I have finally decided to start moving with my idea of breeding bettas. I have a male betta, five females for to decide between, a ten gallon tank, and what I believe to be enough basic knowledge to attempt breeding.
My question is, how many of the fry generally live, when the caretaker is inexperienced (but, knows the most common mistakes, like overfeeding)?
Reason being, I am starting to collect containers now for any male fry, and I don't have a clue on how many I'm going to need.
Also, are one gallon milk jugs suitable as temporary homes for male betta fry?
You'll also need a adjustable heater, sponge filter, hiding places for the female, and various types of live foods for both adults and fry.
Usually a first time spawn contains about 10-20 fry but there could be any where from 1-200 survivers. It all depends on the care they recieve. Even experienced breeders can have small spawns.
I'd say as long as they are throughly rinsed and the top is cut off a bit for easy access then they should be fine for jarring.
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Well, maybe anywhere from 2-15. Are you going to feed them the commercial betta fry food? You can feed them hard-boiled egg yolks for much cheaper. Just, not too much, it clouds the water. And I suppose the one gallon milk jug will be fine, as long as you cut off the top (The part with the cap) and wash it out thoroughly with NO cleaners what-so-ever. Just plain old water. And you may want to create some sort of base and lid for it, in case you were to accidentally knock it over.
