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October 3rd, 2008
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| Yep, he spends his time moving them and mouthing them to keep them clean and oxygenated. Plus as they develop and the fry start to hatch they'll start falling on their own and he'll have to put them back up in the nest! | 
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Congrats MM, this is such an exciting moment for you, you deserve these wonderful parents and their babies to grow and become gorgeous bettas for moommy. Congrats! | 
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| The eggs are 26 hours old...I am able to see little specks inside the eggs...If you look at the center of this picture you may be able to see them....
This is so amazing to me! | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Truly amazing! Keep up the great work, Dad, and keep posting the wonderful pics, Karen! | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Moderator
|  I'm so excited for you, good job!
I was glad to hear you didn't have an aggression issue.
Thanks for posting the pics....keep on posting.  | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| It is 29 hours after the spawning began and it is raining betta babies lol....They are falling from the nest and he places them back where they belong...I can't get pictures because I have them in a plastic tub and you can't see through it.....But things are right on schedule at this point... | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Great news! Thanks so much for the frequent updates! | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Addict
| Yep, sounds like you're right on track!
Going to start showing pictures to my guys to show em what they shoudl be doing....
uncooperative fish! | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Pandora  Yep, sounds like you're right on track!
Going to start showing pictures to my guys to show em what they shoudl be doing....
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Pandora, I have no clue how I got lucky enough to have this all go smooth....I'm just praying I can keep the fry alive...I'm going to go pick up some freshly hatched brine shrimp tomorrow and also some microworms.....
Just for the record when they say Betta fry are tiny they are incorrect....You need a darn microscope to see them! lol. They are 100 times tinier than I expected....The eggs looked big in comparrison to the fry.... | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Congrats - Thanks for the very informative video. | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| 31 hours old...They are falling from the nest...He is trying to keep up with it but there are 100's of fry..Some of them swim back up my themself now..Some are laying on the bottom waiting for Daddy to carry them up..
Here is the best possible photo of the tiny fry...Pandora, are they OK laying on the bottom at this age? | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| They are sooo tiny! Congrats on your success. | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Addict
| Yep, they'll be fine! Dad'll get to them all eventually. As long as they get put up periodically they'll be fine. It may look like there's always fry lying around, but they sort of rotate up in the nest and fallen down. They'll also quickly get stronger and start to be able to keep themselves up, so no individual fry is generally on the bottom a lot, and if so they're usually weak and dad'll eat them because they wouldn't survive anyway. | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| This is so fascinating! Please keep posting the pic’s telling us what’s happening !!  | |
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October 3rd, 2008
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| | Moderator
| Martinismommy, Try hatching San Francisco Strain Brine Shrimp Eggs instead of larger Great Salt Lake Artemia Strain. | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| OMG!!Karen this is sooo exciting I don't know how you can be doing this I would be so shakey and wouldn't be able to hold the camera still...Thanks so much for keeping us all updated and the pic's are great I cried a little with the last shot (LOL)
Please continue to keep us in the loop | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Wow Karen...things seem to be going great for you so far. I am so proud for you.  | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| What a beautiful thing to wake up to! My babies are 45 hours old now and they are swiming up and down still in the vertical position....They all seem to be strong...Daddy has been busting his fins all night to care for his fry....This is truly the most amazing thing to witness.....I'm hoping he has taken care of any dead or weak one so the survivors don't get sick...
Here is the best shot I could get this morning....My camea takes excellent pics but these guys need a microscope to see them! You should see my on the floor peering under the bubble nest.....Steve can only think I've lost my mind this time lol...
Here are 2 of my tea tiny babies...There appear to be well over 100 and probably closer to 200....These 2 ventured away from the nest long enough for these shots... | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by shellbell4ever OMG!!Karen this is sooo exciting I don't know how you can be doing this I would be so shakey and wouldn't be able to hold the camera still...Thanks so much for keeping us all updated and the pic's are great I cried a little with the last shot (LOL)
Please continue to keep us in the loop |  OMG! We're a bunch of enabling blithering Betta AUNTIES!! or as my husbands says......we're a bunch of NUTS!!!
GOOD JOB KAREN!!! and you better give that betta Dad, some treats for being such a great Dad | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| He will be treated like a King when he comes out of the tank....He will go right on my desk so he can watch me brag about him all day lol...
Pandora, should I offer him a meal now? | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| I keep forgetting and posting under my wife's name  Any how.............Its truely unbelievable Karen ..........2 eye's with fins. Excellent job young lady. | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Thank you everyone for the support! Here are 2 pictures taken of the top of the nest..The little black specks are the babies....There are twice as many on the bottom of the tank..They all get their turn from Daddy for a free ride to the top lol | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| This is so fascinating! I am so in awe I am so glad that things are still going so well. Good job Daddy! How does it feel to be a fishie grandma Karen? | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Wow I missed this all up until now. Congratulations MM!! I'm glad all is going well for you. Thank you for taking the time to post the video and all the pictures, it sounds like you have been very busy. I can't wait to see what the babies end up looking like, they are so cute now... | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Addict
| Aww, lil babies!
Sorry, I spent my day playing with tanks, getting lost in Montreal, and been playing with my tanks some more and acclimating fish since I got home... if you haven't fed dad already, feel free to do so! He's probably quite hungry
You can feed the lil ones too if you haven't too! | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Pandora...I plan on keeping him in the spawning tank for at least 2 more days...Will feeding him now make him want to eat the fry? | |
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October 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Addict
| If he's being a good dad it probably won't make a difference either way. You really get a huge variety of opinions as to whether or not feeding will make them more or less likely to eat their young. Personally, I don't feed them when they're tending, but it's more a cleanliness thing than anything, since they often won't eat when actively tending the nest. Since you're leaving him longer you might want to see if he'll take some. He's used up a lot of energy already with spawning and tending the nest and not eating in that time. Maybe just try a little bit and see if he wants it? If you feel comfortable with it of course! lol, I'm always worried about giving advice on things I'm not sure of, I coudl say feed him and you do and he turns around and eats em all just to prove me wrong! | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| I fed him a little and he did OK.....It's hard to tell what he is doing with the babies because they are so darn tiny! He still patrols the tanks and sucks them up and it seems like he is taking them back to the nest..I added some Xmas moss and they are hiding out in there....I got my microworms and will start feeding the fry tomorrow....There seems to be some surface slime and I don't like that so I'm seasoning 2 sponge filters and will add them in couple of days...
Here are some pictures of my little wigglers taken today...You have to look very closely...
BTW, did I mention how wore out I am! lol For anyone considering taking on the challange of breeding Bettas better know what they are getting in to...I have spent a fortune on supplies and spent countless hours monitoring the fry..
Last edited by Martinismommy; October 5th, 2008 at 11:25 AM.
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| They are soo cute! After all the work is done you will have to take a vacation.  | |
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October 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Betta TADPOLES!!!  | |
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