shadoh Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I thought this deserved a thread of it's own. Good for those who have never seen bettas spawning before This pair have been courting since Saturday. They have been very gentle, so have been leaving female out of chimney all day, putting her back in late afternoon and giving them a late evening feed of blackworms. Released female today at approx 11am. Female was clamping her fins and displaying submissive behavior (head down), she had displayed breeding bars from the time she saw the male on Friday. They started wrapping around 12-12:30pm. Male had difficulty at first trying to wrap her, as she was so full of eggs. No eggs were being released at first. I noticed eggs were being produced when I checked on them at 1:30pm. They are still wrapping. Spawn log once I have tails. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43dtyrUmJN8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 you aren't going to be short of fry! my golly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Fantastic news, congratulations. Great video. Good luck, looking forward to spawn log (and classified thread... am I getting ahead of myself?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afr3178 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Oh my!! That is a lot of eggs! Especially the first drop.. Wow! Good luck with raising the fry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted May 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) Hahaha Sarah! Ness, I wasn't exaggerating when I said it was raining eggs, she was a full as one of Busman's Red Rockets. I was worried if she didn't start releasing, she'd explode Thanks afr3178 Edited May 9, 2012 by shadoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 wow. that really is raining!!! good luck with raising all of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zui Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Very impressive Jarrod Great camera work. Thank you for a wonderfull presentation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted May 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Thanks. I tried taking video with my mobile, but the female got shy and swam away, so I set the video camera up on the tripod and walked away for an hour. Thankfully it worked :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_up184 Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Congratulations shadoh.. love the music haha. Your female is made of eggs, just look at her lol. Goodluck with it buddy :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 *lol* Thanks mate. The female STILL looks full of eggs, so I know I can respawn her soonish if need be. I'll wait and make sure the male doesn't snack on eggs/fry before setting her up with another male I can't wait to see how they turn out. They will be my show fish for the September betta show :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeraldtonWA Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Thanks for sharing - I picked up a lot of info by watching. I hope that you post more vids of the same nest. What type of plant is that? Is it floating or does it need a pot? Any special lighting? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Hey, no probs. I'm trying not to spook the male today be keeping away from the tank. I'll post another video once the eggs hatch and his attention is on keeping the fry in the nest... Speaking of the nest, it is much smaller today (about the size of a 20c piece) - big enough for the eggs. The plant is hornwort it is a floating plant and VERY easy to look after. No special lighting. I have a small fluro light fitting I bought from bunnings sitting over the tank. It is about 1ft long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Looks like the male has eaten the eggs/fry. I cannot see any eggs in the nest today and definitely can't see and fry hanging under the nest. He's still hovering around under the nest like there's something there though... I'll check back later this afternoon for another look just to be sure - 48 hrs, any eggs should have hatched by then and I should see tails if there is anything in there. So dissapointing :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ahhh that's irritating.... I feel your pain... stupid falcor did the same.. now his missus has got dropsy. You know the drill, feed 'em up and go again... crossing fins for you buddy. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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