Keeping male inside fries tank?

dunno leh most of my spawn male makan eggs....

Some people told me, bettas are like human in a sense. A spawning outcome can have unpredictable results. It all depends on alot of factors. The fish have feelings too. I took out the father and he seems depressed. I couldn't bear to see him part with his offsprings. I change water for my fish everyday. I treat them like humans. When I know they are hungry, I feed them alot. They seems happy after water change & feeding. I feel happy too. Even they eat up their fries, I don't blame them. They gave birth to the babies & if they choose to eat their fries, I'll let it be. Imagine they are living in the wild, I don't think they will eat all their fries. If not, they will become endangered species.

[dotaxedot]

hehe, this thread is definately good knowledge for ppl who don't do artificial hatching

[wilson20]

Originally posted by dotaxedot
hehe, this thread is definately good knowledge for ppl who don't do artificial hatching

I think artificial hatching I cannot do leh.
I did not notice my copper already spawned and fries already free swimmer.
When I notice it, I discovered that there is another spawn of eggs.
So what I do, I scope up the eggs and use the artificial hatching method and let the male inside to take care of the free swimmer fries.
Water onli 1 cm. Then, yesterday, I saw they hatch. Today, all die..

Originally posted by wilson20
I think artificial hatching I cannot do leh.
I did not notice my copper already spawned and fries already free swimmer.
When I notice it, I discovered that there is another spawn of eggs.
So what I do, I scope up the eggs and use the artificial hatching method and let the male inside to take care of the free swimmer fries.
Water onli 1 cm. Then, yesterday, I saw they hatch. Today, all die..

wah...sorry to hear that bro..

[wilson20]

Originally posted by Idiocy
wah...sorry to hear that bro..

For me still OK coz the free swimmer had been release into my 3ft tanks today. Combine with my Melano plakat. The melano plakat is put into the tanks to looks after all babies...

[wilson20]

Originally posted by Imbellis
i scared the male eat up the fries when free swimming. Well, i'll try to my HM

If you're doing it, please cover them and don't disturb them often unless u feeding them.

[wilson20]

Originally posted by Idiocy
anyone knows under what circumstances will the male makan all his offsprings?

Hungry, being disturb and doesn't like the enviorment.

I have just made a new discovery. The male actually swallows about 30-40 fries and releases the fries about 1-2 minutes time. After the swallow, the fries are very keen to follow the male instead of escaping from him. I think the male is feeding the fries. In this way, I think the growing of the fries will be slower than artificial hatching but it has it's good points too.

Cheers!

I've removed the male from the 1 week old fries minutes before seeing thread. Not sure how it'll feel.

So far no fries eaten at all. Maybe I should put it back. Have been feeding fries Liquidfry n Hikari FD BW to male.