mistymu05 Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 i decided not to say anything and not tempt fate until i had gone past the 2.5 week stage which is where i lost my first spawn at and now that the second have reached this stage i am happy to say i now have four week old baby bettas - yippee and they even starting to look like fish (rather than tadpoles) when u look at them from side on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 Well done! Fins crossed they keep growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistymu05 Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 thanks caryl, im getting rather excited cant wait to see what colours they turn out and even tho i know i really cant keep them all myself i will find it hard to pass them onto others but thats the way it has to b tho i will keep one or two perhaps 1 male and two female = equal numbers then cos at the mo i got 2 males and one female - (had to put one of my females down last week so went out and bought myself a male to make me feel better :oops: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistymu05 Posted October 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 well they are now 5 weeks old and i decided that as the snail population seemed to be outnumbering the babies i would do a really big clean of their tank (their first big major one) and so after catching all the babies and putting them in a big white bucket i got stuck into the tank, cleaning and removing unwanted snails and then refilled the tank (left some of the old water in there) anyways that morning i had thought i had about 25 babies give or take the double counting of some and the ones hiding in the moss :-? but after having xferrred them all to the big white bucket was certain it was more likely to be between 25-50 (at the max) so as i collected them back up and xferred them back to their tank i decided to take a poll - i ended up with 70 i tell u that was a huge surprise esp considering they were all eggs on the bottom of the tank as dad couldnt be bothered blowing a nest and so had to be removed before the babies hatched as he had exhausted himself chasing them from top to bottom and back again :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Great news Misty.. best get those tanks and gallon jars ready :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistymu05 Posted October 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 i reckon :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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