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Feeding Baby Betta Fish
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Customer Comments and our Replies about Spawning
Bettas. Click
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about Spawning Bettas and Raising Baby Betta Fish.
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Customer Comments
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I thought maybe I could
add to your page about breeding
bettas. You can raise the
betta fry in an aquarium,
but there are a few important
things to remember.
1) You have to feed them
several times a day. They
can easily starve in a few
hours, especially in a "clean"
aquarium with no infusoria
to graze on. Try boiling
an egg, crumbling a tiny
part of the yolk into a
little water in a jar or
something you can shake,
and feeding that.
2) You have to change the
water almost every day,
which can be tricky due
to having such tiny fry
in the water! But
they grow very quickly when
given enough water changes
and food. (A good
way to keep them is in a
tank with *no* gravel, only
lots of floating plants.
Live plants also add a little
infusoria, generally).
3) You should keep the tank
covered as much as possible
to keep the air temperature
just above the water the
same as the water temperature.
When their labyrinth organ
first develops, and they
go to the surface to breathe,
they can develop pneumonia
if the air temp is too cold!
-heather h. |
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Reply.
Thank you, Heather, for the additional information.
We were never able to raise the Betta babies in
an aquarium. We tried feeding them cooked egg yolk
just like you advised, but it always polluted the
aquarium water.
Your advice sounds
like a lot more work than just pouring the Betta
fry into a pond like we did. But if you don't have
a pond, and you want to try breeding Bettas, then
the advice in Heather's email will certainly help.
Thanks again.
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Customer Comments
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The little female that I
purchased for breeding with
one of my males owes you
her life! The beautiful
blue male was extremely
aggressive toward her, and
was not allowing her to
feed. After reviewing
your site, I determined
that the female should have
only been introduced to
him for an hour or two for
spawning purposes when ready.
She now has "her own pad".
Thanks!
Suzanne
Pembroke Pines, Florida
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Reply. Hello
Suzanne and thank you for your interesting comment.
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Customer Comments
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If the male beta has only
made bubbles on the rim
of the tank should
I place the female in with
him or wait till he makes
the nest larger?
Armanda |
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Reply.
Hello Armanda. Wait until your Male Betta has built
a good size bubble nest. I have a purple and white
male that just built a triangular bubble nest in
the corner of his bowl, the nest is about 1" long
on each edge, and at the thickest part it's 3 or
4 bubbles thick. He is ready for a female Betta.
It's now a couple
of days later, and the bubble nest is bigger and
much thicker. I carefully counted the depth of the
bubbles along the edge of the fish bowl, and the
bubble next is about 10 thick. I'm sure it's time
to put a nice plump female in the bowl.
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Customer Comments
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How long should it take
for the male to make a nest
that large? Is there a way
to make the male build a
bubble nest (putting leaves
on top of the water to stimulate
the behavior?) ?
Armanda |
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Reply.
Hello again Armanda. Male Bettas build bubble nests,
when they feel good. Perhaps it's better to say
that Male Bettas build bubble nests, when they sense
that condition will be good to spawn. This means
good water and plenty of food.
Fresh Water - remove
20% of the water each day from your fish bowl and
replace that water with fresh bottled drinking.
Click
here for more information about how to change
water in your fish bowl.
A Clean Fish Bowl - carefully clean your fish bowl
at least once a month. Click
here for more information about how to clean
a fish bowl.
Lots of Good Food - feed them BettaMin, Freeze Dried
Worms, Live or Frozen Brine Shrimp, and live Black
Worms. Click
here for more information about feeding fish.
Click
here for more information about Live Black Worms.
Warmer Water - warm the water by about 4 degrees
F. to a maximum of 80 degrees.
Live and plastic plants seem to help, but I have
never really noticed that floating stuff helps.
If your male still doesn't build a bubble nest,
you need to be patient and continue giving him good
care.
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Customer Comments
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I read your info on breeding
bettas. it sounded
cool so i tried it.
guess what. i have
bettas out the wazoo.
well its great.
thanx for the lesson on
breeding them.
Craig
Murray, Utah 84123
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Reply. Hello
Craig and thank you for sharing you success with
us. |
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Customer Comments
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Greetings,
I love your site! I am the
owner of 4 male bettas all
in their own great big fish
bowls, and the information
that i have found within
your site has really helped
out a lot.
I really enjoy my bettas,
they are all so different
from one another not just
in color but in personality
as well. I have recently
given them the company of
African Dwarf frogs and
they seem to be doing really
well, and also they love
the live blood worms i feed
the frogs. My one
betta is so spoiled he snubs
his other food until i give
him some juicy worms.
I am looking forward to
adding some Ghost Shrimp
and White clouds to their
bowls as they seem to enjoy
the company of others.
My beautiful purple betta
likes pushing his friend
froggie around with his
snout and surprisingly the
little Dwarf frog stands
his ground and attempts
to push him back.
I really just wanted to
say thank you for all your
information and the knowledge
you share on this site.
It has been a great help
to both me and others that
i have refered to this site
with their fish problems
from bettas to oscars.
A. Rea & Aquatic Friends
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Reply. Hello.
We enjoy reading that you are enjoying this web
site and making good use of the information on it.
Thank you for sending us your interesting comments.
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Customer Comments
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I have a comment about breeding
Bettas. I have bred Bettas
several times in a 10 gallon
aquarium without a pump,
with sand as a floor, a
thermometer set at 78 degrees,
floating plastic or real
folage and a female who
stays with the male until
the eggs are laid.
When the eggs are laid,
I removed the female and
monitored the hatching.
After the babies hatched
I removed the male. I did
not change the water. As
you can imagine, it gets
nasty, which the babies
seem to love at first. I
fed them baby brine shrimp
and brine shrimp eggs as
well as crushed food.
When the babies became netable,
I removed them to a clean
environment and continue
the feeding. They are delicate;
the biggest problem I have
is keeping my cats from
drinking them. They must
taste delicious because
on more than one occasion
I have seen a cat hanging
upside down and squeezing
its face into a three inch
slot.
Lesa D.
Bowling Green KY 42103
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Reply.
Thank you for your description of your first hand
experiences.
Incidentally, we
do not recommend using sand in aquariums or fish
bowls, because the water does not circulate well
through the sand, and it soon becomes polluted.
You can substitute a thin layer of aquarium gravel
that is at most 1/4" thick. Click
here for more about aquarium gravel.
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Customer Comments
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I had a male and female
betta mate and lay eggs
but the eggs never developed.
Everything went according
to the book until .. no
fry. Was it because the
eggs were not fertile ..
or the water too cold? I'm
lost at this point.
Thanks for any help you
can suggest.
N.W. |
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Reply.
Hello. Perhaps this is the first time this pair
spawned. If so it is not unusual that the eggs didn't
hatch. Rest your Bettas for a while and give them
special care. Be sure to feed them well, and give
them another chance to spawn in a couple of weeks.
The water should
be between about 70 and 75 degrees for the eggs
to hatch properly. Don't give up. It may take a
few spawns, until both you and your fish get the
eggs to hatch.
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