my betta eggs?

Question

would the male eat the baby eggs or would the female would i dont know please help

Answer 1

The male takes care of the eggs and the babies (fry) after they hatch. You must remove the female or the male will kill her.

Here is a step by step process of betta spawning procedures if you haven't already gotten it from somewhere else.

A male betta cannot be kept with another male betta. They will fight to the death. Male bettas can be kept with many other fish, however. You must be careful not to put the betta with aggressive or semi-agressive fish that will nip his long flowing fins. Bettas are slow and cannot defend themselves against quick moving barbs, tetras, gouramis, etc.
Females cannot be housed with males, because the only time a male tolerates a female is when the female is in condition to mate and is full of eggs for him to fertilize and take care of. Yes the male takes care of the eggs and fry (babies) after hatching until they are free swimming.

Bettas are tropical fish from the Southeast Asian country of Thailand. Thailand was formerly called Siam and that is why bettas are also called Siamese fighting fish. They were originally bred to fight each other so they could be wagered on like roosters or pit bulls.

There are quite a few strains of bettas, some with short fins that look like the original fighters, some with double tails, some with long extensions on the rays of the fins (called crowntails) and many, many color variations of all of them.

Breeding bettas is not easy, but can be accomplished if you are willing to do it right. You must keep them apart while you condition them with good high protein food for about two weeks. Once the female is fat and shows a white dot close to her anal opening, she is ready to spawn.

Both tanks must be kept at or about 78 degrees. The breeding tank should have an air stone that bubbles slightly so as not to disturb the nest (preferably in the opposite end of the tank from the nest).

Float her in a jar in the male's tank so he can see her. If he has not already started a bubble nest, he should start one in a day or so. If he has one started, he will add to it until it is roughly 3-4 inches in diameter and about a half inch high.

Once he has the nest built, slowly release the female, without disturbing his nest. You must now watch them for the next couple hours. If she is ready, they will start the spawning. They will wrap around each other and as she releases the eggs, he will fertilize them. Next he will pick them up in his mouth and place them into the nest. They will repeat this until she has no more eggs to give him. He will then chase her away or kill her if she cannot get away. You need to remove her at this time to save her life. This will happen in the course of 2-3 hours or sooner if she doesn't have a lot of eggs.

The male will then tend to the eggs and keep up the nest until the eggs hatch in about 3-5 days. You will see lots of little tiny tails hanging down from the nest if you look closely at the under side of the nest. If one becomes dislodged, he will retrieve it and spit it back into the nest.

Once the fry start swimming on their own and straying from the nest he will give up trying to keep them under control and you need to remove him to another tank. Increase the air stone bubbles now so the water surface does not develop a film that could be fatal to the fry as they develop their air breathing (anabantoid) chamber.

Start feeding them VERY fine food three to four times a day as soon as they are free swimming. Infusoria is excellent, as is mashed up hard boiled egg yolk in water. When they get a little larger, start them on baby brine shrimp (BBS). These can be bought frozen at better pet stores. If you do not feed properly, they will not grow and will develop deformities if the tank is not kept spotless.

Keep the fry tank perfectly clean (siphon debris with air line tubing) and do 30-40% water changes every 3-4 days. Keep feeding them good and in a few weeks the males will start fighting and you will have to separate all of them so they don't kill each other. Good luck!

BTW, the name is pronounced bet-tah, not bay-tah.

Answer 2

Remove the female as the male will probably kill her after he's done squeezing her eggs out.
The male builds the bubble nest. He tends to it. Any eggs that fall from it, he'll bring back to the nest. Don't use filtration as it will disturb the eggs at this stage of the game. The fry will hatch in about 24 - 48 hours. When first born, they can't swim and will die if the male is not there to take care of them. Make sure to continue feeding him so he does not get hungry enough to eat the eggs or newly hatched fry. Once the babies are free swimming, remove him from the tank.

Answer 3

The male would take care of the eggs. If the female has eggs with no male around, she'll eat them.

Answer 4

The female must be removed from the tank after mating or the male will kill her.

The male takes care of the eggs. Once they hatch he must also be removed or he will eat the baby bettas.

Answer 5

The nature of your question shows that you need more information than this format would give. Go out and buy a good book on Bettas,or on all Anabantidae, it need not be expensive, but you need information not only on spawning but also on the care and feeding of the fry.

Answer 6

i don't know but i think the mom will get eaten im thinking i cant really remember.