Questions, Questions!

[Pitluvs]

I want to ask... why would you be putting bettas in plastic cups? Don't we condemn pet stores for doing that? lol Mason Jars are like 12 for $6.. much more room.

[bettalover2000]

Ok, I was thinking something like this http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...005&1311879000 Because I thought it would be cheaper. If mason jars are 12 for $6 than I will look into that. I had thought of plastic cups because I don't want to spend a lot of money and I had heard of people using them on this forum.

[bettalover2000]

Also, when you (In general) bred for the first time, how many fry made it to adulthood? I'm just wondering how many fry a beginner like me might have on hand. And what was your setup/procedure? Thanks!

[1fish2fish]

My first two spawns I didn't get any fry. One spawn was very small and I lost the survivors to velvet, the other I had 12 fry but when I moved they all died... most likely they were too young to deal with the water change.

My first 'successful' spawn I had 13 fish.

[bettalover2000]

Anyone else? What procedure/setup did you use?

[PitGurl]

I lost my first spawn to a power outage . There were around 20 fry. I took a break from bettas for a few year but have got back in to them over the past year (understatement ). I've purchased a few bettas off Aquabid and I'm about to attempt to start breeding again. I plan on doing an outside spawn, the more natural way you could say. I live in the south so the weather is just right. I have a couple 7 gallon feed tubs for spawning and a 35 gallon water trough for a growout. I've spent as much time at Tractor Supply as I have at Petco, lol.

[bettalover2000]

conditioning with ML...3gal at 80-83 deg...20 gal growout tub...sponge filter,infusoria and hikari first bites for the first 1-2 weeks... then ML and frozen bloodworms...then aqueon pellets. Sorry, so many questions.....