My store bought bettas don’t seem to have a lot energy. The female started to lay more eggs each time. However, the male changed from caring fry like a greatest dad to egg/fry eater.
I obviously didn’t like this situation, so I did some searching and found people hatching eggs manually. In the meanwhile I started building my own design of hatching betta eggs, and this version is the second one, and most success one. Picture is attached.
The biggest issue is the eggs would grow mold and could possibly ruin other eggs, which happened to my first design. In this edition, I used dense foam to fill all space to prevent the eggs from slipping from sides, cup is pre-drilled on the bottom, the small foam filter will provide ample fresh water. Even so there are still lots eggs growing mold which have been removed when spotted or possible.
Another key is to rinse the eggs, inject water from time to time. Occasionally use he turkey blaster to suck water out so the inverse flow will lift the eggs a little bit. I’m so happy to see more than 30+ hatched so far in about 36 hours from possibly 100 eggs or more. I know the hatching rate is quit low, but it’s already much better than the first time.
The main purpose is to provide some extra info for those who have eggs eaters or non capable parents but still want to have some betta fry to enjoy. Also, if you have problems dealing with breeding pair matching, just keep them in a mature 10 gallon or larger, let time play. They will eventually mate.
Alright that’s my two cents, hope it helps if anyone needed this info. Have fun.
I obviously didn’t like this situation, so I did some searching and found people hatching eggs manually. In the meanwhile I started building my own design of hatching betta eggs, and this version is the second one, and most success one. Picture is attached.
The biggest issue is the eggs would grow mold and could possibly ruin other eggs, which happened to my first design. In this edition, I used dense foam to fill all space to prevent the eggs from slipping from sides, cup is pre-drilled on the bottom, the small foam filter will provide ample fresh water. Even so there are still lots eggs growing mold which have been removed when spotted or possible.
Another key is to rinse the eggs, inject water from time to time. Occasionally use he turkey blaster to suck water out so the inverse flow will lift the eggs a little bit. I’m so happy to see more than 30+ hatched so far in about 36 hours from possibly 100 eggs or more. I know the hatching rate is quit low, but it’s already much better than the first time.
The main purpose is to provide some extra info for those who have eggs eaters or non capable parents but still want to have some betta fry to enjoy. Also, if you have problems dealing with breeding pair matching, just keep them in a mature 10 gallon or larger, let time play. They will eventually mate.
Alright that’s my two cents, hope it helps if anyone needed this info. Have fun.
