Breeding betta's check list.. make sure I have evertything?

Question

I'm going out tomorrow for some of the stuff and some of it I already have.. but anyways please add on if I forgot something..

2 bins -- one for breeding.. that will hold the males until they are sold because if they stay together since they are born they will be okay but any aggressive ones will be taken out.. the other is for the females.. once again any aggressive ones will be tanken out and put into a seperate jar.tank

food -- infusoria and egg yolk (liquifry too)

medicine

hospital tank -- fot the famle the male has his own tank

extra water conditioner

extra plants for the breeding tank and female tank

eye dropper -- for food

turkey bastor -- for cleaning the bottom with ease

sponge filter -- 2 one for male and one for female tank

laptop -- to ask a question incase something goes wrong

thermometer -- keep the water at a constant

water heater(lamp)

i'm sure theres more so please tell me!

the bins are similar to tanks.. the only difference is no top usually and i will have more than just two i think i wrote down four.. its my first spawn so i heard the survival rate is low.. and each bin is 20 gallons i think? so a total of 80 gallons is good.. and they can be stacked up when not in use..i have read up on actual breeding and the process but i worry to much that i wont have something so its always easier to make a list someone can check for me .. anyways egg yolk is fine for breeding bettas.. and I have many jars already..

Answer 1

I would caution you to have adequate space available for the fry as they grow. Yes, you can breed them in a 10 gallon and in fact that is the size I use as it allows the female enough space to avoid the male during breeding rests, but also helps insure proper feeding for the fry during the first few weeks. A normal spawn for bettas is 200-250 eggs and a very large spawn can contain up to about 500, but that's extremely rare. By the time your young fish are about 3/4" long, you should have reduced that number to well under 100 is you are culling correctly. Even given this number, consider the space 100 bettas will need. You should have that much space available for each the males and the females as you can't predict the percentage of each sex you will have once they are approaching a marketable size. I would suggest nothing smaller than a 30 gallon for each sex and a 55 would be far better. If such tanks are too large for your space, you can use several smaller tanks and split the batch into smaller groups. If on the other hand you choose to bowl the males, plan on having at least 250 bowls available as well as hours a day for changing water.

Feel free to email me if I can help further.

MM

Answer 2

Im not sure about the egg yolk to feed them. I suggest baby brine shrimp. Dont put the male and female in together right away though. Put them in 2 different tanks so they can see each other. Her stomach will get biggger with eggs and he will build his bubble nest, then put them in together. Research a lot though before you start. Breeding bettas is a lot of work. I suggest maybe buying a book on them. At the bottom of the tank while the fish are spawning, put no rocks so it is easy for the male betta can pick the eggs up easier. I hope this helps!

Answer 3

not to sound like an a... but this is a list of the basics as i dont know if your planning on useing the "bins" for breeding or growout.

http://bcaquatics.com/beforeyoubreed.aspx

Also i wouldnt recommend anything smaller than a 55 gallon to grow out bettas, i have had spawns with numbers of 400-500 babies, and 55 gallons was too small for them. it would also be helpful to look into a few hydro sponge filters. i have 3 in the 55 grow out.

Answer 4

It sounds like you have everything!! --except bleach.
A very diluted bleach/water solution is needed to clean the jars.
You probably should make sure that you have a lot of jars....because the males will fight each other. And you could end up with about a hundred of them.
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