5teady_2012
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HI,
I recently converted one of my tanks in to a male betta tank, i sectioned it off 5 ways, i thought i would try a idea i had of multiple spawning, so i added some poly to each section for them to make bubble nests, each section is a very good size and his also big enough to have a chimney in 3 of the sections. (section 4 and 5 not spawning sections but can alternate fish wehn spawning)
The tank has sand in, but when i spawn them, im using these squared plastic lids to put on floor so the eggs can easily been seen by the bettas
What i did was i spawned a pair in the tank, but because its sectioned off with dividers, i knew once the fry was free swimming they could easily get through the holes and swim in to any section and be eaten..
So i made a little contraption lol what scoops out the fry, i waited until they hatched and once they was all bobbing up and down, i used my home made scooper to carefully go under the nest and scoop all the fry up, i then transfered them to a breeding net (very fine and cant get out) where they seem to be doing great..
I thought this would be a good idea cos now i can have more spawns going at once and not need loads of spawning tanks.
Now the strange thing was, my little scooper i made was slighty to big when i came to scoop them and i had to slightly move one of the dividers across, whilst doing this some of the fry that was resting on the floor managed to get in to the next section as the movement in the water forced them over (i needed to lift the divider upwards a bit you see cos it was bedded in to the sand...
Now what happened was the male in that section shot to the bottom and scooped them in his mouth and i thought damn, but then i was amazed when he went to the top of the water where is poly is and spit them out, he soon made his nest bigger and now is looking after them, some what i didnt manage to scoop in the original section are still been looked after by thier father and i will get them out soon as they have settled a bit since i disturbed them on the first scoop.
Is it strange for another male to father another males fry? he is doing a good job looking after them as well.
I was amazed
Now i have done it once, the next time will be easier cos the couple of little mistakes i made ie the scooper being to big and moving the divider, will not happen again lol.
Any thoughts on it? or ideas to improve it?
Section 5 at the back
Spawn tank
garage Growout tank 2 (3ft x 15" x 15"
I recently converted one of my tanks in to a male betta tank, i sectioned it off 5 ways, i thought i would try a idea i had of multiple spawning, so i added some poly to each section for them to make bubble nests, each section is a very good size and his also big enough to have a chimney in 3 of the sections. (section 4 and 5 not spawning sections but can alternate fish wehn spawning)
The tank has sand in, but when i spawn them, im using these squared plastic lids to put on floor so the eggs can easily been seen by the bettas
What i did was i spawned a pair in the tank, but because its sectioned off with dividers, i knew once the fry was free swimming they could easily get through the holes and swim in to any section and be eaten..
So i made a little contraption lol what scoops out the fry, i waited until they hatched and once they was all bobbing up and down, i used my home made scooper to carefully go under the nest and scoop all the fry up, i then transfered them to a breeding net (very fine and cant get out) where they seem to be doing great..
I thought this would be a good idea cos now i can have more spawns going at once and not need loads of spawning tanks.
Now the strange thing was, my little scooper i made was slighty to big when i came to scoop them and i had to slightly move one of the dividers across, whilst doing this some of the fry that was resting on the floor managed to get in to the next section as the movement in the water forced them over (i needed to lift the divider upwards a bit you see cos it was bedded in to the sand...
Now what happened was the male in that section shot to the bottom and scooped them in his mouth and i thought damn, but then i was amazed when he went to the top of the water where is poly is and spit them out, he soon made his nest bigger and now is looking after them, some what i didnt manage to scoop in the original section are still been looked after by thier father and i will get them out soon as they have settled a bit since i disturbed them on the first scoop.
Is it strange for another male to father another males fry? he is doing a good job looking after them as well.
I was amazed
Now i have done it once, the next time will be easier cos the couple of little mistakes i made ie the scooper being to big and moving the divider, will not happen again lol.
Any thoughts on it? or ideas to improve it?
Section 5 at the back
Spawn tank
garage Growout tank 2 (3ft x 15" x 15"
