How to identify Betta males and females?
Betta Males: Mouth up, Clear and brighter color, long-slim body and longer
beard, some Betta male has long tail and no white spot egg. The Betta males
always make a lot of bobble nest when they are ready for breeding.
Betta Females: Mouth a bit down, blue color, fat-short body and shorter
beard and it has white spot egg. We also can see the eggs inside their abdominal.
How to pairing the Betta?
We can be pairing the Betta by choosing one Betta male and one Betta
female
The Betta males will make bobble nest when they are ready for breeding and
the age above 3 months
Set up the breeding tank or container,
we also can put some plants inside.
Put some clear plastic above the water
for Betta males to make their bobble and keep the eggs. Place your Betta male
in the tank then put Betta female in a small jar or plastic class place in the
tank with Betta male to introduce them each other.
Wait around 3-5 hours then you can
release your Betta female. Keep the pair together about 2 days after the Betta
female lay the eggs and remove the Betta female outside the tank.
Keep the Betta male to take care the
eggs and wait till the eggs has hatch.
How many days will Betta eggs are hatch? How many day Betta fry can eat?
What’s kind of food can we feed Betta fry?
Generally, the Betta’s eggs will be hatch around 2-3 days
For the first day hatch the Betta fry can’t eat any food please do not
feed them any food. Wait another day, after Betta fry can eat please feed them
and his father also. The Betta male (Father) also need the food for survive.
The best starter food for Betta’s fry is egg York. Egg York has a lot of
proteins to make fry grow.
Betta fry take care and How to clean up Betta fry’s tank?
Put sponge filter inside the tank
Feed them 2-3 times per day with Egg York or power pullet
Keep the water temperature around 26o-28o.
You also can remove the Betta male (Father) after fry age 10-14 days
Add some more moss, Water lettuce, and Water cabbage
After fry age around 15-30 days the best food for them is daphnia. Daphnia
has a lot of proteins inside and best food for fast grow your betta fry.
Age 2-3 months feed them some mosquito larvae or worm, Bloodworm, white
worm and some pullet food.
Take note how much they eat per day. Remember don’t overfeed them it is a
lots problem which cause to make Betta die.
Age above 3 months you can identify Betta males and females. It’s time to
separate them. You can’t place Betta males together; they will be fighting till
die.
Clean up and change water
about 40-70% if the water starts dirty, using the tool which can’t effect to
Betta fry such as:
- Hands pump cleaning Aquarium tank
- We can use coffee filter: Put it above the water and use hand pump
- See the tutorial videos below: VIDEO
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