why is my male betta attacking my female?

Answer 1

some males will attack the females but are you sure they aren't mating. He will chase her for a few days. The male will make bubbles that float all around the top of the bowl. When she starts laying eggs, he will take them and put them in the bubbles (1 egg per bubbly) He looks like he is eating them but he just gathers a bunch at a time. THIS IS WHEN I THOUGHT MY MALE WAS KILLING THE FEMALE. THEY WRAP THEMSELVES AROUND THE FEMALE AND SQUEEZE MORE EGGS OUT. After he quits doing it he gathers the eggs and she lays in a stupor for a minute or so. I thought mine was dead a couple of times. He keeps doing this to her for quite some time. I did not know this at the time so I removed her from the tank cause I thought he would kill her. But if they do have eggs, get the female out immediately. He will kill her then. He watches the eggs. It takes about a week for them to hatch. Then get him out cause he will eat them.

Answer 2

Generally outside of breeding males will attack females. Of course mating is pretty rough too, and once it's over the males will defend the nest from the female. Successfully breeding bettas is pretty complex, and you need to realize it can produce nearly a hundred babies. Generally I find that bettas are happier alone. (If you want to make your betta happy get a larger tank not a friend.)

Females will generally fight with other females, and some will even fight with males. If you've got a large tank with lots of hiding spots you can generally keep females together. (1 per 5-10 gallons) Realize even with a larger tank some females will need separate housing. I've got 3 Betta females in a 30 gallon community tank with my mollies.

Note that despite all of the above bettas are quite peaceful to other fish unless the have big flowy fins. Every time I added a male betta to a community tank I had to remove him as he was being picked on.

Answer 3

Male and female bettas should NOT be housed together unless you intend to mate them, as they will hurt each other.

And even if you are planning on mating them, you need to make sure that they are both ready to mate. Has the male built his bubblenest? Is the female starting to look heavy with eggs? If not, don't put them together.

And, even while they are mating, they get very violent. They will bite each other's bodies and fins, and there is a chance that one of them will die. After the mating is done (after the male knocks all the eggs out of the female and he starts picking them up and putting them in the bubblenest), you need to remove the female, as they will continue to fight and disturb the bubblenest.

I surely hope you have these guys in a filtered and heated tank.

Answer 4

Don't U mean ur male Betta is chasing your female? Fishes all do that in order to reproduce new babies. Just wait for a few months, may be U'll receive some new baby fish.

Answer 5

Describe "attacking" Males will kinda of
Rub the sides of the female in an attempt to
get her ready for the reproduction process.

Answer 6

Because they are fighting fish and usually when things fight they are attacking each other. That's why they aren't supposed to be housed together except for the short time they are breeding and before you even try to breed them you need to read up on it. It's time consuming and can be costly.

Answer 7

Betas are very aggressive fish. They're best kept alone. If you choose to breed them, provide seperate accomodations except when mating.

Answer 8

he obviosly doesn't want 2 share a tank with her and wants 2 kill her that happened 2 1 of my betas when i tried 2 breed them

Answer 9

male bettas are fighters.

Answer 10

Their betas, you usually don't want to put them together because they are known to be the 'fighting fish'.