Beta fish mate??

Question

I have 1male beta n 1 female. I just put them in the same tank, n he started chasing after her with his things flarring up. What does that mean, cuz they were by each otha, but then he just chased her around put they wasnt fighting, or was he jus tryna pick a fight????
I want them 2mate, but i dont kno how

Answer 1

They need to be in good breeding condition before being placed in the same tank. You really need to plan well in advance too. How are you going to feed and house all those baby bettas if they breed? You need to have stuff ready. I have been breeding bettas for years and this system works for me

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 separate 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 success. 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 separate them. Once separated 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

Hard to say. The male might kill her before she lays her eggs. Only put them in the tank together for a few hours at a time. And AS SOON as she does lay the eggs get her out of there or she will likely be killed. The male will be the one taking care of the eggs not the mother.

Be sure you know what your going to do with all the baby fish once they are born!!!

Answer 3

I had a couple of beta fish when I was younger and one day when I had come home from school there were about 10 little beta fish in the tank.

They will mate probably in the dead of night just be looking for the little ones to show up one day.

Answer 4

Please listen to MagicMan. Breeding Betta's are alot of work and you need to be very prepared to raise the fry. You have to make sure you have grow out tanks and such. Also you have to make sure you have food for the fry. Please do more research before trying this or you will lose every fry due to starvation or disease. The parents have to be well conditioned before even thinking about breeding. Please go to www.bettatalk.com or do a search on "how do I breed Betta's"

Answer 5

you put a girl in a contain floatin in the tank you let the male swim free the male will bullie her around flaring and pushin her maybe a bite here and there then your girl will get verical lines the male will blow a bubble nest the male will wrape around the girl nd squezz the babys out he will place them in the bubble nest if you have more questions message me

Answer 6

u have to put two females in the tank and let him choose one then you can tell because the one he dosen't like he will try to kill so take the second female out and once they have mated take the female and eggs out or he will kill them also hard process but go to your local pet shop good luck

Answer 7

dont let them mate, you will loose a female betta.... im sorry, but look up some care sheets on google.com

Answer 8

he is mating with her that is the way Bettas do it mail Bettas are aggressive like that