Female Beta Fish?

Question

what do i feed my female beta.
if i breed them how will i know there ready
and if they have babies do they stay with dad or go to mom
do i put them together after,or keep mom and dad seperate

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Feed them a variety of foods including flakes, baby brine, black worms and freeze dried tubifex worms.

You'll know the female is ready when she becomes very plump (gravid) with eggs.

The babies will stay with day and you'll have to remove mom. Here is the scoop on breeding bettas.

To spawn bettas you need to first prepare the fish.

You'll need to make sure you feed them extra well, and provide a wide variety of foods. Betta's do well with meaty foods and many will feed them black worms in preparation to breeding them.

Now you'll want to introduce the females to the males. I find that the easiest way to do this is to put a divider in the tank and have the male on one side and the female(s) on the other. This will allow the male to see the females and vice versa, but not allow the male to beat up the females.

Alternatively you can put in several females into the tank with the male which will spread out his aggression.

Once you notice that a female is becoming gravid (filled with eggs) you should remove all of the other females and put the male and female together in the tank.

You should lower the water level in the tank so that there is about 3-4 inches of water in the tank. You'll also want to minimize any water movements as this will effect the ability of the male to build a bubble nest. You can do this by using a simply sponge filter and a small air pump for filtration.

The male will build a bubble nest at the top of the tank. This is where the eggs will be put once they are fertilized.

When the female is ready she will move up towards the bubble nest and they will do the mating dance, at which point she will start dropping eggs. The male will fertilize the eggs and then put them into the nest.

Once the egg laying stops you need to move the female to a different tank and leave the male with the eggs.

Here is a good article on breeding bettas:
http://www.aquaria.info/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=311

Answer 3

You can usually find Betta food at "Wall-mart" or a pet store. O k, this will take a while. When you find a male and female Betta that you want to breed place there separate bowls or tanks together for at least three weeks so they get acquainted. Then purchase a 5 gallon tank for them to breed in. Put gravel and plants that reach the surface of the water. Put the male Betta in first and just put the females bowl in the tank so they remain separate. when the female is ready to mate she will have a slightly plump belly and you should be able to spot two neon yellow lines running the length of the females body. when you see this then put the female in the 5 gallon tank withe the male Betta. Watch the two of them for a while. if one of the two fish is nipping the others tail then remoove that one. If not read the rest of the paragraph.If he hasen't already then now he will begin building a sheet of bubbles on the serface of the water called a buble nest. This is were the eggs will be kept.

when the Bettas mate thefemale will relese about three eggs at a time wich the male will take in his mouth to the bubble nest. after about an hour or so they will be done mateing. It is criticle at this stage to remove the female as the male will defend the eggs from anything he sees as a thret which includes the female. the eggs will hatch in about four days. at this time you can remoove the male so he dosen't try to eat any young. feed them powdered food untill they are about three months old . by then you can feed them freshly hatched brine shrimp. when the are abou six to nine weeks old remoove the males from the females and also place the males in diferent containers so the do not fight. you can sell them when they are six months old. few!!!

Answer 4

I found that when I breed them , I feed both parents mosquito larva . You should have them separated , the male blows a bubble nest , that is when you put the female in with him ,he will squeeze the eggs from the female and put them into the nest .
when this happens remove the female from the male (otherwise she will eat the young ) the male will look after them .
Feed the young on brin shrimp ,then separate the young from the male when old enough the young take about 48 hours to hatch
GOOD LUCK they are not the easiest fish to breed

Answer 5

No, beta fish do no longer shed pores and epidermis..men are bigger and are very colourful, they have have been given bigger fins and tails..in addition they are very aggressive and turn out to be brighter as quickly as they think approximately threatened..they are in a position to blow up their faces so as that they supply the effect of being like little balloons whilst they're on the attack..women are small, are obtainable in hues in spite of the undeniable fact that are very uncomplicated gazing..they do no longer choose the plumage that adult men have and tails are on the instant and small..if your beta is dropping it probable tail rot or a disease properly-called ick..the two ailments will consume away on the gills and make the mouth look like it is rotting..Ick will make the finss look to sluff off and that they are going to get little tiny white dots everywhere the physique..maximum shops grant remedies for each..

Answer 6

You feed the females the same as the males. Either specialized Betta food ("Betta Bits" is what I use); or blood worms, either dried, frozed, or live.
You can bred them, but you need at least 3 females per male, and make sure you take the females out after they lay the eggs. When the eggs hatch, you must take out the male.

Answer 7

This is a good ?. I didnt know they sold female beta's. All i know is that male betas need to be alone. If not they will attack the other fish. And at the pet store you should be able to get betta food. I give betta flakes

Answer 8

Drop in the RUM.

Answer 9

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