I would appreciate any help or info from those who have bred betta fish. My babies are half sun; the mom is a beautiful red halfmoon and the dad is a green/blue/red crowntail. There are at least 30 babies. I’m first time breeder and I’m keeping all my babies or adopting them into good homes but I am not selling them to any pet stores. They are 6 weeks old (a month and a half) and I’m already starting to see some colors. My question is, at this point can I still see some dead babies? I’m only feeding them brine shrimps because the microworm isn’t available and when we tried “breeding” microworms for my babies to eat they were born dead, so, complete failure. I’ll be changing them to a 10 gal tank next week. They’re in a 5 gal tank with live plants since they were born. Another question, how can I distinguish between baby males and baby females? When do I start separating them? What age I mean?
Any input will be highly appreciated. Breeding bettas has been the most rewarding experience my husband and I have ever lived to tell, especially now that the colors can be seen and all of them look so healthy. 
Anyone has a story to share? Can you tell me about your mistakes in the process so we can all learn here? My cat already loves them, not as food but as kitty tv! !!!! lol
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I was reading this book where some things are true and some things aren’t. It didn’t tell you what was true and what wasn’t. One part was that some “speciallt treated” brine shrimp got put down the drain and somehow, soon chesapeake bay had some huge canivorous brine shrimps in it and they had to built a rataining wall around the area. Is this true?
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Just bought a bag of brine shrimps and my betta loves it!
Wondering if i can keep this brine shrimps to live longer and make it into a constant supply for my betta fish.
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