i started with a male fighting fish, his tail seems to get shorter.. is he sick? and recently i just added a female one .. how will i know if she is pregnant? wat to do when she is pregnant? any website for me to see more about fighting fish?
2006-09-15 21:55:22 · 7 answers · asked by innocentme 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Your bettas tail is being eaten away by fin rot. You are feeding too much and the uneaten food is contaminating the water and causing the problem. Do a water change, add salt for freshwater aquariums to treat it and start feeding a lot less. As far as breeding, you should have the bettas separate but able to see each other. The male will go into a frenzy of nest building (put a bit of a clay pot or Styrofoam into the tank to support the nest). The female will start getting round with eggs and you will start seeing a white oviduct protruding from her anus. When she starts getting stripes on her body and starts facing down all the time they are ready to be introduced together. Remove the female once they have spawned and the male once the fry have hatched.
http://www.flippersandfins.net/bettabreedingarticle.htm
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2006-09-16 05:44:46 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chances are your female betta (fighting fish) is tearing the males' fins up. You need to seperate the pair once breeding has taken place.
Keep in mind that betta do not give live birth. The male makes a bubble nest, the female lays her eggs, and then the male fertilizes them and cares for them.
Your female has nothing to do with the clutch after laying it. In fact, she may try to eat the babies---the male will usually become very aggressive towards her as a result, and may even kill her. If he's picking fights, then she may be retaliating by nipping his fins.
Or your male could be suffering from any number of problems: fin/tail rot, ICK, and so on.
Seperate the two ASAP and start adding some salt to your water (It prevents parasites and dangerous nitrate levels). 1/2 tsp per gallon is not too strong and should help.
No one can really tell you anything without more info. Is your males' fins torn looking? Does it look like someone sprinkled him with salt? Is there white cottony stuff on him?
I can't prescribe the right kind of treatment (medicine) without knowing more. Sorry.
2006-09-16 05:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by strayd0g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place both fish in a 10 gallon tank with the tank separated in 2 halves. Place male on one side, female on the other. The male will build a nest on top of the water made up from bubbles. When the female is ready to lay eggs, she will jump over the barrier, The mail will wrap his body around hers. He will then squeeze out the eggs which will start to fall to the bottom of the tank. The female will appear sick or dead and float on the top. The male will scoop up the eggs and blow them into the nest. The female will revive and help the male pick up all the eggs.The process of the male squeezing the female will repeat until all eggs are dispatched. It's amazing, hope you get to see it.
2006-09-16 05:06:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fins on your male fighting fish are slowly being eaten away by the female fish. the siamese fish will not breed until they are ready.seperate the two fish but keep them in clear containers so that they can see each other. when they are ready to breed the male fish willl build a bubble nest at the surface.signifing that he is interested.at that time you might want to put the 2 fish together. the female will not always take to the male kindly and she will attack the male fish fish shredding his fins. if she wants to fight her gill fins will flare outward.remember that these fish do not need an air pump because they have labrinth air gills, meaning that they go to the surface for air. it is important to keep the water clean.fighting fish love to eat frozen blood worms and live brine shrimp. i found that frozen brine shrimp kind of makes the water not so clear.breeding fighting fish is not as easy as breeding mollies you need to find a compatible pair to accomplish sucessful breeding of sianmese fighting fish.
2006-09-16 05:58:45 · answer #4 · answered by experienced fish hobbiest 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are called beta fish... you are NOT supposed to put a male and female together, cuz unless you have about 10 seperate tanks, then you're kinda screwed... unless you wanted to start a beta breeding farm....
2006-09-16 05:10:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I thought this was a fishing question. I was going to tell you to use a stiffer rod! Sorry!
2006-09-16 05:07:19 · answer #6 · answered by basscatcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.bettatalk.com
that's all I can say.
2006-09-16 08:20:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋