beta breeding?

Question

does the male beta's tank has to be next to the female's tank to get the male to make a bubble nest? my female is ready to breed, but the male hasn't made the nest yet. the females egg thing is popping out, but the male hasn't built the nest. =[ any foods to help the male get ready?

Answer 1

Some times the male won't build a nest until the female is in the tank with him. If you have been keeping his water clean and keeping him well fed, no doubt he's ready.

MM

Answer 2

It sounds like the female will pop her eggs out before they are ready. :-[ Unfortunately there isn't anything you can do because the nest isn't made. That would be best anyway. That would give the male a good amount of time to make the bubble nest.

Make sure that the male and female's tanks are right up against eachother so they can see eachother. The best thing to feed them are live/frozen blood worms, or live brine shrimp.

When the male starts to make his nest, and there is a part of the surface that is completely covered with no "holes", you should introduce the female.

They WILL fight and where eachother down, but thats just betta love... tough love. You should start feeding them mainly live food, like blood worms, which you can get at a local fish tank store.

The nest can get up to an inch high, and the female will become bloated when she is ready. When the time comes, they will do their dirty dance and the male will squeeze the eggs out of her, which will all go to the bottom. the male may spend hours picking up the eggs in his mouth and putting them in the nest.

When the eggs are all in the nest, you should try to get the female out WITHOUT disturbing the nest AT ALL!!! It should be kinda easy because she will be very tired from squeezing the eggs out **gross!**.

If you can't get her out without disturbing the bubble nest, the male will kill her, and if she survives, she will eat the eggs. If worst comes to worst, just let the male kill her :-{ and then take her out.

The male will watch the babies for a couple days, and then you should take him away from them.

You should feed the babies either finely chopped worm chunks **eeww!** or you can grind up betta food into a powder, mix it with water, then put it in the tank with the babies.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Answer 3

Breeding bettas is not easy, but can be accomplished if you are willing to do it right. This is the method that has worked for me over the years. You must keep them apart while you condition them with good high protein food for about two weeks. Frozen brine shrimp and blood worms is what I have used.

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 clean jar (a wide mouthed mayonaise jar with the label removed will work well) 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 4

A lot of males wont make the nest until the female is with him. Some males will make them because they are happy, not because they are ready to breed.

I really hope you have done all your research in Betta breeding. Hopefully you have a big enough tank for the breeding, the right set up for a breeding, are ready to sit infront of a tank for hours so you can get the female out right after the breeding before the male kills her, have good homes lined up for over 100 fry, have enough places to keep over 100 fry until they are able to go to new homes as at a very young age they have to be seperated from their siblings, ect. Not to mention the food question makes me guess you haven't even properly fed the fish to get them ready for a healthy spawn. Weak parents = Weak fry.

Answer 5

if your male don't build one then maybe just maybe it doesn't want to spawn. but for the mean time get a 10 gallon tank w/ heater and filter get some plants so the female can hide. NO GRAVEL. put a half cut (cutting down) paper cup paper cup on the side on tank try to tape it and the male will build its nest there.

Answer 6

Males make nests when they're happy with their environment and such. Maintain his water and keep him happy. All three of my boys have mini nests right now :D

Answer 7

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