Betta Fish Eggs Hatching Time

It s also a good idea to treat the breeding tank with maroxy to avoid bacteria and fungus from killing the eggs.

Betta fish eggs hatching time. Care should be taken at this time as the male betta will eat the eggs if he is disturbed often. Hatching the betta eggs and fry. Have just notice our eggs r starting to hatch after thinking they had disappeared i noticed little white balls with tails wriggling around dad is doing a good job keeping them in the nest but we haven t been able to move mum yet so she is pushig her luck going uo to the nest and hes chasing her.

A 6 week old betta macrostoma fry with a full belly after feasting on baby brine shrimp roughly 80 eggs that were collected by stripping a betta macrostoma male. Interestingly with or without the help of a male betta fish your betta can still lay eggs. Betta breeding is fairly easy if you follow some simple instructions.

For the eggs to hatch a tight well fitted lid glass or plastic wrap should be used to cover the tank so no cooler air is able to get to the water surface. If you arrived at this stage of the process successfully what you are about to encounter next is the care of the newly hatched fry so they can grow into beautiful and healthy bettas. Don t remove the male betta from the breeding tank.

Details of betta macrostoma mating and breeding was published i got a comment asking whether i had ever tried incubating the eggs. If you have already started the breeding process with your betta fish your eggs may have hatched after being cared for by the male. A female betta fish can lay eggs through its egg hole when fertilized.

Let him play his role as a father until the babies learn to swim. This video shows live footage of betta fish mating laying eggs eggs hatching and fish growth up to 4 weeks. Tetra makes a dry mixture specifically for egglaying fish and many pet shops carry frozen baby brine shrimp.

The female bettas are fertile as they can lay between 30 to 40 eggs at a spawn. Take care not to overfeed as the uneaten food will foul the water and can quickly prove lethal to the fry. Some others may even lay up to 500 eggs at a time.