 baby bettas, and then moving them to containers.
Please see my betta site for betta help http://www.bcaquatics.com
2007-08-24 01:50:56 · answer #4 · answered by Coral Reef Forum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you will need at least a 10 gallon tank with heater and a sponge filter, with only 6 inch of water, that way they can't jump and once the eggs are layed and the male is taking care of them, it's easier for him to pick them up
http://fishlesscycling.com/articles/breeding_bettas.html
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-24 04:28:16 · answer #5 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you bought these beta's from a petstore, or let's say Wal Mart, DO NOT BREED THEM!!! The Breeders didn't keep them for a reason! They may have genetic flaws that aren't known to you!!!! If you want fish to breed....buy Fancy Guppies! They breed like bunnies, but be prepared, where are you going to put these babies when they are able to go to a new home!
Hobby breeding is fine, and fun, but make sure you have done all of your research FIRST, ALL OF IT! Talk to breeders, buy a subscription to a magazine.....Please don't just think that this will be easy, Beta's are one of the hardest fish to breed!!!!!
2007-08-24 00:02:17 · answer #6 · answered by screaminginside75 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
All you do is put male and female in a tank together.
if they want to fight remove them quickly.. bettas are super hard to breed. try guppies.
2007-08-23 23:17:30 · answer #7 · answered by Joshua 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
the fry should have brine shrimp, gl!
2007-08-23 23:00:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋