my betta fish layed eggs!!!! i have a male betta though.... and he layed them.....will they hatch??

Question

i found a whole nest of them. more than 50 eggs! but my betta is a male.....and i never had a female.....help!

i am positive its a boy the guy who gave it 2 me said so... but if they hatch....ill need 50 fish bowls!!!!

Answer 1

Your male betta didn't lay eggs. They make bubble nests and they do this because they want a girlfriend. I have a betta (male) and he makes them all the time.

Answer 2

Bubblenests, also spelled bubble nests and bubble-nests, created by some fish species, are floating masses of bubbles blown with an oral secretion, spit bubbles, and occasionally aquatic plants, or an area for egg deposit attached at the bottom.

These nest are always built by the male and their size, position and shape depends on the species. The nest is most often made at the water surface among floating plants. Some fish incorporate plants into the nest while others made entirely of bubbles. After spawning, the eggs float up into the bubble nest, or are carried there held in the mouth by the male. The male protects the brood by chasing away the female and any other intruders, concentrating on the eggs in the nest, retrieving any eggs or fry that fall from the nest and keeping the nest in repair.

Bubble nests are built even when not in presence of female or fry. Males will build bubble nests of various sizes and thicknesses, depending on the male's space and personality. Some males build constantly, some occasionally, some when introduced to a female and some do not even begin until after spawning. Some nests will be large, some small, some thick.

Answer 3

Betta Fish Eggs

Answer 4

When male betta are ready to nest the "blow" a bubble nest on the top of the water. This is the only time they are willing to have another betta with them, and that's only until they mate and the female lays eggs. If you just have a male then there aren't any eggs in the nest. If you do want eggs though, buy a female betta but don't put it in until the male has made his bubble nest again. Hope it helped.

Answer 5

The male beta lays a bubblenest. Thats what that is its just bubbles. Usually if the male has a nest you then introduce a female and they will breed. The male will pick up the fertilised eggs that the female will drop and put them into the nest until they hatch. But you do have to take the female out as she will eat the eggs.

Answer 6

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Male bettas will build a bubble nest when they are in the mood. Nothing to do with the presence of a female--more likely it's related to water temp and feeding.

If you want to breed bettas, you will need more than just another 10 gallon tank. Keeping the female separate is important, but you also must be able to house all the fry--and for males, that means individual tanks fairly quickly. There are lots of good resources for raising bettas have you done all your research first?

A lot of people underestimate what is involved when breeding bettas. As OG said, as the male fry age, they will each need a separate tank/container. That can mean 150 individual quart containers that need to be water changed and fed and maintained temperature wise.

Also, a lot of the time, there is no demand for bettas because of their availability at a pet store for very little money. Many people who raise bettas cannot get rid of them all and end up with bettas they originally didn't intend to keep.

You might find that you would need to sell them online. In which case you'd need to package them properly for shipping and whatnot.

If you were very serious about this, you would invest in a pair of true breeding worthy fish, say from topbettas.com, and that way they wouldn't be "plain" veil tails that are available everywhere you turn.

If you do your research and are still interested, I could get you in contact with someone I know that raises bettas to sell.

EDIT: There is also always the risk of having your female or even male killed in an attempted breeding session. Unless you know how to read the signs of the fish, what seems like a harmless love bite may turn deadly. It happens quite a bit.

Answer 7

What he's doing is building a nest. Small white 'bubbles" thats for the female to lay her eggs in. If you want to breed betas put a divider in your tank between the m/f, when she gets big with eggs put a styrofoam cup cut in half in the males side and turn off the air pump or it will wreck his nest. He'll blow those bubbles up under the cup . When its done remove the divider(glass so they can see each other) so they can breed and she will deposit her eggs in the nest. When she is done saperate them or he will kill her, no joke they are very protective. Once the eggs ore laid take out the male ,leave off the pump on that side , babys in about a week. MOney making babies I might add. Its hard to get all this just right, good luck. If in doubt hold a mirror to the tank, if it puffs up and attacks its a male!!

Answer 8

There is a huge sexual dymporphism between male and femal betta fish. The males are VERY colorful and have fancy fins. The females don't even look like stereotypical bettas. They are sort of a muddy brown color.
That being said, if your fish is very colorful and has long fancy fins, you do indeed have a boy, and what you think are eggs are not...it's a nest. They build nests out of air bubbles. Males will do this in the wild to entice females to mate with them.

Answer 9

Unless the person who gave it to you was God then I would say that this is pretty hard evidence that you have got a girl fishie.

They won't hatch regardless. Did you miss sex ed? It takes a boy and a girl. The eggs weren't fertilized.

In regards to the above answer. There are short finned males as well as females with beautiful finnage. I have three females and one could be mistaken for a male. The quality of breeding can effect color quality just as much as sex does. There are some pale, ugly male fish out there. If you go to a good breeder you can get beautiful females.

Answer 10

Beta Fish Eggs