Betta Fish Baby Age

A pictorial record of fry growth.

Betta fish baby age. I thought it might be interesting to post a photo chronicle of a betta s growth from egg to adulthood. They should be roughly the same size and the female should be slightly smaller than the male. The age of the fish that is also important.

In this article we will first cover the care of bettas by age in days from 1 3 3 5 5 8 8 14 14 25 and 25 35 days old. There is no age for the sexing of bettas mostly because a good breeder can tell the sex sooner than other people can. Finally you need to consider the size of the fish.

Bettas are at their peak for breeding between four and 12 months. Mirror page click on bettas to return to the main betta page or on main site to browse 70 topics ranging from exotic kaleidoscope designs to the strange world of lucid dreaming. I am a betta breeder and the baby fish they sell at petco and petsmart are all the size of a well cared for 9 week old.

Our betta fish are a month old. The betta fry eat micro worms banana worms and baby brine shrimp 3 times a day. It is often easier to determine age of a male betta fish as their coloration is more prominent and you can partly tell their age based off of coloration.

I have a betta she is pure white and has the lightest tint of turquize baby blue and is only around 1 2 inches could be bigger or smaller but hard to get a definite but anyway i can t really see the egg spot she lives with other females and there all around the same size but they are kind of wild colours so if anyone could tell me when the coulors will come in or if she will stay like that. The two most important elements are how old a betta is when you get him or her and how they are cared for in captivity. The younger the baby betta the more difficult it is to care for.

Most fish stores sell bettas that are about a year old and over however some stores sell baby bettas which sadly are usually weak only a few weeks old and will barely accept dry foods. Bettas otherwise known as siamese fighting fish are known for their snazzy colors and flowing fins. In this article we will discuss the size back lethargy eyes scales and fins stripes.