Betta krataois (previously known as Betta sp. 'Kapuas')

[XnSdVd]

I'm surprised they don't swallow the young when they panic... I should try this on my B. pugnax

[leeruisheng]

When he was mouthbrooding, I was like whatever he's going to swallow the eggs sooner or later. So I didn't care much and made changes in my scape. There was alot of movement causing mulm to cloud the water and after that carrying out wc. And to my surprise he's still mouthbrooding.

When the fries are first released, they still not highly developed. Here you could see their egg sag.
Lying quite motionless.


Fries are doing well. They are starting to swim around and egg sag not so prominent only just over a day.
Fast development.

[XnSdVd]

Keep the posts coming =) I believe you're one of the first to doccument this amazing process =)

[willsblee]

Keep the posts coming =) I believe you're one of the first to doccument this amazing process =)

This is not the first, check out this link
http://www.bettabite.com/forums/show...?t=2138&page=2

[trident]

Lee,
congrats on your spawn, it's quite a big batch.
hope they grow up big and strong.
stripping is common for mouth brooders, you can use a toothpick
to help open his mouth.

[leeruisheng]

Alamak fries all became fungized after swimming for more than a week. Still cant figure out why.

Transferred them into a breeder trap and floating in my B.rubra tank but to no avail.

[Cacatuoides]

Oh my, so sad to hear that all the fries are wasted....

Do they need a bigger space to swim around or need a bit of filtration and current in the grow out tank? my 1 cent

[XnSdVd]

Ack... that's unfortunate... Perhaps you should float the next batch in the main tank? I wonder if that'll prevent the buildup of spores. Or you could keep them in meth blue instead of plain water. i know that works for Aro fry and Zebra fish...

[leeruisheng]

That's all folks because I've sold the parent pair already.

Thanks for the advices.