Getting bettas to spawn can be tricky, and you have to be very careful or you could end up with a dead betta. What you need is a 10 gallon fish tank, and a cheap air driven sponge filter. You don't want any substrate because if you do have it you will lose lots of eggs. Provide plenty of caves for the female to hide from the male. To start the breeding put the male betta in the tank and put the female in a plastic breeder designed for live-bearers. This way they can get used to each other and get ready for mating. The female must be a little bit smaller than the male so he can wrap around her to squeeze out the eggs. But she can't be too small or he will kill her. So leave the female in the breeder and let the male build his bubble nest. It usually takes a week or so for them to get ready. When the male has a nice big bubble nest, and the female is fat and full of eggs and showing the operculum, let her go and let them do their magic. When they are done remove the female and put her in a tank by herself with very little current so she can recover. The male will tend to the eggs, remove him 2-3 days after the eggs hatch. Feed the fry baby brine shrimp or boil an eggs and make a paste by smashing the yolk and mixing it with water. And get lots of cups ready for the males, as they will begin to fight as they get older. Good luck!
2006-12-23 07:36:40
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answered by fish guy 5
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If you had one Betta in a tank, it was her tank. If you then added 2 more, they are invaders, as far as she is concerned, and she is going to defend her territory. You have to trick them to do it. Remove the female, change or rearrange decor, add the new females, then once they are settled in, you can add the original female. She should think she is in a new tank, and not be such a bully. 3 is insufficient for a sorority, also. You need no less than 4, in at least a 10 gallon tank with hood, heater, and gentle filter. With 2 or 3, you will almost always get some bullying going on. Sometimes, you can do everything right, and still end up with that very aggressive female who will just not get along with the others. When that happens, all you can do is separate her from the others. If you can't keep her in a separate tank or use a divider, you may have to trade her in. Good luck!
2016-05-23 02:06:43
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answered by Anonymous
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A female Betta will fill with eggs and lay them regardless of male presence. He will gather the eggs in his mouth and blow them into a bubble nest, as fertilize them. They will not breed conventionally. The only thing they will do is more than likely kill each other. The Betta name is Siamese fighting fish. There are many reasons for this. Breeding Betta's in captivity requires a system and patience and designing a habitat close to their own, the Nile river basin.--good luck
2006-12-23 06:28:18
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answered by punxsyparty 3
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betta fish arent easy to breed. Sometimes they mate. not all the times. if this happens, the male doesnt want a mate. he just wants to be alone. sometimes males are lazy building bubbling nest(where they put the eggs)
here are links that i used:
http://www.healthybetta.com/
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/kick_beta-breeding.html
2006-12-23 06:45:34
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answered by AvesPro 5
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They are fighting fish first of all there is special techniques for breeding them with special equipment, I haven't heard of a non professional or armature breeder being successful at all.
2006-12-23 06:29:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Beta fsh are also known as fighting fish. They dont like being together with each other. They fight that is why when you go to a pet store they are in seperate bowls.
2006-12-23 06:28:35
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answered by :) 2
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You may have to star t witht two new fish. If you breed a species for too long the dna messes up
2006-12-23 06:25:42
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answered by Anonymous
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thats cause they want to kill each other lol
u cant have the same breed in thier they will kill each other
once u get the other fish out put up a mirror to the one in the fish bowl and it will get the same color cause it will attack mirror image
2006-12-23 06:31:55
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answered by Anonymous
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i didnt know fishes can be breeded. i had mines for a long time (for like 14 years) and how do u know whos female and male?
2006-12-23 06:26:10
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answered by Dorianna Helena 2
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if they flare, that means that they are disliking each other and they want to hurt each other. bettas are very agressive.
2006-12-23 16:39:50
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answered by happyinblue 3
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