If beta fish hate each other so much that they have to be seperated or they'll fight to the death, how do they make babies? Is there a certain time of the year that they are not angry so they can mate?
2007-01-23 01:57:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
In the wild they don't usually fight to the death, they just chase each other out of their territories. The females will stick around if they are ready to breed, and if not they will swim away from the males. We're talking thousands of gallons here so they aren't in constant contact.
Ornamental bettas that you buy in the store are not bred for fighting. They have soft scales and impeeding tails. The only reason they often kill each other is because people put them in such a small space that there is no swimming away from a rival. It is very stressful. Usually you only put the females with the male when she is ready to breed. You can keep them together in a large enough tank without the stress and constant contact killing them.
Fighting bettas are bred to have short fins and hard scales. They don't fight to the death in battles, they are watched very carefully and usually fights consist of posing and one betta backing down. Very little damage is done if the people know how to properly fight them.
2007-01-23 02:06:09 · answer #1 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, more than 1 beta fish in a tank will fight each other, however there is cases of where ive heard beta fish fighting at first, but then making a chain of command that lets them peacefully co exist. Beta fish will fight anything that has fins the size, close to, or bigger than theirs.
2016-03-17 21:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Male beta fish are very territorial, and will fight another male to the death. Male and female betas are more friendly with each other, and do not ever clash over territory... in fact the whole purpose behind having "territory" is to ensure that the male has no competition when attracting females. Only the males are brightly colored (the females are very drab) and so it is easy for them to identify trespassers, even in their natural habitat (mud puddles - I'm not kidding!).
2007-01-23 02:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only male Betas Fight each other to the death and they will kill females if they are not breeding. but for the most part only males fight.
2007-01-24 07:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by rundle90 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the wild betta live in huge rice paddies, pond, streams, and ditches. A male establishes a territory, and defends it from other males. Willing females are mated with, and then driven off to defend the nest. Unwilling females just run, and hide from the male. (Or in the case of more aggressive females beat him up, and take him territory.) Mating and aggression are closely tied together, and mating can be rather rough.
Females are generally always ready to mate if healthy. Of course conditioning is recommended to increase fertility, and reduce fatalities. Breeding betta and raising the fry is complex.
2007-01-23 08:18:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you do is you get a tank with a slide between it with holes all throw it and then you get a male and female beta and put one on one side and the other in the other side and then the male beta blows bubbles to the female and the bubbles have certain things from the male and it mixes with the female and it mixes to together and it performs baby fish
2007-01-23 02:11:26 · answer #6 · answered by jackie b 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is common sense, male and female bettas do not fight. The male will chase the female off sometimes, but they will not fight. Male bettas fight other male bettas in the aquarium. Like it was mentioned in the wild they just chase each other out of their terriotory, they do not kill each other. In the aquarium that is not possible since the weaker male is trapped in the dominate males territory.
2007-01-23 02:48:17 · answer #7 · answered by JCSquardo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it takes 2-3 weeks of conditioning domestic betta splendens before they can spawn. and even then, the female is only in the tank until all the eggs have been put in the nest, then the male chases her off and he takes care of the eggs until the fry are free-swimming, then he's out too!
2007-01-23 02:11:33 · answer #8 · answered by catx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Males will allow the females to be with them only for the amount of time it takes to breed then if they are not removed immediatley they will kill them. In the wild they chase them off.
2007-01-23 02:04:53 · answer #9 · answered by scarfiespudsushi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the male lets the female mate and then when the time of mating is over then comes the fighting and killing there is no time of the year that they are not agresive twords other fish
2007-01-23 02:19:44 · answer #10 · answered by sara 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋