My betta spawn updates

[Ron]

Here's the first update:
The male is doing very well, he sledom wanders away from teh nest, and when he does it only for a short moment. He keeps adding to teh bubble nest which is gigantic! In the center there are many clumps of eggs, about 50-100 is each clump. There are about 2-4 clumps. He is being a great father! Campared to the one time I bread, teh male started to eat teh eggs and bite at teh nest so all teh eggs fell to the bottom. I'm trying to hold off feeding as long as I can. I don't want to induse him to eat the eggs or the future fry. The female is now in teh community tank since she came out with only two very minor bites on one side of her. Shes doing great and is on a special diet apart from teh regular fish. But everythings going great, couldn't dream of a better spwan. The next time I'll update you is when teh eggs hatch!!!! I can't wait!!!!!!!!!
Ron

 

[MountGuppy]

wow sound awesome update it later

 

[juliethegr8t]

I am impressed by how wonderfully your bettas spawned for you! They must really like ya . I'm jealous... and yet I'm not, because I'm just curious what in the world you plan to do with these hundreds of baby bettas? You must have a lot of room to seperate them all eventually! I'm having enough trouble with trying to figure out what to do with my 40 some danio fry. Anyone want some baby fish?

 

[Kossy]

You probably wont believe it but one of my males when he mates he doens't tear any of his or the females fins at all. Hes like not aggressive at all. When hes gaurding his eggs (I let him do it in the community tank I transfer eggs to diff tank) and a female comes he doesn't bite he just flares and the female backs off. I find it unusual because all my other bettas after breeding are all tattered and bitten up like normal.

 

[Ron]

Today the eggs really started hatching, though they had a couple last night. Any wasy, my male doesn't know what to do. he is trying his very hardest to keep them all in the nest but theres just too much for his first time spwning! Theres about 40 fry on the bottom. He picks like 10 up at a time, but when he comes to put them back in, 5 more fall out! I feel sorry for him. I'm just leaving him alone for teh restr of the night. I'm gonna leave a little stronger light abouve teh aquarium tonight. I guess I shoudl have expected this to happen, after all I had a by-the-book spawn. So we'll have to see how things are tomorrow morning!
Ron

 

[MountGuppy]

wow sounds awsemome

 

[shimanocono]

Glad to see things are going good Ron! Hope they keep going good!

 

[freshmike]

Congratulations!

 

[Kossy]

Congradulations however soon enough when all the fry leave the nest at once your betta will probably lose interest and start eating your fry. Do you have a breeding net/ tank. If not I reccomend you get one. Your male soon enough will start having a feast. Anyways GOOD LUCK

 

[Ron]

MY GOD!!! You guys have to help me, and asap please!!! OMG, my male has ich, (little white dots all over his body!) His is still being a good father, but he has a terrible case of ich...what do I do so him and teh fry stay safe? Plase help ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!
Ron

 

[MountGuppy]

you could try to turn up the water temp.My uncle says ich can't live above 78.But it might not work seeing that it already has ich.worth a try.

 

[Ron]

The waters around 78-80 degrees. Could teh fry get this and die? Should I make a salt sulution to add to the water? Should I remove the male even thjough his duties aren't done? Anything else? Thanks M.Guppy for teh quick response!
Ron

 

[Whisper Odinsky]

oooo please don't hesitate in posting a photo or two....

or three... or four... (congrats!!)

 

[Kossy]

What i do in breeding is take 90% of the eggs and put them in another tank (Let the male gaurd the 10% in the community tank). Note don't try this yet. However you could take the male out (more fry will probably survive).

 

[Ron]

Can I very dully treat the tank once I remove the male. Do you think that many of teh fry will die? Oh god!!!!!!!!
Ron