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i just looked into the 5 gallon breeding tank and found my yellow male caring for some 4 hundred eggs they r every where!!! the female is right there with him too not a ripin her fins at all im sohappy!!! this has got to be the largest spawn i have ever had its a yellow male to a pastel opaque w/ red wash....

Congratulations on the new spawn Good luck raising all those fry!

Congratulations & good luck with the fry.


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congrats, i always wanted to do an experiment, with if the male and the female get along, and he allows her to be with the nest, will she help him put the fry back into nest. but good luck.

Oh I'm so happy for you Does this female and male live together? I know it is a very rare instance that they can tolerate each other longer than to spawn So exactly how do you plan on raising these fry? What are you going to put them in when they are too big for the tank? Is it even possible to raise half of them? I'm so excited for you, and it will be neat to know what the colors of the fry turn out to be, especially if they are just the "run of the mill" bettas I tend to fall foryou know the ones at Wal-Mart, PetSmart, etc

Anyways good luck and have fun with the water changesheidi

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thanx

yea, they lived together, but i took her out because he is a female killer although he dident hurt her one bit () i just dident want to put her in jeperdy like that she still has one baby from a previous spawn too with the FMG he is now living with her sister in a diff 10 gallon i have a 10 gallon quarentining some wild fish i just brought home, but i guess im gunna just have to do a few water changes on the tank, and put them in the other 10 gallon full of selling fish, i was gunna let my other fry have the run for a while, then i will move him to the 5 gallon and move the male betta to an individual home i guess i am having such luck with breeding in the 5 gallon... oh, and how much nest is there suppost to be? i had to take some doner nest from the other males a little bit ago, and i may have to do it again in the morning untill they r free swimming i guess

Congrats!! WOW 400!!!!

There doesn't have to be a nest at all. I wouldn't bother using donor nests from other males. Just let him decide if he wants a nest or not.

well, he has moved the eggs (first male to attempt that) he left a few behind, but i think once they hatch he will take them to the others, he is also diffrent than anyother male, he built his nest in the middle of a bunch of plastic plants, insted of in the open away from the plants, im gunna try and get the stuff from the bottom (poo, plant matter) he is doing a great job, and not one egg has touched the bottom hopefully he will have the same luck with the fry im getting the 10 gallon set up today with loads of real floating plants, a good gravel vac..ect..(the 10 gallon only has a tiny bit of gravel, maybe a handfull....)

well the hatched early this morning

although there are deff not as many as i thought (must have gotten hungry)but the ones alive look strong, and i just picked up extra food for them, the tank is all set up and waiting for them to become free swimming so i can move them in