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Jessa - I Have One Fish From My Spawn Like That ... Just give them yime...they will grow.
- Jun 24, 2001
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Gabrielle - I had two spawns that just wouldn't grow, despite doing everything "by the book" then a lot of them started dying. This is after four months and they were still around 1/2" or less. I treated them several times with broad spectrum antibiotics and eventually gave up on them, there are currently about 7 left from 2 spawns. I threw them in the community tank at this point it was sink or swim, so to speak. And voila they grew. Who knows. I have also heard that somtimes moving them to a new tank, even if it is the same size tank can trigger them to grow
- Aug 23, 2001
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KPPelletier - My personal take on it is if a fry is not 1/2 inch by 6 weeks then just don't bother with them.
At six months most Bettas should be nearly adult size... 1-1/4 to 1 3/4 inches long. I would not call them "retarded"
but they are probably stunted and have not been
cared for properly.
- Jan 11, 2001
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- The reason they are not growing could be several problems, not just food. How many babies are there and what size tank are you keeping them in? A 10 gallon is good for a while untill the babies out grow it. Then you need to split the spawn into a few different tanks or move them to a larger tank. To maximize growing feed BBS 4 times a day and keep their tank at 80*F to 84*F, but never over feed. Feeding this often and keeping the tank so warm can have it's down sizes though. I've never had any problems myself but some people claim that it will blow the fishes' fins, or stunt their fins as they can't grow as fast as the body, et cetera. I've never had this happen to me but I still grow my baby bettas slowly. I keep them at the above temperatures but only feed them 2-3 times a day. When they hit 2 monthes they go down to 1-2 feedings a day (as all the rest of the adult bettas) and 70*F to 76*F water.
- Dec 28, 2000
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kathy - I sugest live food!!! or if you can't find it, my favorite is "Nutrafin" fry food!
Don't forget your "snail" to eat the esess food, if you over feed.... That and temp, is the number one death..
- Nov 9, 2001
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zlher - At six months old, a typical spawn under a good breeder would be anywhere from 1 1/2 inch to 1 3/4 inch (almost adult size). There are several factors that can cause fry to grow slowly and those are: under feeding, stunt of growth due to water quality and/or space limitation, or it's could be that they are simply genetically small.
- Jan 11, 2001
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