How do I feed Betta's babies, details please?

Question

I spawned a crowntail pair in a bowl after being 40 babies I only have 6, I am using hikary first bites. Do the babies eat slime? please give me thorough information.

How do I prepare the egg for the babies? and how do I feed them, how many babies should reach the adult age?

Answer 1

All the foods mentioned in the answers are too big for Betta fry to eat. To feed hard boiled egg yolk,get a good quality linen handkerchief(you can get plain ones at stores that sell sewing and crocheting supplies). Put the hard boiled yolk(yellow part) in the handky and twist until fine particles of egg squeeze through. Feed only a small amount,and clean up the left overs using an airline as a siphon. There are also liquid foods that will work,if you can find them.
Another possibility would be a micro-worm culture,but you are too late to start one now.
The newly hatched brine shrimp will be fine once the fry get large enough to eat them.
I have doubts about your fry surviving,but don't give up. The first step to spawning fish of any kind that have tiny fry is to get the fry food cultures up and running before the spawn,you may waste a little cultured food,but when the fry hatch you will be ready to feed them and get them off to a good start.
Look into infusoria cultures,vinegar eels,micro worms,any other micro foods available.
Also there is another critical time in the development of Betta fry. At about two or three weeks of growth,the "labyrinth organs" start to come on line. These are the spaces in a Betta's skull that allow them to breathe whole air. When this starts it's very important that the water temperature and the air temperature in the tank be the same,(as closely as possible) a glass cover will serve well to create this condition.
Good luck,and look into food cultures. All fry develop faster with some live food(parent fish get into breeding condition faster too).

Answer 2

Betta frys needs to be fed with the smallest food available, like infusoria culture. But since they are already free swimming and there will not be enough time to start a culture, i suggest feeding them with egg yolk of a hard boiled egg. To do this get a small piece of egg yolk from the hard boiled egg (the rest can be kept in the ref/freezer for late), then crush the piece in a small bottle with some water then shake the bottle until it forms a suspension, feed a few drop of this suspension to the frys. Do not feed too much of the egg yolk suspension as they tend to foul the water easily. Another option is to use liquid fry for egg layers, this is commercially available first food for small fry, just follow the instructions on the label. After a week or so, the fry should be big enough to be able to feed on microworms and newly hatch BBS.

Answer 3

They prefer live foods as the movement triggers them to feed. You should try to get some baby brine shrimp hatched, or culture some microworms or vinegar eels. They will do a lot better with those. You should have had these foods prepared before you bred your bettas. Baby bettas will eat infusoria (tiny microorganisms that live on plants and other objects in an established aquarium) but they don't really eat a lot of algae. They are primarily protein eaters. That's why they need live foods so that they get a lot of protein in their diet. The Hikari First Bites can help once they get a little bigger, but sometimes it's too big for them. Try some mashed up boiled egg yolk mixed with a little tank water. That has lots of protein.

Answer 4

your spawning is unsuccessful as your breeding in a bowl. 40 babies isnt at all large, my spawns are around 300-400 babies, so your not conditioning right,

You need more research.

For your quesion: Baby bettas do not eat slime, they arent discus. They will need mirco organism called inflousia. Then after a week they can eat Baby brine shrimp.

First bites is alittle to large and if your not using a big tank and a sponge filter your asking for failure.

Again it doesnt sound like your ready for breeding, you should research before breeding. As a bowl and 40 is not really by anymeans good.

Answer 5

Boil an egg (hard), put a pinch in a handkerchief and squeeze it into their water. Syphon the leltever after about 5 minutes.

Answer 6

dont feed them so much just a pinch should be enough. They have really small stomachs-the size of their eyes- and they have really small eyes. as for the slime im not exactly sure what you mean. Is it the texture of the food?

Answer 7

Take the female out right away. Do not take the male out until the eggs start hatching. You should start feeding them a couple days later.

Answer 8

Go to the store and get Kraft's macaroni and cheese, this tastes great and betta babies love it.