Round one...

[Rokl33t]

hey guys its been awhile since ive been on i don't think alot of u guys know me or even remember me...i jus got back into the whole betta hobby, and de cided now that the weather is warm, it would be perfect to try to breed them...

sooo im gonna try it for the first time...

male = crowntail blue and red
female = teal

i made the 10 gal tank sponge filter in the rear right corner cup on the left front corner and plants for the female to hide...i introduced the couple at first with the female in the cup, the male was flaring all over...so now i took out the female from the cup and let her swim in the tank, he chased her around and now her stripes are vertical and the male is now trying to make the next, it looks like he's having a hard time..but im guessing its normal for male to take awhile to start the nest
so i guess im gonna have to see till tomorrow how the nest is going, or even later tonight

wish me luck guyss

 

[Rokl33t]

well failed attempt...ill tell u wat tho the female looked ready, it was jus the male that wasn't making the nest...maybe he's a little tooo young? or im jus not getting my facts straight
but anyways im gonna go pick out another male today, one thats already making bubble nests and the LPS maybe that would be better....sooo round two sooon
see ya

 

[Fish Friend]

yeah, maybe he was too young, they need a few attempts before they get it right

 

[Rokl33t]

is it normal for the bubble nest not even being started after 8 hours? cuz i got another male same female and tried it out but it jus doesn't seem to hang right....

 

[Rokl33t]

ohhhhhhhhhh nooo!!! they are starting to breed but the male betta is too immature to no that they aren't any bubbles.....i can see the eggs drop and him picking them up but there is no nest

 

[Rokl33t]

actuallly it looks like he is picking up all the eggs spitting them into what little bubbles there are and making more around them...im guessing that is completly normal?

 

[Rokl33t]

okay well it seems like the two are done, the female is off and hiding and the male is now working on his nest, im not sure if it would be safe to take out the female cuz i wouldn't want to scare the male nor would i want to make too much motion in the water to disrupt the nest

should i wait?

 

[Rokl33t]

okay so its like day 3 with the eggs...and now the little suckers are swiming around....quick Q's...when do i take out the fatherr?

 

[twoluvcats]

once they are freeswimming you can take out the father.

 

[Fish Friend]

hmm id wait a bit until your bettas are mature and get it right

 

[Rokl33t]

wahhoooozilllles boy are they're alot of them swiming all over the place im jus trying to take out the father without disturbing the fry

 

[Fish Friend]

o i see, so they did spawn correctly then ? if they are at the top, more or less constantly, there first breaths need to be in humidity, so leave about 10cm from the top where the water usually is...

 

[Rokl33t]

well iggy was correct crowntail do seem to be quite sensitive then the other bettas, cuz i woke up this morning and the male was dead....which really sux cuz he really was a good looking betta, i hope my spawn grow up well so i can see the outcome of the pair

 

[Rokl33t]

welll i believe its the 4th day now that the fry have been born and well they are looking better, moving a lot more, today is like extremely hot so im hoping it won't throw off the tank temp. but anyways i wish these baby's would grow a little faster hahah
well see u guys later

 

[Rokl33t]

okay day 5 and now they are all vert. swimiing..but now im starting to panic on eating, i still have the live plants in there, so i dunno if that will be okay for a bit? i also have "wardley Small Fry liquid food" which i don't no if thats gonna cut it either...i want to try BBS but i heard that the process of hatching bbs is quite hard...next i wanted to try micro warms, but again i don't no exactly how to make a batch of microwarms, so any pointers on feeding??

 

[Lotus]

It's really easy to hatch BBS. Almost every fish store has some kind of kit, along with instructions for less than $10. I'm really not too sure on how soon you can feed microworms, but you can usually order them online from various sources, including aquabid.

 

[Rokl33t]

damn lotus thanks for the input, i really needed some pointers, thanks again
i really hope i can pull it off and have my babies grow all the way, especially cuz the male died the other day, and i really liked him

quick question, if i breed the male ct and a non-ct female is it possible that i could still have some full ct's? or em i forgeting somthing that i should have learned in bio??

 

[Fish Friend]

maybe you will have a mixture ??

 

[Rokl33t]

boy won't that be interesting to see? how exciting hahahaha im jus so damn anxious to see what the outcome is haha

 

[Fish Friend]

yeah... itlee be great fun !