Betta Fry

[meehrm]

i have a quick question i hope some of you will be able to help me with.

before anyone decides to start breeding bettas, they should know that it is a lot of work.

i have yet to get my pair to be well conditioned.

in the beginning process of doing so, i have a few questions about the potential fry....

1) assuming there was a large amount of eggs expelled during breeding, those eggs that do hatch, should they be trying to swim or falling to the bottom of the tank.

2) i read in a few sites that they will hang on the walls of the tank, just below the surface of the water and still in the bubblenest, some even on the tank floor--till they utilize up their egg sac (or then some). how will i know if the potential fry at the bottom of tank are not dead but just laying there consuming the sac?


your help will be appreciated. THANKS!

 

[cutecotton]

heya, good to know that you're doing ur research well before hand before jumping into it! to asnwer for you questions...

1) When fry first hatches out of an egg, they wont' be able to swim, adn will only wiggle and twirl around, then fall out of the nest. This is where dad comes in and brings scoops the falling fry into his mouth and sipt them back into the nest. The male's role in doing this is to keep teh fry moving so they dont' all lay at the bottom fo teh tank developing fungas.

2) you won't really be ablet o tell just by looking at them. To tell you teh truth they'll lay there REALLY looking dead, but if you squirt them with water most will move and amke an attempt to swim to teh top of the nest. There's no real way of tellin guntil they are free swimming if they're alive or not.

but unless you withdraw dad out early you shouldnt' erally have to wrory as the amle will tend to teh fry until they are free swimming (there are exceptions).