babies bettas look deformed?

[yeeviabetta]

OK. Here some questions to all. What do you do if you saw your babies betta have some deformation on the tail? Like the tail bend or the body tail bend?
I need help since I saw 5 that look like weird in the red halfmoon babies.

 

[juliethegr8t]

If it's something that will affect their lives significantly, it would probably be best to cull them. Do you have some other fish to feed them to? If they could live a fairly normal, happy life, you could consider giving them away as pets. Best of luck!

 

[wuvmybetta]

uhhm, before you're so quick to cull them off...how old are they? What does the caudal look like?

 

[f250fisherman]

I'd cull them. Even then, I would be suspecting similiar deformities from others. If there was, I wouldn't breed any of the spawn or those 2 parents together again.

 

[ral]

What do you guys mean by cull them?

 

[~FairyAngelFish~]

What do you guys mean by cull them?

ehh... i think they mean kill...

 

[yeeviabetta]

They swim ok, eat good and they were big too. Only 5 in the batch of 250 so far. All looks good. I think because the movement of the water and bubble are too strong when they hatched in 5 days. I know the water current just push the babies down pretty bad at first. Might bend some of the babies. I think I will let them growth big and give away to people. Actually the bone body tail just bend up a bit. I don't think the parent have bad genetic since both are from top breeder and so far most of the babies are pretty good shape.

 

[yeeviabetta]

If they really look bad later, just put them in the mouth of flowerhorn LOL.
This is the flowerhorn I mean. LOL

 

[Tempestuousfury]

If you feel they can survive, you might want to keep them in a separate tank when rearing them.

However, you will end up having to keep them, since you probably wouldn't be able to sell them.

 

[cation]

Yee, since you have a hungry mouth to feed them to, I'd go ahead and watch their development for another week or two. In two weeks time you should be able to tell without a doubt if they have spinal deformaties. If they do, toss 'em to the flowerhorn or be prepared to try to adopt them out or keep them. Good luck, thats a pretty big spawn!

 

[yeeviabetta]

Oh. they swim and eat like normal babies betta. Just look weird with crooked a bit tail in the back bone tail. It is kind like accident. The tail fan are fine. If I am right, I put the air bubble too strong to force the water current flow and hit the babies. That is my 2 cents of what my observation.
Opps, the parent are making the second batch now. Mating and squeezing eggs! Work hard for me. LOL

 

[Bettaman]

get a picture of the tail part and the fry them selves........

 

[gale]

I wish I lived closer to you. I'd take one off your hands.

 

[gale]

Bettaman I love your avatar.

 

[yeeviabetta]

Hahaha. You want? Sent shipping and materials cost and the bettas will be there in 3 months. LOL
Well, the pair done embrancing today and a big nets. Eggs? more than 500 eggs. 800? We will see how tomorrow midnight!