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Planted Betta Breeding Tank?
So I am getting into betta breeding. I already had my first spawn back in May. I unfortunately only had one little survivor but he is happy and healthy and will be gorgeous when he is an adult. With that spawn, I did bare bottom in their 5.5 gallon and removed the father after they hatched. I fed them on egg yolks and infruenza for the first few weeks, then started feeding them First Bites powder. I did water changes weekly with airline tubing carefully avoiding sucking up fry and rescuing the ones from the bucket that I missed. So for this next spawn, I am trying a totally different technique. I have a pair of quality fish coming from a breeder. I also have java moss for the breeding tank coming, as well as microworms and vinegar eels on the way. I am using the same tank and will have the java moss in it and remove the male after the fry hatch, like before (besides the moss). Then, I will feed on vinegar eels until they are a couple weeks old and then do microworms. I am going to get two 10 gallons to separate fry when they are bigger. I wanted to know if I could have an actual planted tank, though. The lighting can support it, and I think it would be good for the fry to have lots of plants and stuff to explore in. Some of the plants would need substrate, though, and there would be some rock in there to give it a shape. I know the father would probably have a hard time finding eggs with substrate and in a planted tank, however, so I am hesitant to go past the java moss with this tank. Should I go for it, or should I do that with the 10 gallon grow outs? I see pros and cons to both sides on whether I do it or not. Has anyone had success WITH planted tanks?
I do agree with much of what you said. I simply removed him after they hatched because the fry were having no issues popping back into their nest themselves and because I didn't want to risk them getting eaten when they started free swimming if I was at school and couldn't control what he was doing. My fry, I believe died, because of lack of live food. Again, it was the first spawn so I was trying one of many techniques. I actually have a culture of microworms and a culture of vinegar eels on the way so I can start raising them for fry. I did use the egg yolks for a while, that did well. I will definitely consider brine shrimp as well, though I don't know what I would do with the adults- feed them to my maroon clown fish and green chromis and the adult bettas? Would those fit in their mouths? Thank you for your information on keeping the plants- I definitely will highly consider going fourth with that project. If I do use the java moss, I will make sure it is on the opposit
Oh yes, and I do use bloodworms. I actually have a healthy culture in a bucket in the yard that the mosquitos love, and it also has infroensia in it. None of my fry wanted any of the bloodworms, no matter how small, but my little surviver (14 weeks) discovered a love for the tiny ones today.
I agree with the filter- I keep it very low and I actually rubber banded a piece of cut up tights to the part where they would be sucked up and I watched them be able to swim from it, which worked out well. I recently got a sponge filter for that. I do have snails for maitnence.
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- ?Lv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
You leave the male with the fry until they are free swimming! .... Plants are only important for the female to hide in after they spawn, and before you can take her out. Avoid substrate, use bare bottom tank to allow easier cleaning of uneaten food.
You should look into hatching your own baby brine shrimp to feed them. It's nearly all I used to get all the fry to size. You also don't need to change their water while they are small, just be careful and not overfeed - specially dry food that can rot. remember, these are air breathers and don't go down to pick up food from the bottom of a tank.
You've done a fair job on your Betta's, but now you need to learn more from the experts.
I've raised and sold probably a thousand Bettas in my career, and I can't begin to tell you more in this short space. Find other fish sites. Use Google to search on Betta, Spawning Bettas etc..
Find a local fish club if you live in a larger town or city, attend it. Find email lists or forums where you can ask questions. I use to use all those means to learn from others. You won't get the same give and take on this website as too many amateurs are here.
Also, look at AquaBid.com for future buying/selling.
Source(s): 50+ years, breeding, spawning, raising and selling many species of freshwater tropical fish. - 8 years ago
Firstly the reason you only had one survivor is because you removed the male to soon. Leave the male in the tank for at least 4 days after the baby fry are hatched. He will look like he is eaten them but really he if picking up the fish and putting them back in the bubble nest. Planted tanks are BETTER for the fry so they can fall onto the plants and get to the top easier. I do not recommend java moss for betta fry simply because the fry fall after birth and the male will have a hard time fining the fry to bring to the top. After the fry are free swimming you should feed them egg yolk or better frozen baby brine shrimp or baby brine shrimp eggs. By the time they hold be eaing real food they should be big enough. Also betta sneed to have bloodworms as a main part of their diet. I have my fry in a 20gallon tank with alum lizard sand in th bottoms with one rock. I also have Copepoda and microworms groing in the tank. To grow these simply gym unused tank and but tons of food and dead fish in it and they will go.
Again do not remove the male before 4 days of being hatched. So you will get more babies
Do not put java mos in the tank
And any plants are fine and better
And don't use a filter until there much larger this can kill them
Use snails to clean the tank
No water changes for at least a month or longer.
Feed baby brine shrimp eggs, microworms and copepod or baby food if you must
Leave the light on for 4+ days to allow the male to see the you g to catch and place them back in the nest.
Do this and they should all survive
Good luck
Source(s): Breed betas for years Ps. The male won't have a hard time finding eggs. He builds a bubble nest and the young including eggs stay at the top of the tank - Anonymous5 years ago
Any floating plants like Hornwort, Water Sprite, Subwassertang (hard to find), and Riccia would be perfect. If you have driftwood or rocks, Java Fern, Java Moss, Anubias, and even some Cryptocoryne species would be perfect (they will all root in the driftwood).
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