Bettas breeding is this normal?

Question

i tried to breed my dragon hmpk with a blue female. well first of all, the male is really friendly so the female can swim around without getting beat up. many times i see both of them under the bubble nest but the female always swim away and wont start embracing with the male. till one time i saw them embracing but they messed up and the female swims away. from time to time they will meet up and try to embrace but they always fails and she swims away. it was like this for about 3 days but no eggs are layed... is the male not experience?? and is this normal because i breed bettas before and this never happen..

Answer 1

Yes, that happens sometimes. It's usually when you have an inexperienced male and / or a young female. As long as he's not hurting her, just let them stay together for up to a week. If you see no eggs in a week, then you will probably need to separate them and try again after a few days of extra conditioning. On very rare occasion you can get a fish or a pair that never do quite work it out.

MM

Answer 2

Please ignore the answer above, the eggs are not laid in the male nor does the male become food for the fry. Obviously they employ quality people at petsmart.

Whats happening is just due to inexperience. separate them feed them good quality live foods like brine shrimp and blood worm and also quality pellets and flakes then put them back together in a week when the female will be plump with eggs.

Answer 3

Female bettas lay the eggs IN the male Betta if you don't want your male betta to die i suggest you not breed them. The male betta becomes food for the babies.

Answer 4

this is just a mating ritual till a bond is established dont worry.

Answer 5

Your lucky, I can't even get the two to like each other.