i have one male betta with three female and i was told this was fine becuase tha male was to old to breed and couldn't do anything.but now i have a nest with eggs and i have no idea how to take of the babies,i want to keep them! but i had my bowl set up with no ideas of babies.now the nest is there and it has eggs in it and i need to clean the tank. what do i do i want to have babies bettas but with a dirty tank i don't know how they will live(tank is not fithy just a bit cloudy and needs a water change,but i'm afaird it will mess up the nest it's right in the connor)((the bowl is a glass goldfish bowl with rocks and fake plants))okay now back to the questions-how do i clean the bowl and keep babys alive? (i went to do the bowl today and found the nest w/ eggs so now i'm a bit freaked) please help!!!!
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1 purpleroserayne // Jun 28, 2008
for one thing mother fish..or dads i guess sometimes eat the eggs..so isolate them from the parents
2 Styx // Jun 28, 2008
I'm sorry, you were informed incorrectly. Male and females should not be housed together. You need to seperate the male from the females immediantly. The male will need to be kept with the eggs so that he may tend to them for the next few days, the females may not be housed with them. After that, he will also need to be removed and that's when your work begins.
If you have the money and six months to devote to the high level of care the fry require, I've provided link to a sheet on raising betta fry.
http://www.ultimatebettas.com/index.php?showtopic=3686
Also check out the Betty Splendens link I provided, that site has a lot of info on raising fry.
3 Real Deal CowGirl // Jun 28, 2008
styx is right about the housing! the male will get over protective and kill your females if you dont get them out! and they will eat the babies and the eggs so remove them! anyway yea thats all I wanted to say..hope I helped…
good luck with your babies!!!
4 llriffel // Jun 28, 2008
anything you do will bother the nest you can try useing a peice of tubing to siphon some water out and add some fresh water but that is about it the water is cloudy because the bowl is cycling in the future do not wash or rince the gravel
5 Mutia A // Jun 28, 2008
Hurry and remove the females and transfer them to another tank.you can leave the male there for a while.If you want to clean the tank,take a bit of the water(leave some water left in the tank)and replace it with clean water.after a few days,remove the male and leave the eggs to hatch.If you leave the male there,he will eat the eggs up.I used to rear 20 bettas and this happened to me too.hope you find my info useful..
6 TheAnswersSeeker // Jun 28, 2008
Yes, it is possible to have male and female together… .But there is a possibility that they will mate.
Just carefully remove the female betta for now. and read up more on feeding betta fry
7 dragonslayer 145 // Jun 28, 2008
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