Betta Eggs hatching :)

Have just notice our eggs r starting to hatch after thinking they had disappeared I noticed little white balls with tails wriggling around dad is doing a good job keeping them in the nest but we haven't been able to move mum yet so she is pushig her luck going uo to the nest and hes chasing her off no battle wounds yet just chasing

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Move her.... seriously. He'll hurt her. A tupperware is fine as a temporary home.

Great to hear the eggs ended up hatching

 

As above, move her asap or you could end up with a dead fish, good luck with the fry

 

Am goibg to put her in a coke bottle and float it as I don't have a spare heater yet its all arriving in a couple if days.

I am excited but extremely under prepared I thought there was a process involved with breeding them and conditioning etc we did none of that cos we didn't want them to breed but they kinda did it by themselves

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You will need another tank to move the fry to as they can't stay with the male once they start free swimming.
Better start saving jars as well as you'll need to separate the male fry once they start showing aggression to each other at around 6-8 weeks

 

Have pulled the female out and she is in a coke bottle floating in my big tank shes not happy being moved at all next mission is hooking out the last 2 neons that were in there tank did I mention I wasn't prepared for babies. The nest has mostly disappeared and the babies r venturing away from the nest but dad is picking them back up and not letting them swim far. A few people have said its not unheard of to leave the dad in with the fry as some don't bother eating the babies and some do and only way to find out is give it ago and being as I'm limited on where to out these fish until the new tank arrives I'm just gonna have to run with what I got and hope he isn't a baby eater

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There are a number of threads on various other forums about raising bettas with the father. They all state the importance of essentially overfeeding Dad and performing extra water changes and such do to his added bioload. He will also cull some fry on his own, this is to be expected. If you continue along like this I will be interested in seeing how it turns out.

 

Well so far so good with the dad still very protective and doesn't move much from the nest I am nervous if I had somewhere to out him I would take him out when they become free swimming but putting the female in a coke bottle felt mean enough and hes quite a bit bigger than she is so if they are to do it again we will have another tank and a bit more preapred to both parents can b removed but fingers r crossed he doesn't snack on the healthy ones. He is still not interested in food so obviously not hungry yet or still in protect mode

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Glad to hear about the bettas spawning. But your guy betta needs to give his love interest a break. He's being a naughty fish right now.

 

A temporary tank can be created pretty cheaply by using a plastic storage container and a sponge filter. I think you can get one that holds between 3 and 5 gallons at WalMart for not much more than $5. Depending on the climate where you are at this time of year you might or might not need a heater. You could even do without the sponge filter if you religiously change the water, although a sponge filter and necessary air pump costs only around $15.

 

Also, as Coradee mentioned, the fry will eventually need to be separated into their own containers. Even if you keep them with the male when they're first free swimming they will need their own jars/tanks when they start getting aggressive with each other.

The male and female should really be kept separate from now on or they probably will continue to have more spawns. My guess is your recent addition of a heater is what brought on their breeding. It was likely too cold before for them to be interested in breeding, but now in a properly heated tank I wouldn't be surprised if you have more "surprises" if they stay together.

 

Yes, bettas readily spawn once minimum conditions are met. Once they do it once they will even more eagerly do it again. If allowed to breed consecutively unchecked it will endanger the health of the female.

 

She is in a separate tank now floating in a coke bottle. So shes having a bit of break well from him anyway. Its winter where we r and freezing. We have a tank on the way. But if he is fine to stay were he is id rather not shift him if it doesn't work out then we will no

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Hes eaten now and is paying slightly less attention to the nest but will shoot over if he sees a fry dropping

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