Red Cambodian pair

[Bettarazzi 205]

It’s been a long time since my last spawn. Everything was just getting too much for a while there. Quite a while. More than three years.  It’s good to be back. The parents of this spawn were bred by Shane and Joel of Betta Spectra. I’m told to expect a lolly bag.  

Pair introduced very late at night on Wednesday 17/10/2018 after only about 3-4 days conditioning. Didn’t use a chimney they were in adjacent tanks and I simply uncarded them. They were put together before I went to bed and the lights turned off. It had been raining for a couple of days and the moon was waxing (1st quarter).  Not sure exactly when they spawned. I only noticed the eggs on Friday night and there were tails on Saturday. Made a little YouTube to celebrate hahaha.

 

Edited October 22, 2018 by Bettarazzi
The moon was in its first quarter, not second.

[shadoh 65]

Congrats on the spawn and welcome back!  Can't wait to see them grow and what you get from them

[Betta Spectra 2]

Joel and I are excited for you 😁 Hassle free breeding must run in their genes... Looking forward to progress updates. Good luck 🍀👍. 

[Bettarazzi 205]

In that case we should keep track of how easily this line spawns. We might be able to transfer that trait. 

[Bettarazzi 205]

Day 3 (since hatching)

They are free swimming already! And of course I’m not ready to feed them. Why would I be? I’ve only given that advice a few hundred times. Had to rush around searching for air pump, airline, connectors,  so that I could get a rough brine shrimp hatchery going. 

[shadoh 65]

How did you go with the hatchery?  Fry doing well?

[Bettarazzi 205]

Hatchery is going well. Will take some pictures. 

[Bettarazzi 205]

So my quick and cheap diy brine shrimp hatcher consists of an upside down Berri juice bottle sliced to the right length and an airline coming in from above and resting in the cap. 

I discovered that it fits nicely in a beanie box which is what I’m using to hold the bottles upright and I’m also using the beanie box lid to control the splashes. 

[shadoh 65]

Great little setup!  And thanks for reminding me to set up my hatcheries!

[Betta Spectra 2]

Very nice BBS setup.... I hope that the spawn is doing well 👍. 

[Bettarazzi 205]

The fry numbers seem to have dropped a lot. I didn’t have as much plant matter as I usually do so I think there simply weren’t enough micro organisms for them. And I think I might be overfeeding with bbs and need to do more water changes. I feel I’m being so clumsy with this spawn. I really wasn’t quite ready for it. But the fish were ready so whatcha gonna do, eh?

[shadoh 65]

How are these going 'Razzi?  

[Bettarazzi 205]

I seem to have a few swim bladder issues among the larger fry. And there is a huge range of sizes. I’ve been adding green water occasionally to help the smaller ones. I forgot to log when I moved them from the unfiltered 8 litre spawn tank to a 10 litre with sponge filter. Not that it’s a huge difference. I’ve been doing water changes twice a day. In the morning before work and when I get home. That’s also when I feed them. I’m going to move them into a 2 foot tank in the next few days. AND I still don’t have pics of the parents or the fry! 

[shadoh 65]

Hahahaha - I know how that goes with photos...  I usually forget to take decent shots of the parents beforehand.  Wow - 2 x a day water changes, that's dedication   Hope the swim bladdery ones come good, It's usually fixable at this age (with reduced feeds) so fingers crossed!

[Bettarazzi 205]

The fry are doing alright. It's actually time to start thinning them out. There are some with deformities which need to be removed. Some of the swim bladder problems have resolved themselves which is going to make it harder to do the cull. I started weaning them off bbs about 10 days ago and I think they might be ok to go completely on NLS Grow pellets.