Betta Spawning— Help!!!?

Question

my female betta has been displaying herself to the male confined in a seperate place, she has vertical stripes and is ready to spawn. The male, however, has been showing off by flaring his gills and darting around the tank but has not yet built a bubblenest. Do I allow them to be together and see if he gradually builds the nest as the plants the eggs, or should I wait and see if he builds one, and if he doesn't I should forget the whole spawning ideas? I need all the answers I can get, Thank You

Answer 1

Here's my basic answer to any one trying to spawn bettas. It should contain the answers to all your questions and get you rolling along. It has served me well for years and years.... but for starters, I would wait on the nest

Breeding tank: A 10 gallon makes a good breeding tank for bettas. Place in on a dark surface and set it up with no gravel or decorations. Use a small sponge filter and a heater. maintain the heat at 78-82, the temperature is not really that critical. Using a hood is a good idea to hold in heat and moisture.

Conditioning: Condition the male in the breeding tank. Condition the female in a seperate tank and be sure they cannot see each other. Feed well on frozen or live foods alternating with flakes or pellets for at least a week. The female should be plump with eggs and the male should be flaring and showing his best color, maybe even building a bubble nest.

Spawning: Drop the water level in the breeding tank to about 5" deep. Place the female in a bowl or other container next to the breeding tank so that the male can see her. As soon as there is a good bubble nest in the breeding tank add the female. Check for eggs in the bubble nest every few hours. You know they are finished when the female is hiding from the male and he no longer leaves the nest to chase her down. He will also not be trying to attract her to the nest. At this time remove the female from the breeding tank. If they fail to breed within a few hours go back and repeat the conditioning steps for a week.

Eggs and fry: The eggs will hatch in 2 days. At first the male will collect the babies and return them to the bubble nest, this is normal. Once you see that the babes are able to swim in a normal fashion, remove the male. Now is the time to start feeding the babies. Feed them newly hatched brine shrimp, micro worms or vinegar eels. Feed several times a day for the first week to 10 days. At that time you can start addig some powdered flake food to their diet and begin increasing the water level in the tank.

Care: The babies need very clean water. Do a 50% or more water change every day and be sure to remove any uneaten food or dead babies that you see. Keeping the water clean and changed very often is one of the major keys to sucess. Be sure you cull the brood. Culling is to remove unwanted fish. Remove any deformed fish right away and destroy them.

Rearing and selection: Eventually you will need to split the batch as they will over crowd the 10 gallon. Removing the females to another tank is the best way. The males can stay together without a problem. Continue to feed quality foods of increasing size working your way up to frozen or adult brine shrimp and continue to do large daily water changes. Once they begin to develop color, you should cull based on color. Keep the color you like and remove the rest. Even if you started with two reds you will get a few that are not red or are not evenly colored. If they are near adult size a shop should buy them from you or at least give you some store credit. Be ruthless, keep only the very best to breed with next time around.

The males can stay together basically for their entire lives as long as you never seperate them. Once seperated even for a day they will begin to fight so keep that in mind.

Best of luck and stick with it, you'll have baby betta before you know it!

MM

Answer 2

actual breeding bettas is a thank you to lose money. the attempt and time on my own could make you greater money. Then there is the kit....... Any way the concern with betta fry is they are so small. Even toddler brine shrimp are somewhat too vast. you need an extremely expert food like micro worms or infus(some ingredient or different). Guppy fry are hugh in comparison to maximum tropical barbecue. actual you would be able to desire to study betta talk.

Answer 3

is your female betta "full of eggs"?
if so then get a breeding tank.5 or 10 gallon should be good.fill your breeding tank half way.put some plants so the female betta can hide.cut a styrofoam cup in half and let it float somewhere in the tank.put the male in a cup and let the cup float in the tank for 30 minutes(within 15 minutes of floating dump out half of his water and replace it with the breeding tank water).then put your male in the breeding tank for 30 minutes so he ca get used to the tank.get a cup that the male can see the female and float her in that cup.he might start making his bubblenest.(first 15 minutes do the same as male).then let them do the rest as soon as you dump the female in the breeding tank.female should be showing veritcal stripes.

Answer 4

i was in this place like a week ago
and i skrewed up by RUSHING
how long have they been in there?
the temp is proper 80-82 it will let them know its time to breed?

i had to have mine in for 3 days till it started his nest
then i let her in and it broke but he rebuilt it the same day

so in the end wait at least 2 days

-Ivan

Answer 5

Research if there is something you missed or if there is anything that can go wrong. Check the following websites for hints or tips:

http://www.bettatalk.com/spawning_setup.htm
http://waynesthisandthat.com/bettatricks.htm
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/spawningcost.html