I dont know if its going so good

[wwestar2000]

Yesturday i had my first spawn with my bettas. They were conditioned for about 2 weeks with high quality pellets ,bloodworm and flakes. The spawn went great They embraced like 20 times and let out lots of eggs! they would both go after the eggs and poped them into the nest. Then i could see the clumps of eggs in the nest. Ok it has been about 24 hours and i check the nest through the glass and i could only see one egg. I would be able to tell the difrence cause i could see the one pressed against the wall. Did he eat them? Do u think he ate them cause i put the female in the other side of the tank with the divider. I left the light on all night. Also there all little look like worms like wiggleing on the top of the water. Small enough not to be eaten by the father. Did those little animals eat the fish. There not in the bubble nest so i dout there the fry. Am i worrieing to early? when they do hatch out of there eggs will i be able to see them moving threw the nest? tnks i really need help.

 

[abstract]

just FYI, although i have never bred bettas, conditioning with flakes, bloodworms, and pellets is not really conditioning...that is normal feeding....conditioning is feeding food with high levels of proteins (most important) and nutrients - you usually feed them all live food for a couple weeks to condition...what you mentioned sounds like my bettas normal feeding schedule!

good luck with the spawn though, use a flashlight below/above the bubblenest to see if you can see eggs - thats all the advice i can give you lol

 

[wwestar2000]

Oh than i guess u cant trust what the people here tell u since that is what i was told to feed them!

 

[Seahorse]

I hope you did LOTS of research! Good luck Do you have a huge tank ready for the spawn when the girls are old enough (assuming girls since you'll have to individually jar the males)?

 

[wwestar2000]

Yeah the spawning took place in a 20 gallon. Does anyone have any answers to my question im dieing! lol

 

[Seahorse]

No, I mean you have at least a 55 gal for afterwards right?

 

[wwestar2000]

Well i dont have a 55 gallon tank exzactly but i have 2 10 gallon with peacefull tropical fish i could put the females in with and i have the 20 gallon and 3 2 gallon tanks. But im still not being helped i need the answers to the questions. This stuff wasnt in all of the research i did.

 

[Seahorse]

No offense but where did you do your research What are you going to do with the babies afterward?

And someone else will help I am sure, I am just sitting here amazed at this

 

[wwestar2000]

I reaserced on the sites that this forum advertises where it says ---bettas. I just wanna know if i should be worried for the babies. Are they eaten? idk. Oh and i used to work at a pet store that will accept them and pay me for them. Im also selling some to a lfs i sell my other non betta offspring from my other tanks. Friends are also another option for suitable homes that is covered. Can we stay on topic with my question.

 

[OrkyBetta]

Well, this stuff has been on all the betta breeding websites I've been on, and I wasn't ven looking for breeding tips. So it looks like you didn't do QUITE enough, did you type in something like 'breeding bettas' in a search engine, and read books? The rule of thumb is, believe half of what you read and tenth of what you see online.

Well, take this as a learning experiance. What's done is done. You NEED to make sure you have sufficiant housing for the babies, you could easily have tons of babies and no homes. use a flashlight and give the nest a few days. The eggs can be hard to see.

 

[leasbettas]

does the male look fat? if so then he had probly ate the eggs, how long have the eggs been in the tank for? and you need more tank room if the eggs are still there i use 2 4ft tanks as grow outs so i have enough room for them and lots of beanie boxes for male

 

[wwestar2000]

This is hopeless. Its like you guys dont read the post. I can get them all homes TRUST ME! I read that part about the flashlight and it doesnt work. Can i have answers not little girls who are assuming they know everything. No offense

 

[afireinside]

ya know, there's a sticky on how to breed bettas...

 

[wwestar2000]

does the male look fat? if so then he had probly ate the eggs, how long have the eggs been in the tank for? and you need more tank room if the eggs are still there i use 2 4ft tanks as grow outs so i have enough room for them and lots of beanie boxes for male

no he doesnt look bigger than usaul. but thnk for not getting off topic

 

[Kiarra]

When Betta eggs are about to hatch, they usually become rather transparent, and VERY hard to see in the nest. Also, there's bound to be a lot less eggs in the nest right now, because a good daddy would have been eating the infertile ones, so they don't rot or get fungus and contaminate the growing babies.

Give it 24 hours, and you'll either see a nest full of tails, or you'll know they're all eaten.