Dixon1990 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 My betta eggs have just hatched,the male is still in the tank with them, do i take him out now? And i only have a internal power filter in there at the moment and dont have any cycled sponge filters what do i do about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Leave the male in with them. Turn off the filter and put a sponge filter in. even if it isn't cycled. I hope you are going to have room to grow out hundreds of fighters :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Theres only about 20-30 of them, It was the males first time and he was the greates egg catcher ever :lol: .And only plan on raising the biggest/strongest 25 or so,so 2 30L tanks should be alright to raise them shouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 25 fighters, in two 30L tanks.... :-? You need more room dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 yea, when i typed that it didnt look right :-? Il find more room once i get my big tank up in the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Once you get a 3 footer going then move all your fish from your 2 footer into it, then use the two footer and the 30L tanks for grow outs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Some of the fish in the 2foot are stayin in there, But i will have another empty 2foot ,15L,25L and the 2 30L tanks and i have plenty of sponge filters il start cycling tonite. SO that should be enough right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 If you think theres only about 30 theres probably about 90 of them. I have this number of 6 week old fighters in 2 4ft tanks and at this stage they are not big enough to decide which to keep and which to cull. You need more tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 How big should they be now? We went on holiday so i guess they got stunted a bit,2 of them are about 6mm and the rest are smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 You'll always get a couple that will be way bigger than the others, usually males. the rest will grow. I have some about the same age, range from 3cm down to about 6mm. Some stirring up trouble and have been seperated, others quite happy to be mixing. How many have you ended up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Only about 20 or less.It was the males first time and he was crap at catching the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 out of a spawn of about 50, i have 4 that have survived. 3 are all the same size about 6cm, the other is only about 2cm and they are 5 months old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Think of it as a positive (and take it from me) they are a lot easier to raise when there are less of them As my husband is always telling me - its natures way - only the strongest will survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Half of the fry are white and the other half are grey. The biggest of each colour are fighting sometimes at only 6mm. should i seperate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 chuck some floating plants into the top of the tank to give some hiding places rather than splitting unless you have too. usually the one with the torn fins is the one causing the trouble rather than the one being picked on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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