[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

Yeah, exactly! Someone else online (speaking from experience with other fish, not this species) recommended more females than males but from I read the females initiate mating & the males are stuck with the eggs so I went with my gut and I’m glad I did. It’s funny how different species work. If this changes at all, I’ll update for the sake of other future edithae owners.

 

[Rose of sharon]

Oh gosh! I can't imagine what you would have with 2 or 3 females and one male. The poor thing wouldn't know what to do!!!

 

[Feanor]

Your Edith‘s are so precious😍! I‘m keeping my fingers crossed for the boys not swallowing the eggs🤗.

P.S.: I will help you reviving the wild section soon as I will get 4-5 Betta uberis "Kubu" end of next week😊.

 

[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

Your Edith‘s are so precious😍! I‘m keeping my fingers crossed for the boys not swallowing the eggs🤗.

P.S.: I will help you reviving the wild section soon as I will get 4-5 Betta uberis "Kubu" end of next week😊.

Thank you! I can’t wait to see your wilds! 🥰

 

[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

Well, she did pursue her second boyfriend so she has spawned twice in a week’s time (maybe 8-9 days, I was away for a few days and came back to her guarding her mate). Phew! I’m surprised she isn’t tired. I guess it is time to get a BBS hatchery & start trying to figure out if I can upgrade that tank + maybe put feelers out to see if anyone locally is interested in the species.

 

[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

I found fry in the tank!!!!!!! They are so tiny, aaaa!!! The male was still holding some so I’m curious to see how many fry I end up with. On that note, I’m thinking a “recovery” tank might be good for the male— he hasn’t been able to eat for a week and I don’t need him being heckled by his girlfriend or the other boys

After work I need to get stuff to try to grow BBS, fingers crossed that the fry are doing OK. I also think I’ll remove the sparkling gouramis since they were (understandably) eyeing the fry and darting after them. I’m not keeping them specifically to breed them but I really hope I can get the fry to live, I haven’t tried raising bettas before— I’ve only raised corydoras and guppies and neither of those are tricky. Fingers crossed some of them make it! Aaaaand that I can find a good home for them 😅

Photos are of the female & male she bred with today (she is passing him an egg if you look closely+ a photo of a fry being tiny.

 

[betta4ever!]

Thats great!! They are lucky babies!!

 

[Rose of sharon]

How awesome!!!

And I think a recovery tank for the male is a great idea! What a good Daddy he is!

 

[Feanor]

Great pictures!
If you manage to hatch BBS and they‘re doing well, maybe you have a specialist‘s platform in the U.S. for advertising them?
We do in Germany and it‘s also accompanied by a very good forum. So interested people have a good source of information together with a great opportunity to get fishes directly from breeders.

 

[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

Great pictures!
If you manage to hatch BBS and they‘re doing well, maybe you have a specialist‘s platform in the U.S. for advertising them?
We do in Germany and it‘s also accompanied by a very good forum. So interested people have a good source of information together with a great opportunity to get fishes directly from breeders.

That sounds like a great idea, though I’m not sure if we have something like that here. I’m thinking that if they do well, I can take some of them into the local aquarium club… hopefully there are people who like wild bettas!

The fry are doing well and growing nicely from what I can tell, despite being slow on getting the BBS. I should be able to get the hatchery all finished tomorrow, hopefully the babies will enjoy the new food source!

 

[betta4ever!]

Do you have any new pics???🐠🐟💦

 

[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

Here’s the female begging for food, I need to add more tannins to the water.

And a bad photo of one of the bigger fry:

Aaand one of the newer fry, I think some of the snail poops are bigger than it is! The newborn fry have an interesting striping or spotting to them that they seem to lose within the first week:

And more photos of the adults! Here is a brooding male (left) alongside a male not currently brooding. I love this photo personally, they are such pretty fish:

And another photo of that brooding male showing off his very square jaw, full of eggs!:

These guys are so much fun to watch and I’m really hoping that I can upgrade them to a bigger tank. And oh— I did remove the sparkling gouramis, just to avoid them preying on the fry and stressing everyone out.

 

[betta4ever!]

Awww the fry are growing so fast!! the fotos are amaaazing!!!!

 

[Rose of sharon]

They are so lovely!!!! I love their eyes, too!!! Love the babies, too!!

 

[betta4ever!]

From what i see, it wont be dificult to find homes for the fry!!! 🤣 🤣

 

[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

I really think they’re amazing fish. They are a bit shy, especially now that they’re busy being parents but they’re a lot of fun. The occasional display between males, the female following a male and vice versa, them darting after food and darting into the shadows, etc. I’m really enjoying them a lot. I have such a weak spot for bettas and as someone who studied animal behavior for a period of time, it’s a lot of fun!

Now the REAL question is if anyone local will be interested— shipping fish is something I don’t want to experience quite yet 🥲

PS: have a funny edit of the female begging for food that I made during my break at work… I might have a problem, lol.

 

[betta4ever!]

SHE IS CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

 

[Feanor]

Adorable😍! She‘ll definitely need some worms if she keeps on producing eggs like before - and she knows you know that as well😅.

 

[NoodleTheMysteryBetta]

Adorable😍! She‘ll definitely need some worms if she keeps on producing eggs like before - and she knows you know that as well😅.

They really are little stinkers and are determined to stay on live food and live food only; I’m sure that them getting to chase after worms has helped keep them especially willing to breed. I’m hoping she tires herself out 😅

 

[betta4ever!]

Any new pics of the fry? How are they doing?