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    are these eggs viable?

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    Hi folks,
    I was doing a water change today and found this:



    They look cloudy and if they were killie eggs, no good.

    Here's an adult pic:



    Betta coccina

    Let me know what you think. Thanks.

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    Viable.

    Betta eggs do tend to look like dead killy eggs. If Poppa is tending and not eating them, they are doing fine.

    Free advice, and worth every penny!

    Wright
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    Thanks, Wright!
    You can make out poppa's tail which is to right of the power cord to the heater. I wonder if I should remove the other inhabitants while this is going on...

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    I would.

    He may eat the eggs if the others make him too nervous. [Better to conserve the energy for another day than give it to a predator.]

    I would also consider removing him as soon as almost all are hatched and clinging to the plants and glass. Feed green water or other infusoria as soon as the yolk sack is absorbed. If you start with bbs, only the largest get food, and the predation is severe. Smaller foods (e.g., one drop of Liquifry No. 1 on some plants) gives all a more even start, IME.

    Once they scatter, he won't be able to protect the babies from other fish. And he will be mighty hungry, by then.

    Wright

    PS. Think these eggs look weird? Try Apistos. Sometimes theirs are brilliant red. Seems stupid from a survival standpoint, but that's the way they are.
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    Ruyle, what other fish do you have in the tank? If they're all B. coccina and the tank is heavily planted, significant numbers of fry will survive.

    If there are other fish, just transfer the eggs to a tupperware container floated in the tank. I use a spoon to transfer the eggs.

    I use Java moss in the fry container to soak up wastes and provide munchies for the fry. They get vinegar eels for the first week and BBS from 10 days on or so.

    Wright, you can play around with apisto egg color, by varying what you feed the mother. More BBS=bright orange eggs. I've always wondered if feeding blue food coloring to the mother would produce blue eggs. I must pick up an aquarium strain cac or something one of these days

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    Rahul,
    Sorry for my late reply, I have only B. coccina in the tank and have
    removed one male and 2 females. This seemed to help the male quiet
    down a little guarding the eggs, which have now hatched. Wow, short
    gestation time, huh? Something like 72-80 hours....

    Bill

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    Awesome. Depending on temperature, the eggs hatch between 60 and 72 hours. Nice change from killie eggs, huh?

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    At first I thought I'd gotten papa out of the tank too late, couldn't
    find any babies after the first day they hatched. Now I have 5 babies
    that swam out to the front of the tank:



    Not a great pic, the fish is roughly 1/2" long. What a surprise!

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    Hows the water ph/softness? It looks like a relatively clean and clear tank and I can't see any signs of you adding peat or other blackwater stuff in the photos.
    ~Joseph

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    Quote Originally Posted by nonamethefish
    Hows the water ph/softness? It looks like a relatively clean and clear tank and I can't see any signs of you adding peat or other blackwater stuff in the photos.
    I use peat-filtered rainwater and there's oak leaves lining the floor of all the betta tanks. Seems to work, the adults are spawning again. These
    are also heavily planted with watersprite and java moss.

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    Well, I have about 2 dozen growing out and more that have recently
    hatched Here's a recent pic of one of the teenagers, taken
    with a Canon G1 and 2 flashes:



    Little guy is about 2.8cm in length. (Click on image for larger view.)

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    Hey Bill, the coccina juvenile are looking good, as are the pics! Keep us posted.
    I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
    Ronnie Lee

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    Pretty!

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    Thanks, Ronnie, Rahul,
    I know this is probably "old hat" to you guys, but they've been a lot of
    fun for me, and it's always rewarding to get fry!

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    No such thing as "old hat", Bill. I still get a little rush when I see guppy fry in my tanks

    The coccina group bettas aren't the easiest to spawn, either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by retro_gk
    The coccina group bettas aren't the easiest to spawn, either.
    I wish you'd tell that to my fish, I'm running out of room!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ruyle
    Quote Originally Posted by retro_gk
    The coccina group bettas aren't the easiest to spawn, either.
    I wish you'd tell that to my fish, I'm running out of room!
    Spread them around and get other species

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    Rahul,
    Do you want a little starter colony of these when the weather warms up
    abit? You'll need to buy more tanks....

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    Here are some pics of the 2nd gen grouping:





    click on image for larger view

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    Those look great Bill!

    If I only had more room... or bigger kritters than shrimp

    -Andrew

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