what is the mating behavior of Siamese Betta fishes?

Question

mine are separated in a tank divider and they either seem to want to mate with each other or fight with one another.

Answer 1

That's typical of bettas really. When a male betta is ready to mate he will be active and will build a bubble next on the surface of the water. A female betta will be plump with eggs and usually have what is called an egg spot showing. That's a little white bump on her belly. When they are put together the male will complete his nest and will entice the female under it. Often quite a bit of chasing goes on during this time. Once under the nest together, the male will wrap himself around the female and help her squeeze out the eggs. As he does so he also fertilizes the eggs. She will have about a dozen at the time this way. He will then release her and pick up the eggs in his mouth and blow them into the nest while the female moves away and rests. They will repeat this several times, maybe as many as 15-20 times. Once the female has laid all of her eggs, the male will chase her away from the nest and start guarding the eggs. When he does that you need to remove the female from the tank. He will guard the nest and also pick up any eggs that fall out of the nest and blow them back into it until the fry hatch and become free swimming. At that point he should be removed from the tank as well.

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Answer 2

It can be hard to tell sometimes what their intentions are from their behavior. Both the males and females will flare their fins and gill covers so it looks like they're ready to fight.

Is one of the fish a female? Females will have shorter fins (although some males also have short fins), plus vertical stripes and an egg spot (ovipositor) on the abdomen when she's ready to spawn (see photos: http://www.flippersandfins.net/faq.htm#malefemale ). Males will build a bubble nest on the surface to show a female he's interested.

If you've got two males, they will only be interested in fighting. The constant presence of another male can be stressful for them, so it would be a good idea to use plants or something they can see through where the divider is.

You can find more info on their behavior, and how to spawn them and raise fry (assuming they are different sexes!) at this website: http://www.bettatalk.com/

Answer 3

it is something which you basically do no longer do! Please be a to blame fish proprietor and not in any respect positioned bettas mutually (different than 5 or greater women as copperhead pronounced, or maybe this could circulate undesirable) you would be taking the possibility of the two one in each and every of them being heavily injured and dyeing. positioned there tanks beside one yet another, positioned them in a divided tank ,yet do no longer positioned them interior a similar tank. additionally 3 liters is decrease than a gallon. Bettas could have a minimum of a million gallon (approximately 4 liters) to themselves. blending men and ladies could purely be carried out while breeding (and that could desire to be left to experienced breeders), and that they are in the present day separated in a while. in case you will possibly opt to have a woman and a male (or yet another woman) you could desire to get an more desirable tank and separate it or get 2 tanks (4 liters or greater) and residing house them one after the different.

Answer 4

Well, with all fish, they are usally *stuck* together for some time.