Betta Fish Spawn Log

[Malibu99]

Hi there. I decided it would be a fun idea to kind of record my betta spawning like a journal, starting with the conditioning. Anyways, Day 1:

Let me introduce you to the breeding pair. Courage is a male veiltail (first picture, sorry about bad quality. My phone has a horrible camera). Bubbles is the female crowntail (second picture, Horrible quality but it gives you an idea of what she looks like).

There's not that big of a size difference, actually. Anyways, I have separated them so that they can't see eachother. Courage is building a bubble nest, so it looks good so far. I am still feeding pellets, until I can get my hands on some better food for conditioning. I have increased the amount 1 pellet though. The last time I tried to feed bloodworms, they carried parasites. We will be putting Courage and Bubbles in the same tank on May 1st, so they should spawn may 2nd or 3rd. I will update daily until the fry are 1 week old, then once a week. Oh, and just for the fun of it, what type of fry do you think I'll get (blue veiltails, red crowntails, etc.)?

 

[Malibu99]

Day 2:

Courage is doing good, and Bubbles is being... herself

Not much difference. They seem to enjoy the extra pellet. Any ideas on what I should feed them to continue conditioning them? I do know you can feed bloodworms, but I'm a little nervous about them (they gave my other fish internal parasites... he is no longer with us

).

 

[Kevin565]

Where did you get the bloodworms? A reliable source should not cause this. Have you already decided what your going to feed the fry?

 

[Stacykins]

You can use frozen/thawed foods (brine shrimp, glass worms, blood worms, etc.) to condition the breeding adults. The fry of course need live, size appropriate food. You should have the food colonies for the fry going strong before putting the adult together.

A question I have for you is: why? For fun? I hate to be a devil's advocate, but your pair aren't really anything unique or quality. And the market is flooded, a pet store will be very unlikely to buy offspring from you. Plus, there is housing all the male fry once you can sex them, and the near daily water changes that go with that.

 

[Malibu99]

You can use frozen/thawed foods (brine shrimp, glass worms, blood worms, etc.) to condition the breeding adults. The fry of course need live, size appropriate food. You should have the food colonies for the fry going strong before putting the adult together.

A question I have for you is: why? For fun? I hate to be a devil's advocate, but your pair aren't really anything unique or quality. And the market is flooded, a pet store will be very unlikely to buy offspring from you. Plus, there is housing all the male fry once you can sex them, and the near daily water changes that go with that.

I am doing this for a hobby. Because my mother won't let me spend $20 on a breeding pair, I decided to just use what I have. And I have thought this over thoroughly, and have homes prepared.

 

[Malibu99]

Where did you get the bloodworms? A reliable source should not cause this. Have you already decided what your going to feed the fry?

Petsmart, and I am going to feed some BBS.

 

[Kevin565]

Petsmart, and I am going to feed some BBS.

Hmm Petsmart tends to have higher parasite rates. Do you have a Local Fish store?

 

[Malibu99]

Hmm Petsmart tends to have higher parasite rates. Do you have a Local Fish store?

We have a feed store right down the street that has some fish stuff. Not much though, and it's the same brand as the stuff I got from petsmart.

 

[Malibu99]

So much for betta breeding... I just set up the bowl and my dad comes home with a ziploc bag... full of guppy fry. (and water, of course).

At least they have a bowl. XD

 

[Kevin565]

How many fry are there? It will be very hard to keep Nitrates and PH level stable in a bowl.