My betta made a bubble nest, so I got him a lady. I put them in a breeder tank (one that separates down the middle so that they are in the same water but can't reach each other) and fed them freeze dried bloodworms. I left them there for three weeks and noted that his bubble nest was still there, she was swollen and fat with eggs, and they seemed to sit and look at one another a lot, so I took out the devider. They danced around a bit doing what I assume is the betta "nasty", and then they just stopped... rather than swimming to the top as I'd imagined she would (to lay her eggs in the bubble nest, no?) she started to chase him. I had my net on standby (because I know to take the male out after mating, because often one betta will kill the other) but I couldn't manage to get him out before she'd taken a few good chomps out of his tail. After the injury, he was REALLY inactive, he just sat at the bottom of the tank, but now that he's healing, he's REALLY REALLY active. Is this normal?
2007-09-12
17:18:49
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