Breeding Betta Fish Eggs Spawn
Breeding Betta Fish Eggs Spawn
Is he being a poor father fish?
I have an untried white half moon plakat (3.5 months old) from a breeder (can trace his lineage back 5 generations) that I recently spawned (earlier today). He’s more interested in wandering the tank and fighting his reflection but he will come back at least once a minute to sit under the nest. Is he being a poor father or is this normal for Betta males who feel un-threatened?
And yes I know what I’m doing and yes I can care for all the fry (modified a 50 gallon tank to hold 100 fry at least and this spawn was small ish less than a hundred eggs I would say). So no telling me I shouldn’t be breeding them.
Also is it natural for them to maintain more than one nest at a time? He’s got one back in the hornwort one under one cup and another under another cup (the one with the eggs in it that I can see). He maintains and blows bubbles into all of them.
If he is being a poor father should I just remove him and let the eggs hatch on their own?
Bettas seem to display a multiplicity of breeding strategies so none of the many variations are more natural than another. Some may be more common or more sucessful than others in an aquarium setting. Bettas are not predictable.
In the wild the male betta has to keep the fry up in the bubbles until their ability to breath air has developed. That is because the waters they live in are stagnant and lack oxygen. In the aquarium the male’s function is optional after the spawning is over.
With two nests it appears he is ready to spawn again, or he simply confuses the two locations and has a poor sense of direction. Even the same fish may display a different breeding strategy the next time. You can move him now any time you need him for spawning or because you are not comfortable with him in there. Soon you will have to move him anyway.
White Platinum Halfmoon Betta Pair Spawning SUCCESS! [HD]
