kandeecane Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I've got a few fry that should be fairly old by now.... The ones Cassi sold me... (Help me out on their age, hun?) They just do not want to grow... My boy has been seperate from the others since the last meeting... And the girls... One shot up and then just stopped... The other has stayed the same size. Any foods or tips to make your betta grow? xDD Sounds like some toy you give to your children! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 They hatched in Sept last year. Fry don't like to grow for me either! I can't see what I'm doing wrong...I feed them plenty of good food, I keep up with water changes (not too often and not too long between) and they were in a large 2ft grow out tank until I jarred them..and were jarred into 1L containers, much larger than what some use and their fry still grow. I'm inclined to blame the water because I can't think of any other possibility, especially since we live in the sub-tropics and during summer (their peak growing time) the temp in their jars was never below 26° during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandeecane Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hmmm... I just don't understand why one would grow really quick and then just.... Stop. I've had no problems growing my fish before... Neptune got massive and he's been in the same water obviously. Maybe they're just stunted because of the water at your house? Perhaps? Who knows! I just have runts. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 I find that the first few weeks are critical to fry growth. They need to be eating newly hatched brineshrimp as soon as possible after free swimming. Ideally not much more than a week. The brineshrimp has to be freshly hatched. Ideally the bbs must be fed very soon after they hatch. They need to be fed to the fry before the yolk sac gets used up by the bbs. After about 4 weeks of heavy feeding with bbs they should be large enough to take frozen bloodworms. Now you should move them into larger quarters. Room to move seems to affect fry growth as well. After 8 weeks growth slows down dramatically. The more you can get them to grow before that time the more likely they are to reach full size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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