how do fighting fishes multiply?

Answer 1

This has to happen at the right time - only when both female and male are ready. Otherwise, they might kill each other. The male builds a "bubble nest" and waits under it. When the female is ready to mate, she comes over the the male and he fertilizes the eggs and spits them up into the bubble nest where they stay until they hatch. The male waits around under the nest, constantly blowing back any fallen eggs, until the baby fish hatch. Even after they hatch they stay in the bubble nest until they can swim on their own. Until this time, the Daddy fish has stayed around to guard them constantly.

Answer 2

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 adding 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 3

Betta's spawn. Females carry eggs and the male will wrap his body around the female and squeeze the eggs out while he fertilizes them. It is a process that could be fatal to one or both of the fish if not watched carefully. MM has the full answer as to the how to's. And actually breeding Betta's aren't that expensive, it just takes patience and some knowledge and alot of work.

Answer 4

this is how I'm not going to tell you what you need right now but if you still want to know email me. First you have the female and male betta seperated or in a large tank with many other hiding spots and fish the male eventually will blow a bubble nest then the female will lay eggs

Answer 5

assuming you mean bettas, honestly - i'd say stay away from trying to breed them. it can actually be deadly to the male. also, if you put a male and female together at a time where they're not "in the mood" the female can actually eat the male. you have to have a big aquarium and special equipment. and if you do get luckly have have babies, you need more tanks cuz they male and female can't be together. then you need a new container for every male that the couple has (females can be together). HOWEVER, TO ANSWER you question, they multiply usually because a breeder knows how to do it :-)

Answer 6

Mud's answer is pretty good, and I'd follow it, only the thing is, this answer is pretty much word for word from another answerer I've seen on here, I think from LuvinLife or it might have been Barb I am not sure. Not that the answer is wrong, but I can tell you if I need to go back and look up previous answers, this answer was copied from another id.

JV

I stand slightly corrected, it's just word for word off the link, but I knew I had seen that link in other answers, my bad.

Answer 7

it is maximum probable that for the period of your particular subject your betta fish isn't enjoying yet is in reality combating/ chasing different fish. Betta can get aggressive around different fish. Please take him out for a on an identical time as. he will kill the different fish and could even kill himself interior the approach. placed him in yet another tank and make confident the fish are out of sight because of the fact this could rigidity the betta. stable success!

Answer 8

I assume you are asking this because you know that two of them cannot be near each other or they will try to kill each other. This is true for putting two males together which, of course, two males cannot breed. A male and female will do fine in the same space.

Answer 9

MM and LuvinLife's answers were the best.


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Answer 10

What do you meen do they multiply? Do you meen breed?