How do you breed bettas if you can't put them in the same tank?
2007-01-22 13:17:38 · 7 answers · asked by kiwi 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
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!
2007-01-22 13:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by fish guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can keep and number of females together (as long as you don't overcrowd), or a male with 1-3 females in a 10 gallon tank. You just can't keep two males together.
Here's a website with info on breeding:
http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/articles/BreedingBettas.html
I've done it twice, myself. The breeding is the easy part - it's raising the fry that's hard!
2007-01-22 16:28:41 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes alot of work and alot of the times they really hurt each other. You need the right temps, water conditions, water levels, a female who is ready, an appropriately sized male, alot of hiding places, and more. And even then, sometimes it doesn't work. Please do alot of research before trying this at home if that is what you intend to do.
2007-01-22 13:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the boys and girls get along. You just can't put two of the same sex in one tank. You should try Googling it!
2007-01-22 13:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not sure do some research on some sort of animal website.
2007-01-22 13:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thi site should tell you all you need
http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm
2007-01-22 13:21:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dunno...
2007-01-22 15:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by :) 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋