Placed a sibling pair in spawn tank a few days ago after conditioning on frozen BS for 2 weeks. The female showed no interest and i was worried that she needed food so i fed her in the spawn tank with pellets. she ate but he ignored the pellets and just kept doing his dance. came home from errands and found eggs in the nest. he is now tending the nest like a good dad. the female is back in her sorority. both have a little torn fins but not too bad.
i had a hard time getting pics as usual so here are some bad ones. ill try and get some better ones later. the fish are from a local breeder and are much better then my last spawn as far as quality goes. i hope the eggs hatch.
Thanks for all the good wishes. Today they hatched. I think between 70 - 100. I'm pretty excited. MW culture is ready. Male will be left in for another 36 hours.
Thanks for the nice comments on my bad pics lol. I have siphoned the bottom and fed MWs. Removed the fake plants and added java moss.
One of the fake plants I had was used in a tank for a week. It had a slimy coat on it. I thought it was algae but now I know it was something else. It came off the fake plant in slimy sheets. It made a big mess that I siphoned up. It seems to have no effect on fry. Hoping for the best.
Note... Don't use unfamiliar things in spawn tank.
What is heater snot? I have a fummy feeling my sisters tank has it because her tank get a horrible clear-white stuff on the top in thick layers it looks like the surface has a thin layer of ice - sludge on the top it is discusting! How can you get it to go away? Good luck with your fry!
It is generally harmless until it costs the top of the water since bettas are then nearly unable to penetrate the surface for air. Scooping out with a cup, or laying paper towel or a cloth ontop then removing usually works. Using a bubbler or filter to break the surface is best, as still water lets it settle.
Heater snot... Not exactly sure how to explain it :lol: just some gooey filmy stuff that is usually on the heater but can make it to plants, decor and surface of the water. It's slimey, annoying and gross
I believe it was a coating that came on the newish plant. I had two plants like that from the same store. The fish seem fine. They are eating both bbs and MWs without a prob. Just trying to adjust feeding so there is not too much left overs on the ground. Siphoned tank twice. I think only two dead total. Still too small for my camera.
siphoned again today. this tank is outside and there is brown algae growing in it. i dont know if this is why the tank bottom seems to be cleaner then when i kept the spawn tank inside the house with no sun during my last spawn.
they dont really eat the decaps i put in there but i still add just a little once a day.
they are one week old. here are some pics. i just put in the mws.
2 weeks. they just had bbs. this tank has brown algae infestation. i dont know if its good or bad for the fish. could the brown algae be eatting up the waste? they look healthy.
I just scrape the brown algae. Not sure if it is harmful but I always get it... I just keep it manageable by removing most if it once a week (depending on severity of algae)
OMG I love your breeding pair!!! I am in love with the black blue combo on bettas!! Hope all is well with your fry and it will be super exciting to see what they turn out like, Post lots of pics
By brown algae - do you mean the brown layer forming on the tank floor and walls? You can scrape and siphon them out. I think they're harmless and will eventually become green algae. Most of my small tanks have/had them.
yes the algae started on the walls then moved to the floor. i wipe it with a paper towel and siphon it every couple of days. it gets on the java moss which i wash out periodically as well.
the more the fry grow... the more i am debating on how to grow them out. im guessing aboit 100 fry. i might try a 2 - 15 gal tubs and a npt 20L. only problem is that the npt will be my first npt that i will start on tuesday. i hope it will be established enough.
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