when you first breed a pair, it is wise to introduce the female in a plastic cylinder so the male can see her and she can watch him display. if she displays back, she is not ready to breed, and they will likely fight. so better to return her to her tank and try again the next day. if she seems interested/submissive, you can release her to the male and he will probably chase her around and they will nip at each other. so even when you try to breed bettas, you can run into trouble. both sexes can be aggressive, usually the bigger of the two tears up the other one. afterwards you need to separate them so they can recover from racing around the tank like mad as well as the spawning embrace and the attack.
in nature, i assume that their territories are spread out and they only come together to mate. they do have behavioral patterns and probably pheromone signals to let each other know when it's time.
2006-06-22 19:33:10
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answered by ecluv7 3
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I have got lots of baby fighting fish now. First, you put the female in and then the male will kind of squeeze the female's body and force her to give him the eggs. He will first blow lots of bubbles. The male will put the eggs on it's fin and then release sperm. He will chase the female to a corner and then he will put the eggs on the bubbles. This process only last for 2 days for my fishes. Some inexperience male won't know how to do it. The babies will hatch the next day or 2 days later. DO NOT take the male out first. you will have to observe . For me, the male will pick up the weak ones and put them in the bubbles. The weak ones usually sink to the ground. After 2 or 1 day, you can then take it out. HOWEVER, some males love to eat the babies once they hatch . You must then separarte them. And yes take a way the female once the male got all the eggs. You have to see how it goes. Males fight when the see males. You must make sure the male you have isn't the lastest short fin male. Female do fight but they do not kill each other.
2006-06-28 23:34:57
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answered by Chan Meiyean 2
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The males will almost always fight each other. (You can sometimes make it workin large with cover, and fish that grew up together.) Mating is kind of rough, and afterward the males guards the eggs, and kill the female if the tank isn't big enough. Generally for mating you gput the female in the males tank for mating, and remove it afterward. (That's sort answer see bettatalk for details.)
2006-06-22 19:39:37
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answered by Anonymous
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When the male is ready to take a mate, he'll build a nest of bubbles at the top of his bowl. If you're trying to breed them, this is when you introduce the female. They will mate, and the male will pick up the eggs from the bottom of the bown and place them in his bubble nest. After that, the female MUST be removed, or else the male will kill her. He will them raise the fry himself, which will need to be removed when the nest dissipates. Also, the female can only be added after the male builds his nest, or else she will be bullied to death (I had two females get killed by a male after I was told by a pet store clerk that they would be fine with him. I did a lot of research and even successfull bred them after that).
I hope this helps.
2006-06-22 19:39:31
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answered by Anonymous
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actually no longer. they'll kill one yet another. in actuality, in maximum situations you could save in user-friendly terms one Siamese struggling with fish to a tank. this is actual of ladies, or maybe truer of guys. a million. sure, they'll combat to the death. 2. No, they won't stay long adequate to mate. by making use of the way, Bettas (struggling with Fish) are community to equatorial areas, so they don't have a particular mating season. 3. sure, male Bettas make bubble nests, which carry the eggs while they spawn. Very on occasion, ladies have additionally been known to make bubble nests.
2016-10-31 08:20:45
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answered by ? 4
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1st- Male beta's are only the fancy long finned ones, pretty and usually the ones in abundance.
2nd- females are short and ugly hardly no fins at all. Sounds like you have two males or are thinking of getting 2. Yes they are aggressive to each other even to the female , until she lays those babies and then watch out she will attack anything that moves even you. I've had them smash against the glass to get at me to protect the babies. Make sure you get breeder grass and dont worry about separating them you could end up with more than you wanted.
2006-06-29 17:49:17
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answered by vikinglass1 1
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The males do not get along well with each other. They'll even chase and kill the female if she sticks around and they even attack their own reflection in a mirror. You can only keep more than one male if you have a very large tank. They have to have enough space to form territories. The aquarium should be thickly planted and well lighted. It should be kept warm, between 23ºC and 30ºC. Floating plants will allow nest building.
2006-06-22 19:11:42
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answered by thematrixhazu36 5
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The males do not get a long. They are very territorial. In the wild they usually had their own territorial areas in the bodies of water they lived.
The females get a long with each other and the males get along with them too.
Many people think betta's are agressive to all fish. This is not true. They are really only agressive to other male Bettas.
2006-06-22 22:34:48
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answered by Miss. Kitty 3
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You can put one female and one male in the tank together. After they mate you remove or seperate them so they don't fight. There are also plastic/glass dividers you can put in a tank to keep them apart and it's hardly noticeble.
2006-06-22 19:29:25
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answered by hello kitty 2
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You can put a female in with a male but immediatly after take the female out and put her in a different tank. The male takes care of the eggs and when they hatch you take the babies and put them in seperate contaners.
2006-06-22 19:12:31
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answered by Small Lady 4
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