I have a male Betta that I have decided to breed. I got a beautiful female and placed her in a little tank beside his. They have been showing off for one another fine but she still has to wait awhile to breed as she is small. My question is that today as he was building a great bubble nest, she started to bubble as well. Not half as much and her bubbles are all around the top of her tank. I was just wondering if that was normal. I just put her there to get them aquainted and plan on removing her from view in a day or so and waiting about a month to reintroduce her. The bubbles were just something that I didn't expect from my female. Anyone?
2006-10-11 17:05:00 · 6 answers · asked by frosty563 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
One wonders if some of responders have actually bred bettas, or owned males and females. While the males are the main nest builders. Some females will help out building the bubble nest, and even pick up the eggs and put them back in the nest. Of course other females will happily eat the eggs. That said most males won't let female near the nest after all the mating is done. Often the female is in a fair bit of danger if left in after mating. You never know what will happen when you put a pair together.
Keeping them in sight long term is generally bad for mating as they may get too use to each other. Or the male might be constantly stressed out.
2006-10-11 20:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can I make a recommendation here? You need more than one female to breed with a male. The males are overly aggressive sometimes and he will tire out this female. I know they are side by side in different tanks, but please get her some other females for company.
Lets make sure she is not sick and let her have about two weeks to figure this out.
If all is well, introduce a few more females with her. Then introduce all of them to the male. He will have a glorious time and he won't stress out any one female. After they have been exposed to one another for about 4 weeks, move the females and the male to a different tank. Otherwise they will eat the fry.
Good Luck and Take Care
2006-10-11 17:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fmale blows bubbles and the female stores the eggs in the bubbles. dont pop them
2006-10-11 17:08:31 · answer #3 · answered by Cortni W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the experience that your bettas stay amicably contained in the comparable tank, they're in all risk the two male. i found out (the complicated way) that they might't stay jointly contained in the comparable tank....confident she lived, cos we intervened proper away!! women do no longer make bubble nests. i think of they blow bubbles to get your interest....
2016-10-02 05:19:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My betta did that too..I thought it was depressed and that it was making a BUNCH OF AIR BUBBLES, AND THAN IT WAS GOING TO BREATHE THEM ALL IN AND KILL ITSELF cause fish can't breathe oxygen...but I dont know what it is..but yes its normal. Maybe its sick..cause my betta died not too much longer after it started doing that.
2006-10-11 17:08:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bubbles are a nest .That is where she will deposit her eggs.
2006-10-11 21:44:21 · answer #6 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋