How do you know when baby Betta's are ready to be separated, and can girls stay in the same tank?

Question

My girl betta keeps jumping into the boy betta's tank and they are mating so i need answers quick!

Answer 1

Take the female (mom) fish out as soon as she's done releasing eggs (make sure to put her in a clean tank and fed her high protein food)--and put a lid on the tank (if she's jumping out to get to the male, she can jump out and onto the floor anytime). The daddy fish takes care of the eggs; after about 2-3 days the eggs should start hatching and he'll be busy picking up fallen newborns and spitting them back into a bubblenest. After another day or two, the babies will have consumed the egg sac and not be sinking to the bottom anymore--they'll be able to float/swim in the water and will begin to dart away from dad. When most of the babies are at that point, remove the daddy and put him into his own clean tank, fed him, put a lid on his tank too. From then on the babies are all your responsibility and you have ot fed them live food (they won't eat dead food) at least twice a day and if they get too hungry they will start eating each other so you need to have back-up food ready if your live culture crashes on you (which they all do). Don't overfed or the tank will foul up killing the babies. Keep the tank warm and clean. At about 2 weeks they should be big enough to easily see (about the size of newborn guppies) and you can transfer them to a bigger clean tank (the one they've been living in will probably be pretty dirty). You have to start separating out the babies that start nipping at the other babies (it's called "jarring"--net out the aggressors and put each into its own container). These jars, since they are so small, have to be kept real clean or the development of the babies will be affected--100% water changes every day (replaced with dechlorinated water at the same temp as the old water), any scuzz you see has to be sucked out immediately (handy turkey baster), if the jar begins to look slimy, it will need to be cleaned so you need replacement jars. Both males and females can get aggressive. The babies that don't attack each other can stay together in the tank. As the babies in the tank get bigger though, you'll need to provide a bigger tank for them or you'll be doing tank cleanings daily just to keep the ammonia/nitrite levels down and they will start getting on each other's nerve. I've kept brothers and sisters together in the same tank all their lives but the tank was big and well planted (also had a lot of floating hornswort and watersprites)--but that's unusual and they were all siblings and a real congenial bunch. Females bettas, especially if they are from the same spawn, usually can be kept together with little problems--there is always going to be chasing and some body bumping to establish who's the boss. But any fish that start nipping another needs to be removed since nipped fins can easily go septic. If you are into breeding bettas, any fish that looks like what you want to breed for should be jarred whether it is nipping or not just to make sure it doesn't get damaged. You cannot skip any of the water changes or feedings so you might as well say goodbye to any personal life you thought you had. And you should start thinking about what you'll do with hundreds of bettas, at least half of which will be in individual jars that you are cleaning every day.

Answer 2

Do a search on here for similar questions to get answers on what to put with them. I will say that I'd prefer the female in the larger tank, as they're not as prone to getting nipped by other fish as the males are.

Answer 3

--males should be kept seperate from other males
--females should be kept seperate from other females unless you have AT LEAST 3 or 4 so they can establish a heirarchy.
--females and males should only be kept together while mating. after the female drops the eggs and the male puts them into the bubble nest, you should remove the female...the male will kill her to protect the nest if you do not.
--the male should be removed after the fry have hatched
--it is possible to keep a male and female together in a larger tank as long as you have plenty of plants for the female to hide out

Answer 4

boys must be removed from the tank and either put with a group of females or alone. females can be kept together.

Answer 5

girls can- its the boys that cant stay in the same tank. the girls dont fight, only the boys. im not really sure when to take the babys out tho, sorry. :(

Answer 6

girls can all stay together...dont leave the young with them though..they will eat them.Babies can go separate from mom as soon as they are born..you need some extra small baby food for them though..because as soon as their eggsac gets used up..they will be hungry

Answer 7

This site explains everything you need to know about breeding bettas

http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/articles/BreedingBettas.html

Good luck

Answer 8

no they would EAt each other alive!!!