Hello guys, welcome to pet fish channel!
And today we are doing something special about breeding,
and we will show you these 3 video series from breeding, caring for "a week old" fries,
and until they become juvenile.
so please watch this entire 3 video series, right after this!
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This is the first part of our 3 video series: "breeding"
Let's start!
This will be our breeding tank.
Nothing fancy, I just want a clear tank to be able to video shoot the breeding process
I'm using aged water of about a week old.
She is so ready to breed!
I can say by the vertical stripes in her body, this is a body language that she is ready
to mate
I have placed their tanks side by side since yesterday
this is to introduce them and get acquanted By the looks of them they are really eager
to breed
Let's transfer the male betta in the tank and leave him there for 30 mins or so
It's been 30 mins, time to add the female in the tank
But we will enclose her in the cut plastic bottle
so the male can see her but can not harm her
Look! he is eager to meet her circling around and looking for an entrance
to her enclosure
We will keep it this way until the male builds a nest
We are back, it's day 2 of our breeding.
Look at the male's bubble nest, I think we should release the female now
Again this is the bubble nest, it's pretty big
the male normally attacks the female until she submits to him
when that happens, the mating embrace begins
Look at them, they are right under the nest
Hahahaha there are ofcourse few failed embrace attempts
Wait for it There you have it
A successful embrace!
They will do several embraces until they have fertilized hundreds of eggs!
Look at the females body, the vertical lines are very vivid
It's their way of communication that she's ready to release eggs.
When the male sees that, he knows what to do
These are the eggs falling, milky white in color.
He will carefully pick them up one by one ensuring not to miss a single egg
he then delivers them to the nest
the male will constantly rebuild the nest replacing and adding bubbles to ensure the
eggs keep afloat
The male sends the female away Now she is in the opposite part of the tank.
This is our time to remove her.
This is important so she will be safe from possible attacks from the male
Most males attacks female to protect their eggs
Because females are known to be egg eaters Yes, they eat their own eggs
This male will tirelessly attend to their eggs until they hatch
constantly checking the eggs every now and then
Another important step for us is to cover the tank
if we don't cover, the male might freak out for some commotions and might end up eating
the eggs.
To avoid that, we cover the tank
We are back! and today is day 3.
Yesterday our bettas layed eggs, so basically the eggs are a day old today.
Can you see tiny black dots inside the eggs?
Those are actually their eyes forming.
It's day 4 today and the eggs are finally hatched!
Have a closer look at those cute and tiny little fries
They can't swim yet, they need the help of their father
He will constantly pickup the fries from the floor and bring them back to the nest
No feeding yet at this stage
Today is day 5, our fries are 1 day old today from hatch.
They can swim on their own without the help of their father
They are now free swimmers!
Time to remove the male and feed him with some nutritious live food!
Prepare baby brine shrimp today so they will hatch tomorrow
Hello guys, today is day 7 our fries are 3 days old from hatch
and you know what?
we will feed them with baby brine shrimp
Look at the size of the fry against that baby brine shrimp!
In the next video, we will show you how to care for the fries in their crucial stage.
And how to maintain the tank water clean
So click this thumbnail to proceed to the next part of this series.