I had the male betta fish all ready for a while. And yeasterday i got the female. I put her in and he start flaring at her. But he only flared just that day. Then i sepated her at night and put her back in, in the morning and she didnt move that much,but the male does [more then she does] sometimes he gets near her or she gets near him.I also c him blowing bubbels but they pop. I wanna know y r they not trying to mate. can u tell me some tips on how they can mate. Or things i need to do or get so they can mate.
2006-06-30 07:15:57 · 12 answers · asked by celloplayer4eva 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Mating bettas is very tricky, and takes a lot of patience.
First, you need to have the tank set up correctly. The water level needs to be not over 8 inches high, and heated to 80 degrees. Optimally there needs to be a floating plant in the tank. The male betta will build his bubble nest underneath it. This will protect the eggs.
Second, place a glass hurricane lamp (just the glass globe), or a plastic divider in the tank. Put the male betta on the side with the floating plant, or outside the glass globe, and the female on the other side. If the female feels threatened at all by the male, she will not produce any eggs.
Then watch them closely to see how they react. Once the female becomes comfortable with the male, she will start being a little more responsive with him... even flirt (yes, they do flirt... its cute). She will also develope stripes on her sides, and will become slightly bloated, which means she is producing eggs. The male will build his bubble nest underneath the plant.
When this is completed, you will know they are ready to mate. Release the female into the tank with the male. Once they get over the initial shock of being finally free to get at each other, they will start the mating process.
The female will swim up under the bubble nest, with her head tilted down. The male will swim up and wrap his body around the female and squeeze the eggs out of her, fertilizing them as he does this. He will then release her and swim down, collecting all the falling eggs and placing them in the bubble nest. While he does this the female will float there, unmoving and stunned. This is normal, so don't worry. They will repeat this process until he has squeezed all the eggs out of her.
After this it is important that you remove the female from the tank and let her recover. The male will defend the nest once it has the eggs in it, and will kill her if she gets too close. Once the fry have hatched and are free swimming, the male also needs to be removed.
And that is it!
Hopefully that helps.
2006-06-30 07:33:19 · answer #1 · answered by Audrey A 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Okay until you get to mopars answers no one has a clue. It sounds like neither of your fish are interested in mating. I'd separate them and prep them for a week or so with freeze-dried bloodworms, or live brine shrimp. Then make sure to set up the tank with plant, or other structures to help hold the bubble nest. Then put the pair to together where they can see each other, but are still separated. Finally once they are showing interest put them together. There are a number of ways to do this, and no one right way. Also some bettas don't like other bettas.
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2006-06-30 15:45:22 · answer #2 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you didn't know that you never put bettas in the same tank. If you put a mirror up by them and they see themselfs they will flare up. So.. umm I'd talk to someone at a pet store about them mating
2006-06-30 14:20:24 · answer #3 · answered by Dakota 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can't make them do it but one way u know they mated is that the female will bite the males tale if they mated and u will see a peice of the tale is missing another way is that if ur female fish is really getting fat each day for 7 days then eggs will pop out
2006-06-30 15:20:10 · answer #4 · answered by sweety 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to do some research, Beta's only mate once a year and at highly specific times. Other than that, keep them seperate. If you do get them to mate, keep the baby's seperate or they'll be mommy chow.
2006-06-30 14:22:41 · answer #5 · answered by Shadow Dance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are suppose to separate betta fish or the male is going to eat the female
2006-06-30 14:26:33 · answer #6 · answered by poohinet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had two betta fish and had to keep them seperate. They are fighting fish. Both of them would charge the plastic deivider and swim around all pissed off if they saw eachother, or their own reflection....
One of them actually got some fungus disease and his face fell off. It turned white and he stopped eating then he was A floatin'! So I would watch for that..
Fish are fish, I would leave the breeding up to whoever breeds bettas? lol
2006-06-30 14:19:01 · answer #7 · answered by kaliraized 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mating depends on the size take you keep them in. It will be very hard to do, but if you wanted to try e-mail me and I'll help you. There is to much information to dull out in here.
2006-06-30 16:20:17 · answer #8 · answered by Belle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is blowing bubbles he is creating a nest for their eggs. DOn't disturb them until after the eggs are laid, and then seperate them. He'll have no use for her anymore, and may attack her.
2006-06-30 14:20:27 · answer #9 · answered by Holly p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you're gonna get them to mate...if they do, they probably won't do it while you're watching em! haha...but they are aggressive fish, so wouldn't surprise me if he eats the female! good luck!
2006-06-30 14:18:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋