Betta Babies! - Aquarium Advice

Gloomy · 11-08-2006, 07:04 PM

My bettas spawned and now the fry are free swimming! Whoohoo!!! I got babies!!! Yay! I'm so happy! It looks to be about 50ish or so babies!

severum mama · 11-08-2006, 07:08 PM

That's wonderful Gloomy!!! Congrats on the spawn!

rich311k · 11-08-2006, 07:19 PM

Congrats!!

WaterPond · 11-08-2006, 07:56 PM

you spawned a veiltail? Well, congrats, that is really exciting

and sorry to poop your party, but what do you plan to do with all the bettas, do you have the facilities to even breed them. Once the males start to grow they will all need seperate tanks. And besides, veiltails are not in that high of demand seeing as how they are th most common. No offense or anything, and dont take this as an attack towards you, i just wonder about things.

Esra · 11-08-2006, 08:10 PM

Yeah i wonder at what age the males will start to get aggressive towards each other

Mosaic · 11-08-2006, 09:30 PM

Congrats! It is exciting! Now the hard part begins.

Actually, there have been people who have experimented with how long you can leave the males together. It seems like they're okay together for a long time, but if you take a male out and try to put him back in just a minute later, he's a goner. But most people do separate them. I forget what the typical time recommendation is though.

And I'm sure Gloomy has thought all about arrangements for the babies (I hope, at least). You don't wind up with accidental broods like you do with guppies. This was deliberate. Lol, and people always say that there's a low demand for veiltails, but how many of us here have one (or three

)?.

Gloomy · 11-08-2006, 09:44 PM

I work in a deli...so I got about 200 2lb plastic containers w/ lids for when they get older....This is actually a double tail pair...Not quite sure if the fry will be vt or double tail...A lot of them will be gifts...(to approved homes with suitable equpment)...and er...turtle food...This was just a test run before I get myself a nice fancy pair.
They are in a 38 gal cube now...so there is lots of growing room...

Puriti · 11-08-2006, 11:20 PM

Congrats! I had two spawnings of my veiltails over the summer...some of them died but i had a lot that lived! except my grandma overfed them while I was on vacation and only one survived..then it got out of the container I had it in and got eaten @__@ I was so sad..but it lived to be almost 2 months I felt proud!

Good luck with yours! I hope you have better luck than I did X.x hehe

**Zagz** · 11-08-2006, 11:36 PM

Congrats! Moved thread to breeding forum.

kostasonia · 11-09-2006, 04:47 AM

Do you have photos???

11-08-2006, 07:04 PM	#1
Gloomy Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 60 Images: 4	Betta Babies! My bettas spawned and now the fry are free swimming! Whoohoo!!! I got babies!!! Yay! I'm so happy! It looks to be about 50ish or so babies!

11-08-2006, 07:08 PM	#2
severum mama Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 2,771 Images: 22	That's wonderful Gloomy!!! Congrats on the spawn! __________________ WE CAN STAGE A RUNAWAY GOLF CART MARATHON 5 gallon, 45 gallon, and 55 gallon planted 75 gallon SA/CA cichlids 8 gallon Oceanic BioCube nano reef

11-08-2006, 07:56 PM	#4
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	you spawned a veiltail? Well, congrats, that is really exciting and sorry to poop your party, but what do you plan to do with all the bettas, do you have the facilities to even breed them. Once the males start to grow they will all need seperate tanks. And besides, veiltails are not in that high of demand seeing as how they are th most common. No offense or anything, and dont take this as an attack towards you, i just wonder about things. __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

11-08-2006, 09:30 PM	#6
Mosaic Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 646 Images: 3	Congrats! It is exciting! Now the hard part begins. Actually, there have been people who have experimented with how long you can leave the males together. It seems like they're okay together for a long time, but if you take a male out and try to put him back in just a minute later, he's a goner. But most people do separate them. I forget what the typical time recommendation is though. And I'm sure Gloomy has thought all about arrangements for the babies (I hope, at least). You don't wind up with accidental broods like you do with guppies. This was deliberate. Lol, and people always say that there's a low demand for veiltails, but how many of us here have one (or three )?. __________________ I just want my planted tanks to be perfect. Is that so much to ask? 55g: (Mostly) African riverine species: Alestes Chaperi, breeding pair of Kribs, and rhino pleco 30g: Newly established reef tank 10g: Planted but fishless 5g: Unplanted with various snail species 2.5g: Heavily planted with betta.

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11-08-2006, 07:19 PM	#3
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	Congrats!!

11-08-2006, 08:10 PM	#5
Esra Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 263	Yeah i wonder at what age the males will start to get aggressive towards each other

11-08-2006, 09:44 PM	#7
Gloomy Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 60 Images: 4	I work in a deli...so I got about 200 2lb plastic containers w/ lids for when they get older....This is actually a double tail pair...Not quite sure if the fry will be vt or double tail...A lot of them will be gifts...(to approved homes with suitable equpment)...and er...turtle food...This was just a test run before I get myself a nice fancy pair. They are in a 38 gal cube now...so there is lots of growing room...

11-08-2006, 11:20 PM	#8
Puriti Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,596	Congrats! I had two spawnings of my veiltails over the summer...some of them died but i had a lot that lived! except my grandma overfed them while I was on vacation and only one survived..then it got out of the container I had it in and got eaten @__@ I was so sad..but it lived to be almost 2 months I felt proud! Good luck with yours! I hope you have better luck than I did X.x hehe

11-09-2006, 04:47 AM	#10
kostasonia Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 212	Do you have photos???

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