When can I realease my betta female fish into the males tank?
Currently I have a small tank with the female fighting fish in it, inside a bigger tank that has the male fighting fish. This is only very recent – and it is so the male and female fish can get used to eachother before I let the female fish out, so that they can breed. I’ve heard I should keep them this way for two weeks, then let her out, but I’ve also heard I need to wait for the male to make a bubble nest and for the female to have eggs before I can let her out. So I am a little confused. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Also, one more thing. My female betta is white – I also heard it is hard to see vertical lines on white female betta’s (when they have eggs) so how can I tell when she has eggs?
Another question, sorry…
How long does it usually take before the male makes the bubble nest once the two genders are together in a tank (in seperate parts)
Why is it that so many people who know nothing about Betta breeding insist on trying to?
If you don’t know what you are doing, then don’t do it. If Bettas aren’t properly conditioned they will very likely try to kill each other.
If you did manage to get a successful spawning, what will you do with all the fry? Fish stores won’t take them, they have contracts with their own suppliers. All the males (possibly dozens) must be housed in separate tanks. Do you have the space and money for dozens of separate tanks? Then what? Do you want to spend the next 5 years or so taking care of all of them till they die of old age?
Just enjoy your fish, and leave breeding to the professionals.
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]
Cool Betta Fish Bowls i wanna get a fish tomorrow but i only have a bowl(cant get a tank)?
I am going to petco tomorrow or maybe walmart to buy a fish and i only have a bowl…
i saw these cool neon fish can they survive in a tank?
i also wanted to get a snail?
Really i am just wondering whats the best thing to survive in a bowl? turtle? betta? goldfish?ghost shrimp? i am low on money too /:
YoungShy user can stop hatin (: God be happy.
Neon tetras need 20+ gallons and are VERY sensitive to water quality they would die within a few days in a bowl with no filter. Turtles definitely not, they get big and need BIG tanks, a betta would need a 5+ gallon tank with a filter and heater, and a goldfish is the worst possible fish you could get out of all the fish you have mentioned as they need anywhere from a 20+-75+ gallon tank and need double filteration because of how messy they are. Honestly nothing is sutiable for a fishbowl even shrimp and snails should be in a 2.5+ gallon tank. If you want to get fish get a bigger tank, read up on how to cycle it, then choose the appropriate fish sutiable for your tank.
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