Decided to breed bettas!

[ccg]

Hello everyone!, hope you are all having a good day.

I have decide I would like to breed bettas, I have not owend a better for quite some time now, but anyhow, I am tired of breeding live bearers and would like to try some bettas.

I already know where I am getting a breeding pair.

There is no point in my doing this inless I am 100% prepared (if this is possible).

Most of my tanks and hardware are being used, but what I have avalible to use is:

10 Gallon Tank
45 Gallon Tank

Jars: A few pickle jars that are pretty massive, not sure how much they hold (got my mom to start saving these from the restaurant she works in) so I will be getting more and more of these.

5 Air pumps (various sizes)

2 Heaters (both being used, one is 10 and one in the 45)

2 Sponge filters

The 45 gallon is properly filterd as well as cycled.

I know how to hatch bbs for the fry.

That is all I can think of right now.

I will post pics or try and figure out the size of these jars to give you a better idea of what I have.

I plan on using the 45 gal as a grow out tank for the females, and maybe house the males in these big jars???

for those of you who do house the fry in jars how do you heat them?

I have read the pinned info on breeding, but I am still seeking more information on how I should go about doing this.

Thanks for all the info guys.

 

[sgstvoy]

Fry in jars: Put them on top of heaters?

Use the 10.gal, should be more than enough.

Use a low - medium filter/pump, together with the sponge filter.

 

[GSD]

you need to be well prepared before breeding bettas and know what you are doing.aslo you need to make sure you have homes for all the babies!even the not so perfect ones

 

[OohFeeshy]

I'd say use the 45. If you happened to end up with 500+ babies, thats going to be best for a growout. What type are you breeding? CT, DT, HM or PK?

 

[wuvmybetta]

I think you sound very well prepared this is a good thing. The ten can be used for spawning and the 45 for a grow out,those are the two most important things right now. You'll need at least three of the air pumps, one for the spawn tank and two for your bbs hatcheries (it's best to have two running at different hatch times).
As for keeping the jars warm, I know some people keep them in a shallow pool of water that is heated,this seems to work. I use a space heater during the cold times and let it heat the room instead.
Now try and get ahold of some microworms and a nice pair of fish

 

[Kiarra]

Best yet...use the 10 gallon for the spawning, then transfer them to the 45 when they're older to use as a grow-out.

Edit: wuv beat me on that one.

 

[ccg]

Right now the 45 gallon has gravel in it, should this be removed and use it as a bare bottom?

Also, once the babies hatch in the 10 gallon, how long before I should move them to the 45?

I still have a few things to sort out before I jump into this one. I don't want to get to ahead of myself. As for homes I have a LFS that will buy them off of me, they currently by guppies and platies off of me. I brought it up last time i was in there and they are interested.

I also have a 29 gallon and a 35 gallon, and the 29 can be used for a lot of the females which I plan on keeping a few of those myself.

The 35 isn't an option though, thats a barb only tank.

 

[Sorrell]

You can play it be ear as far as the moving to the growout goes, but generally between 4-6 weeks.

Gravel is up to you. Personally I believe it's easier to do a bare bottom because they are able to eat better and you can keep it cleaner. Gravel tanks may look cleaner, but when you pull that gravel out and see what they're really doing done there It is a personal preference though.