Beta Test Results

[howeird]

It is with some degree of squee that I announce my bettas, who have been going through the motions of mating since a week before I moved, now have a tank full of teeny tiny babies. There seem to be two sizes, which tells me two sets of eggs hatched. I wouldn't have noticed, except I decided today was the day to fill the tank back to the top, after having drained it 2/3 of the way for the move.

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[bridget-coila.livejournal.com]

That is really cool! And I love the title of your post...beta test results...*giggle*

[howeird]

Thanks!

Yeah, cool stuff. Siamese fighting fish are very easy to breed, but the infant mortality rate is very high. And the mother often doesn't survive long either. Dad basically wraps himself around Mom and squeezes the eggs out little by little, and this time he was at it for a couple of days. Then he builds a nest of bubbles at the surface and spits the eggs into it.

The nest has dissipated, I need to get some floating plants for the babies to hide in/feed from. Bettas are know to eat their own young...