Spawn Diary V1 ~ Maui + Kula

Andie, thats exactly what they do! Then after they've gone into the bucket with all of the junk, they decide they'd much rather dart around running for dear life from the syphon, just to mess with me.

They're so little and cute!

About how many are there?

Gaghhhhhhhhhhh....

They are SOOO adorable! Hehe...wittle spermies! I don't think that you're imagining the colour bebe...I see some wonderful metalic-E colour. You are so lucky! I'm having a BEBE BETTA BREAKDOWN(BBB)! Aww...they're dare-betta bebes!

I CAN'T wait for my boy! [dances] I posted on PT already, but I'm just so happy.. my first HM boy. Welcome to the world, lil' guys and gals! ^.^

Well, I spent all day yesterday doing a full water change on the fry tank ... I got lots of good advice against doing it, but to add in the new spiffy heater and sponge filter it was kinda necessary. I haven't spotted a single dead fry since then, they're all very happy and munching on MW's and BBS's. I'm also VERY glad I did it because I got out tonnes of junk that was getting SO much on my nerves!! I also removed the java moss, because it was annoying and it produced lots of gross plant matter stuff on the bottom. I also counted every. single. little fry. It was a job that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy! Those little babies are ridiculously fast swimmers, I chased them around with the turkey baster forEVER. And, guess how many fry I officially have???


....352!!!! yep, thats right. Just about as big as a spawn can get! Thats totally my luck, too!! I wish I could recount them, because it seriously looks like there's 100 in there, TOPS. Hopefully the weaker fry will die off (I know it's a horrible thing to say, but it's life.) so that the stronger majority will grow up even stronger. You know I'd just be THRILLED to have 300 1 gallon jars all over the house , more importantly my parents will be THRILLED! heh, did I mention I'm taking reservations for babies now? LOL, I might celebrate the ginormous spawn with some fry pics later.

WOW, I hope I get that many Let's hear the tricks on how to get such a big spawn, come on splashluff
Congrats though, that's awesome!

LOL... to be honest, it's kind of overwhelming to think that I now have 361 Bettas!

I think the biggest factor was how hard-working their Pops was. He was awesome!! He never, ever took a break from working on his nest, he had wonderful nest care and I think that's from very good breeding on BettaTalk's part. I'm SO getting him a nice new MiniBow now!

LOL, I'm sure he deserves it I hope I get that many

Wow! Thats a lot of bettas! Feel free to send some on over here!

Woah, that's a TON. Good luck with that!
As horrible as it sounds, I'm gonna be removing eggs in my spawns from now on if they look too large. Over 100 is just way too many to handle as a college student, and it's not like the eggs will know the difference *lol*. That way I can concentrate more of my effort on the remaining fry. Besides, my next spawn will be CT x plakat, and the outcomes aren't likely to be very desirable... just a step on the way to CT plakats.

Come on splashluff, give us some baby pictures!

I would love to take some beebees off your hands when they're old enough!

GAHHH! That's a lot of BEBE's! Jeepurs! I agree, we need pis, ASAP! I still can't believe I'm taking 6 bettas off you! Shows how insane I am, huh Erica? You and I both knwo about SANE-ness! Gah...shipping prices! Oh well, it'll be worth it all!

Synirr said:

Woah, that's a TON. Good luck with that!

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LOL! thank you for the sarcasm Synirr I know, it'll be an insane pain in the butt if all of these fry survive. I admit, I've been a little bit less meticulous about not stressing them too much... I know that sounds horrible, but I'm hoping they'll at least get down under 300 I would NOT have the heart to cull any of them, honestly.

Yes, I expect you all to take a bunch of them Or else!!!

Here's a couple pics from today, they're all at the bottom eating MW's and they didn't really want their pics taken brats... (see the MW belly on the one little guy? )

splashluff said:

LOL... to be honest, it's kind of overwhelming to think that I now have 361 Bettas!

I think the biggest factor was how hard-working their Pops was. He was awesome!! He never, ever took a break from working on his nest, he had wonderful nest care and I think that's from very good breeding on BettaTalk's part. I'm SO getting him a nice new MiniBow now!

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It's obvious you're not afflicted with MBS. It's amazing how much control you have compared to the rest of us with like 10 bettas.

lljdma06 said:

It's obvious you're not afflicted with MBS.

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Of course not... 361 is absolutely reasonable. I have total self control!