Baby Betta Progress Log

Aww they’re so adorable!

 

Moved the two dark boys to a split 10gal They’ve been flaring at each other on and off so let’s hope they stop after a few days.

This boy has a black head and body with only metallic blue high lights. I love his tail and white pelvic fins.





This one has a dark body with red and blue plus a lovely mask. I plan to breed him to either the copper HM or white marbles HM. Whom ever he doesn’t get the boy above will






For some reason the other for sure male isn’t maturing very fast. Maybe after moving these two out he will start to show his colors. Oddly enough he’s got some weird patterning going on but seems perfectly healthy. Will get pics of him eventually.

 

New batch of fry are well on their way. Laid on the 9th and getting close to free swimming, these little ones are doing great.

Mom is the copper HM, dad is the boy above.



He’s takeing great care of his babies, there’s not a ton but more than last time. For a first timer I glad to see his nest is a decent size and he hasnt eaten everyone. I don’t want to disturb the tank so I’ve only taken one pic.

See the black dot on the underside of the leaf? That’s the eye of one light colored fry.

 

3 weeks old, this one seem to be on the larger side. Not a ton of fry yet, haven't bother to really sit a while and count but it's not like I want dozens of them.

 

I absolutely love this thread, probably helps that I adore bettas . Will definitely be following!

 

Bad new, YurI died not too long ago. It started when my pair of BN plecos spawned in the tank then the male kicked out all the eggs. All the girls had a feast and stuffed themselves. YurI started having buoyancy issues, then after slimming down I moved her to a separate tank because she would sink like a rock. This lasted for a couple weeks but she didn't make it. I suspect egg binding but I can't say for sure.

Good news, second spawn of betta fry are doing great. Starting to see some color on the largest fry.


This one's my favorite, hard to see in pictures but it has iridescent blue. Pretty sure it is the same fry as the one in the last post.




This one is blue, like dad's blue scales. Could be a copper like mom?


I also have a second spawn going, same dad but this time it is the white/blue HM who may or may not be a plakat. They just started hatching last night and now they're all hatched. No pictures, the tank is dimly lit and full of oak leaf tannin. Here's to hoping they survive the one week vacation in which my babies are in the hands of my sisters.

 

I’m so sorry about Yuri, I hope the babies do well. They’re cute.

 

The second spawn is doing great still, I've only seen one dead fry but there looks to be at least 30 doing well. While looking very close to watch them eat micro worms I noticed something surprising

Do you see it, the little fry at the bottom?



This one has the same thing going on but it is much harder to make out. Can't say I'm displeased with this turn of events.


I'll need to get more pictures of the older batch, the light colored fry is looking very nice. There's a few really runty fry in their tank so I think I'll move them to the younger batch's tank for a bit of TLC and smaller food. The older fry are eating baby brine shrimp and cyclops.

 

2ish months old, not growing as fast as I'd like. I moved 3 runty fry to a breeder basket in a different tank in hopes of getting them fattened up. So far there's 2 of these light colored fry and 2 fry different shades of a darker blue.







Second batch is nearly 3 weeks old now. Counted up to 5 DT fry and removed 2 dead fry so far. There's one little fry that acts perfectly fine but has a very crooked spine, plus it is tiny compared to the others, not a DT I might add. I see several light colored fry with a tiny bit of iridescent blue like the first picture, 1 being a DT.

 

Omg so pretty! I really want to learn how to raise betta babies <3

 

Older batch of fry! I just moved them over to another planted 10gal and they’re loving it. There’s only 10 survivors of this batch, three of which are runty so they’re with the younger spawn. Eating pellets, brine shrimp and daphnia.

There’s one for sure male so far, any guess as to which one it is?






No pics of the 2nd spawn, they don’t have good lighting nor do they sot still. 6 double tails, one looks runty and might not make it. There’s about 40 in all with 4 main colors. Blue, white/blue like the light ones above, “natural” like their dad was, and then a fleshy pale color that is just starting to get red in the fins. Daily 50% water changes and they’re started to eat crushed pellets.

 

The younger babies are finally big enough to get pictures of. The darkest fry is a tiny runt from the older half-siblings.


Also another picture of their dad, I was switching tanks with him and his brother (back right corner) and let then flare a bit.



Side note: I culled 3 fry that either weren’t growing or had an odd body shape. I might go through and cull more in another few weeks. There’s a few small ones that have longer bodies that just look off. I feed them to my cichlids btw.

 

I like the boys!
It looks like it's going well, great job!

 

I moved the babies around a bit. There’s 14 in a planted 10gal and then I counted around 38 that were placed in a plastic tote holding about 20gals.

Fun discovery, there’s 8 double tails whereas I though there were 6. Another discovery, the 2 white fry from the older batch are girls. Last discovery, I think their brother is marbling! Look at the light patch on his side.

 

Oh my goodness, they're so cute

 

they are so pretty! I love the male from #52! Are you going to be selling them? What do you do with them all? There's so many! LOL Their dad is so beautiful and strong looking. I've always loved ht brown base with blue irid.

 

Moved 5 of the largest babies to the sorority tank. They’re doing just fine so far.

Little double tail I expect to be a cambodian


My marble boy looking good. You can see 2 branching rays in his tail, so he should be a delta at the very least. I moved him to a split 10gal.

 

Males, judging from behavior and lack of ovaries. The red finned one is a jerk.




Females, juding from the yellow triangle (ovaries) in their bellies.




Also, mom of the younger batch, so all the fry with damaged/no pelvic fins. I’m seeing some grizzling on some of her white fry.

 

The younger babies are finally big enough to get pictures of. The darkest fry is a tiny runt from the older half-siblings.
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Also another picture of their dad, I was switching tanks with him and his brother (back right corner) and let then flare a bit.
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Side note: I culled 3 fry that either weren’t growing or had an odd body shape. I might go through and cull more in another few weeks. There’s a few small ones that have longer bodies that just look off. I feed them to my cichlids btw.

What floating plant is that in the picture with their dad? I see it everyone's aquriums?

 

It’s duck weed, I’ve got it in most of my planted tanks. Works wonders for algae control and making the tank look shaded with a green tint.

 

I'll have try it out where did you get it?

 

I got it from my local pet store. They didn't even sell it to me, just scooped some up after I asked and that was that.

 

Moved more fry around. Tossed a few of the largest ones in with the sorority girls and moved a few more up the the planted 10gal. So far out of the 8 double tails There are 3 females. One that I am for sure keeping is this cambodian.




Found another marbled fry. It was in the tote when I noticed one fry with a light patch on its back. That lighter patch quickly spread. Pretty sure its a female, you can see her insides pretty well.




I'm not seeing any more fry other than the male marble that have more than one split in their rays. A bit disappointing really. Oddly enough I feel like a lot of these fry may end up being plakats, especially the purple ones. Time will tell of course.

 

You know how you try to get a picture of just one fish but all the other fish want to have their picture taken too? Yeah, that's what happened today. Ignore all the tiny specks of algae on the glass, its impossible to get rid of it.

One of the fry I moved to the 29gal sorority started to marble. I believe this one is a male and one I showed a few posts ago. He's the only one in focus


The 2nd fry to marble, pictures in the last update post has lost pretty much all her color except a patch on her head and a bit on her fins. She's pretty cute IMO.




This fry, the big white/blue grizzled one doesn't spread its fins out normally. Not sure what's up with that. Pretty fish though, looks like mom.



Some of the little ones in the sorority. They never hold still.

 

They are all so pretty! I'm jealous. Just wondering, what are you planning on doing with all of them?

 

There's a VIPets about an hour away and they've taken my fish for store credit. Plus they keep their females bettas together in an actual tank. They'll be going there once I feel they are big enough. It will probably only be a handful at a time, I like to take my time and pick out who I want to keep for possible future spawns. I want to try for more double tails with a marble gene. Either that or mostly marbled bettas.

At the moment, most of the bettas are between the size of small female bettas you'd buy and the "baby bettas".

 

First time I got this boy to flare! I used his younger half brother in the cup.

 

First time I got this boy to flare! I used his younger half brother in the cup.
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omg he's so pretty!!!!!!

 

Moved all but the runty DT to the ten gal tank. Found a for sure male who will be separated soon. No his eye is not cloudy, that is a reflection.




Also, the marbling female seems to be staying this color for now.

 

Updated baby pictures. There’s a few more marbles as well. I jarred several males and they’re floating in the tote. Had a couple issues with some jumping out, one jumped into another’s cup and they fought. The loser was extremely beat up but is healing up just fine.

Took a closer look at the light colored fry. I believe there’s 2-3 males yet to be jarred but I’ll wait on that.


The fry in the sorority are doing great but have a few nipped fins. I suppose they should be called juveniles now.




Took a few pics of daddy again.



A few interesting fish.

 

So I went on a picture taking adventure and snapped pictures of just about all the male fry, minus the ones in the sorority.




This male seems to be a plakat, strange thing is his fins have never extended properly. Seems fine otherwise.



I've got this ugly duckling that is just an odd one. Not sure what's going on with it


This lovely turquoise betta of the older batch, not sure of gender but looks female to me. She's a jerk and was removed from the sorority. Sadly a younger half bother jumped into her cup and got torn to bits. He should be fine though, he's eating and swimming around even if he looks half dead in the picture.



Then there's these two males. I don't like them. They just have poor form and fins, super low quality.

 

Remember the male in the 7th pictures of the last post? This is him now


Then the other marbling betta, looking more white too


I thought I'd have a cambodian DT but all her red washed out. I'm thinking cellophane now.



And then the single male from the copper HM spawn. He's very dark but has an interesting light patch on the edge of his tail. His dorsal is a bit crinkly too but I may breed him to his half sister. She's the one that's been marbling and may end up looking much like him.






This male is probably a plakat. He's cute and reminds me of his grandpa when I first bought him. Curious to see if he turns all black/blue like him too.

 

You have some seriously stunning fish!

 

That “female” who tore up the little male a few posts ago is now a for sure male. I think he’s marbling too.


The light male won’t hold still but he’s one I’m considering as a breeder for a blue/white grizzled line.


The other male held still and posed for once. Pretty with nice body form but his analfin could be fuller IMO. Almost ready to breed.


A plakat and brother to the one above.

 

omg, I looooove the turquoise and black one!!! look at that big tail!!!

 

The patchy one is a male but he hasn’t started acting like on and his marbling has not progressed anymore than this.




This one is mean but looks nice. She’s from the copper female spawn (the fish to the left btw).


The one fry with crinckled fins, he has a nice body but his fins aren’t the best.

 

The patchy one is a male but he hasn’t started acting like on and his marbling has not progressed anymore than this.
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The one fry with crinckled fins, he has a nice body but his fins aren’t the best.
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I love them all!

 

More pictures of mostly females.






This is the probably the ugliest one of the bunch.
Before:


After marbling: he’s just got a terrible hunch back and stubby face. At least his color is ok. Note that he went back in the breeder net after the water change and pictures.





I tried to get pictures of the cellophane and blue grizzled double tail but they don’t hold still. May upload a video later.

 

Are all your bettas plakats? And do all of them have the marbling gene?

 

Dad and the grandma are normal plakat, grandpa is a HMPK double tail, and mom of 10 fry was a copper HM. Of those 10 I believe only one is plakat. 4 males in this batch.

The fry from the white/blue grizzled HM(?) are around 1/3 plakat or so it seems. 8 of the 40ish fry are double tails, 1 blue plakat male and 3 of the 7 females are marbling. I’ll try couting and giving color/fin type/gender count next time.

The long finned ones are mostly delta tails and I don’t think there are any HM.
Can’t say for sure they all have the marbling gene, I’d say 1/3 of them have marbled though.