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betta betta fry fry galore?
my betta fry have hatched and are now free swimmers dad is in own tank , fry are in there own tank as well , last year i had a few fry but they only made it to like 4 days old , they were still clear looking , well mine seem to have made it a week in a half and when u look into the tank u no longer need a flash light etc , u see black spots swimming across the top of te water under the water etc u would think masquetto larvie or something but i know there betta fry , anyway what do u think of the chances of some making it further ( living longer ) what is the safe zone on betta fry surving , , right no w i have live greenery feeding plants in the water , i have also did the egg yolks i give a 5 ml droper full of water and yolk mixture every other day . what else can i feed etc
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
there is a baby fish food called FIRSTBITE and it is like a dust. egg-layer and live-bearer fry are able to eat it. I have red jewel fry eating it as we speak along with the BBS. the egg-yolk works just as well and have some water ready to top off the tank when needed/. you can hold off on a water change for a little while until they are visible. or use a turkey baster to withdraw some water and replace it with new
- 5 years ago
As with all egglayers, the fry are very small when just out of the egg and need VERY FINE food, even liquid. Infusoria is the best for them for the first week. I always feed mine Hikari's "First Bites" after the first week. It is so finely ground it looks like brown flour. You say you did not overfeed, but that is exactly what you must do for at least the first month of their lives. They need to be fed at least three times a day to stay healthy and grow properly. BTW, did you remove the male once they were free-swimming? You know he will eat them once they leave the bubble nest and go on their own? As for the white things, even if they are a fungus, a fungus will only attack a fish that is injured or has an open sore or is very stressed from things like poor water quality or fluctuating temperatures. You can scrape them off with a razor blade and siphon them out with the excess food and fish waste. In the future, if your bettas spawn again, treat the tank with malachite green according to the directions on the bottle to keep any fungus from gaining a foothold. 8
- 1 decade ago
You can feed them baby brine shrimp, usually you can find a kit at a local fish store and you can grow your own. Also you can crush up fish flakes to a very fine dust and feed them that. They are pigs, feed them 4-8 times a day, small amounts though so you don't have leftover food in the tank.