Baby swords, wut to do o wut to do

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

OK i bought a Female sword tail to acommidate my male and hopefully breed in my 20 gal, now i bought her already pregnent,i knew she was. Now when she does have the babies, i want to put em in a seperate container, will like a bucket or something be ok to hold em in, i wana save a few, so dont get eaten and selll them.

Whts the minimum tank size to keep about 7 babies in? (When good size i will sell them) i was thinking 5 gal witha samll intank filter.

Im planning on feeding em special baby food, and regular water changes,

Problem is money, i dont got it for a 5 gal, so if i put em in like a big container (Ziploc :p) and no filter Sad

, but regular water changes.. u think they be fine?

(No good online sites about sword breeding)

Aqueous · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 3:38 am Post subject:

Have you thought about building a divider and just sectioning the fry off from the adults. It would be cheaper than buying a new tank and they would still get filtration.

Here's a site I found when I was making dividers for my bettas.

http://www.mushi.petfish.net/diydividers.html

http://www.mushi.petfish.net/diydividers2.html

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

When putting a divider in, do u put em in and seal them with the sealent? or do the store bought ones come with suction cups? cuz theres no way im making it permenant.

Aqueous · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject:

I had mine on with silicone but when I gave some of my bettas to a friend I took the silicone off with a razor blade.

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

Did u have to drain the tank when applying the silicone?

Aqueous · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject:

For the silicone to set you have to keep it dry.

I also have these dividers from Petsmart. They also do a pretty good job but they can be a little pricey.

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441806492&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023693&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302030041&bmUID=1116865189473

They have channels that clip onto the side of the tank and it holds a plastic divider inbetween.

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

Well my cat killed the pregnent fish Sad

so now i lost the breeding!

ill try to buy another male and femlae and see if i can get em to do it

nick_no_11 · Member Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 66 Location: usa

I HATE CATS!!

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

Im sorry to hear that!