Well here are my first pair I intend to breed, both CT which I thought for my first time was a good choice. the female is now only slightly smaller than the male. I have been conditioning them for the past 2 weeks feeding them dry pellets and bloodworms the male has built several nests in the last month but have been destroyed when doing water changes. the female shows all the signs, the vertical stripes, flaring, the white dot so I believe they are ready. I have been letting them see each other for about 30 minutes a day for the past week and am now letting the female stay in the tank till tomorrow then I will release her. I have done my research so yes im ready for all the work and have the supplies needed so here we go lets see if I can do this. will try to update with photos every few days!!! wish me luck!!!
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First Spawn... Well here it goes
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They might move but it would be more of a drift...
They will probably hatch on Tuesday, 24 hours is pretty quick.
They will probably hatch on Tuesday, 24 hours is pretty quick.
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well maybe tomorrow night because they where spawned before 2 pm today, but if Tuesday is what happens its still great! so do you think the bbs would be to big for new free swimmers? and thanks tri!
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new egg estimate... was able to count small cluster of eggs near the glass that was smaller and easier to count and it had 37 eggs (shown in black circle) and im guessing that by the size of the cluster there is about 7 to 8 times what that was in the nest so new guess is 250+ eggs.... this could get interesting
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If you want you can scoop some of the eggs out carefully like faith suggests.
http://www.bettatalk.com/bettatalk_column.htm#start
You don't have to but take my word for it, even culling sick fish is hard.
http://www.bettatalk.com/bettatalk_column.htm#start
You don't have to but take my word for it, even culling sick fish is hard.
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thanks for the link Matt! I don't think I will need to do that though, I talked to a fish store owner not to far from here and he said that he would give me another grow out tank in return for some of the bettas when they get older, also said he would be interested in buying a good portion of them as well! so if all goes as planned I should be able to handle this large spawn!
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That's good! I personally do not really like giving fish to pet stores because I have no idea of who ends up with them and what conditions they are kept in, but its better then you having 200 babies to feed twice a day I guess lol.
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I am going to go check his store out here in a couple days and I can see how he runs things and how clean he is with his fish, he is an older guy and its kind of a old fashion ma and pa store so im really not to worried. I mean you cant know exactly the conditions they will face when sold to customers but its probably better than me trying to take care of that many!!!
Any news? I'm new to Betta world, thanks to one purchase of a brilliantly colored CT, I've quickly gone from cup, to cube, to 2.5 gal to 10 gal with filter, heater, gravel, play castle, silk plants and leaves--now I want to breed this guy, especially after learning he has a relatively short life span.
So, I'm rooting for the novice to take on spawning.
Good luck!
So, I'm rooting for the novice to take on spawning.
Good luck!
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Thanks! So far so good! I believe I'm having beginners luck cause everything has worked great so far
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Well I haven't checked on the nest since lastnight but it has now been about 48 hours since they were put in the nest, so herein about 6 hours when I get off work hopefullyi will be going home to some hatched fry!!!
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UPDATE!!!!!! Just got home from work to this! holy cow I know this is my first spawn in all but this seems like a ton of fry! let me know what you think for a number guess and if you think its a lot! all I know is dad is crazy busy and still cant get all up to the nest.
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some fry close up in the nest
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My fry are doing well! should start free swimming in the next day or to but I have one problem.... my infusoria culture is still cloudy so I don't think I should feed the fry that once starting to free swim... so my choices are either use egg yolk, brine shrimp or first bites.... I also put in a hornwort plant lastnight but I don't think that will feed the fry any would it? opinions would be great!
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fry are doin good and I can tell dad is extremely tired! should be able to take him out tomorrow! some have lost yolk sacks but aren't swimming yet:/ heres a video for everyone! enjoy! http://youtu.be/2_fRaBuj1wc
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yes he is! but will be taking him out tomorrow evening the fry should be free swimming by then!
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Well I got free swimmers! time for dad to come out and the fry their first meal
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Well sorry for the late update and kind of crappy pic but here ya go! 8 day old CT fry eating both bbs and egg yolk. cant see a lot in the picture but there is 120+ I know for sure! cant wait to watch them grow and develop will keep everyone posted
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