How can you tell if your female betta has eggs?does she have then at any certain time?

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Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Here is the lowdown on how to spawn bettas, good luck!

Keep the male and female separate and feed them good high protein food for about 2-3 weeks before you put them together to spawn. The female's belly will swell with eggs and she will develop a small white spot under her stomach by her anal opening. This will indicate she is ready for the male.

Float her in a jar in the male's tank (no gravel on the bottom) so he can see her and become excited. He will then build a bubble nest. When the nest is large (2-3 inches in diameter and about a half inch thick) slowly release the female so you don't disturb the nest.

Now you must watch them very carefully for the next 2-3 hours. If she is not ready to spawn with the male, he will kill her. If she is ready and he is inexperienced, he may damage her. You may need to put her back into the jar for a while longer. If all goes well, they will wrap around each other and as she expells the eggs, he will fertilize them. He then picks them up and puts them in the nest. This can go on for up to an hour. When she is out of eggs, she will start running away from him and you need to remove her so he doesn't kill her.

The male then cares for the nest and the eggs until they hatch. Once they hatch, he will tend the babies (fry) until they are free swimming. After that, he may eat them because they will not stay in the nest any longer and may appear to be strangers.

A very fine powdered food is required because the fry are so small. Feed at least 3 times a day and keep a light on so they can find the food. Once they grow a little, you can feed them newly hatched brine shrimp, again, at least 3 times a day. The most important thing for fry is clean water and plenty of high protein food. Siphon the uneaten food and debris off the bottom every day. Bacteria is the fry's worst enemy.

Bettas are tropical fish from southeast Asia (Thailand, formerly Siam). The proper name is betta (pronounced bet-tah, not bay-tah) splendens. They come from water temps in the area of 78-82 degrees and should therefore have a heater in their tank. Never keep one in a small bowl, the temp fluctuations between night and day in your home will cause a lot of stress and eventually compromise their immune systems. Opportunistic bacteria and parasites will then attack them and cause sickness and eventually death. Fading color and listlessness is a sign of stress and impending illness.

Bettas are solitary fish who must not be kept with others of their species. Males will kill males and males will kill females unless the female is ready to spawn. He will kill her after spawning if she cannot get away from him. The male guards the nest and takes care of the eggs and then the babies (fry) until they become free swimming. A group of females can be kept together, they are not agressive to their own species like the males. In the wild, bettas live as long as 5-7 years.... in our "care, they are lucky to last for 2-3 years.

Answer 2

A betta makes a bubble nest on the top of the water to lay the eggs in. If she has a bulbous belly and making a nest she has eggs. If she is just creating bubbles it may just be behavioral.

For the record, Caviar is fish eggs, so fish indeed do lay eggs. There are types that give live birth, but these are a very low percentage of the whole.

Answer 3

Female Betta with darker colour is easier to see if she's carrying egg, her abdomen will be swollen and you can see a yellowish tinge near the rear of the abdomen.

For a lighter colour betta, you can only guess from the size of her abdomen.

Betta can breed anytime, as there are from equatorial countries that does not have winters. They can bred throughout the year.

Answer 4

Fish do not have eggs. I have had many and I meen many pregnet fish and when they have babyes they do not lay eggs. They come out as regular baby fish.They might be hard to see though because they are really really tiny. If you have other fish in the fish tank then they might not live for a long time. Also the mother might eat them if she doesn't get enough food. You can tell if they are pregnet when they are really fat. They will get really big (fat) and then when they have the babys then they go back to their normal size. GOOD LUCK!

Answer 5

adult males are far greater colourful than women and the fins are see you later that they are generally particularly lose and floppy. women fins are short sufficient to be held erect in any respect cases. you will be able to additionally attempt conserving a small reflect as much as the bowl. If a male sees himself he will start to reveal his complete finnage and a ruff of gills around his neck. Its puzzling to combine them with others becaue others will initiate rip the bettas fins...even those fish that often dont try this. additionally the betta could be aggressive with others. i exchange into waiting to maintain a betta with neons and black molly

Answer 6

answer1 is somewhat right livebearers will have live babys mollys guppies platies and swordtails are livebearers. others have eggs others like bettas , the male (prettier colorful not brown) one will make bubbles at the top and the female will lay eggs . he will fertilize them and then spit them in the bubbles at the top!!!

AND THE MALES MAKE THE BUBBLES ON TOP for the record.