How will you know when the males bubble next is ready for the eggs?

Answer 1

You don't really need to know, they will handle those details for you. The main thing you need to watch for is not when to put the female on the breeding tank, but when to take her out! Here's a great article on breeding bettas that should help you out alot.

Answer 2

More importantly, you should know if your female has any eggs and is she ready to spawn with the male... If you put them together and she is not ready, he will kill her. Read through these guidlines and you should be OK. This is what I have done for years and it works 90% of the time.

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 3

As long as the male and female are both showing signs of intrest in the other then they can be put together, the male won't show and act like he's ready unless he's confident in his nest. if it's not ready he'll fix it up as needed.

if you need any help with breeding I suggest going to this site:
http://bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm
http://bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm