Which live plant would you recommend for betta fry so I can give them infusoria

[Abbey atkinson 93]

Infusoria which plants would u guys recommend for betta fry

 

[fish48]

it would have been better to start up a Infusoria culture before fry are born other foods for new born fry are liquefy or boiled egg yolk

 

[Mr Limpet]

Fry can find microfauna in water sprite and Java moss. My Betta smaragdina fry found enough infusoria in these plants until they were large enough to take BBS.

 

[sharkweek178]

Not live but Indian Almond leaves. They produce infusoria as they decompose. And they add tannins to the water.

 

[Colin_T]

Any live plants will work but you need a lot of plants and things like Water Sprite with its long roots are great.

 

[Boundava]

Not live but Indian Almond leaves. They produce infusoria as they decompose. And they add tannins to the water.

Any leaf litter safe for aquariums would work as well. Just monitor the water parameters as it can soften your water.

 

[Byron]

Dried leaves are always advisable in any tank with fry. Studies have shown that fry develop faster with the infusoria mass produced from decaying organics, and dried leaves are safe and excellent for this. There is also natural microscopic food especially in an established tank.

 

[Abbey atkinson 93]

it would have been better to start up a Infusoria culture before fry are born other foods for new born fry are liquefy or boiled egg yolk

They are on boiled egg yolk atm but it makes my tank cloudy and my jar of infusoria doesn't seam to be getting clear

 

[Abbey atkinson 93]

Fry can find microfauna in water Sprite and Java moss. My Betta smaragdina fry found enough infusoria in these plants until they were large enough to take BBS.

I was thinking about java moss tbh

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Depends on the fry re leaves. The plecos I breed come from waters that have no leaves. But one thing that seems to make them grow faster is leaving them in the breeding tank as opposed to a grow tank. My belief is that they need to consume some poop from more mature individuals.

Re the infusoria, when I was breeding a few corys a long time ago, I would move a rock or small piece of wood which was covered in moss into the cory hatching/grow tank when I noticed that some of them had just about used up their yolk sac.

 

[fish48]

They are on boiled egg yolk atm but it makes my tank cloudy and my jar of infusoria doesn't seam to be getting clear

if your tank water is going cloudy then you are feeding too much, you also may be overfeeding the infusoria It should clear within two or three days.

 

[Abbey atkinson 93]

if your tank water is going cloudy then you are feeding too much, you also may be overfeeding the infusoria It should clear within two or three days.

Thank you this is very helpful and hopefully my jar will be clear tomorrow it will be the second day of waiting and it is attempt 2 as well. What do you mean buy over feeding the infusoria do u mean I have used to much veg etc when making it ?

 

[Colin_T]

What are you using to make the infusoria?

The following link has some info on fry foods.

Back to Basics when Breeding Fish

STARTING OUT Make sure you have a pair, (1 male + 1 female). There is nothing worse than spending your hard-earned dollars buying a couple of fish to try and breed and ending up with a pair of fish of the same sex. Let's face it, to reproduce fish you need a male and a female. Two males won't do...

www.fishforums.net

 

[fish48]

Thank you this is very helpful and hopefully my jar will be clear tomorrow it will be the second day of waiting and it is attempt 2 as well. What do you mean buy over feeding the infusoria do u mean I have used to much veg etc when making it ?

First of all, you have too much veg in the jar. Also having the lid on it Is probably not going to help. If you're worried about flies or other creatures getting into the culture, just put a mesh over top of Jar. your culture will probably take two weeks To break down and get established. Also Collins method will work well. For me, it's too much faffing about. infusoria are in almost every aquarium when i start up a culture. I get it established within six days. All you need is a jar of aquarium water. Green water will Help speed the process up 1, Add a very small piece of aquatic plant to water. 2, If you don't have plans add a small piece of algae. 3, Or add a small amount of gunk from fish tank filter, Whichever method is used, add a small amount of Brewers yeast Mix water with yeast turn to liquid Then add two pipet of liquid to culture,

 

[Back in the fold]

Dried leaves are always advisable in any tank with fry. Studies have shown that fry develop faster with the infusoria mass produced from decaying organics, and dried leaves are safe and excellent for this. There is also natural microscopic food especially in an established tank.

I dry my excess duckweed to feed my paramecium cultures and it works great . You could put some into your fry tank too but be very aware of fouling the water from over feeding or overcompensating for whatever deficiencies you might think of . It‘s a bit of a balancing act .