Male Betta eatting eggs!!!!!?

Question

my male betta, that hog! is eating the eggs!!! i know they eat SOME that are rotten or not good but not ALL!!! yes he ate every single one of them!!! this is the second breeding for both of these betta's and they were slick this time around and everything went smoothly except that he ate them all! Why is that??? he strictly eat blood worms which is nothing wrong only that i'm afraid that he doesn't get enough nutrients from them so i've kinda starved him to eat the pellets but still he doesn't. he goes to them even puts them in his mouth but spits them out again after a while almost as if he can't swallow them. Is there anything else i can do or is there anything i'm doing wrong? the fist time he was a good dad...what happened....oh!! and while i'm at it.....HOW LONG AFTER BREEDING CAN U PUT THE TWO SAME BETTA'S TOGETHER AGAIN??? I wouldn't be surprised that he was that hungry to eat all the eggs.

Answer 1

Sometimes a male will do this, I have had it happen many times. Hungry usually isn't a cause, but instead being startled or stressed is the more typical answer. Don;t give up on him, he will probably be a good dad again next time around. You can put them back together again in a few weeks, as soon as both appear to be well conditioned. That can take 2 weeks or 2 months, it depends.

As for the pellets, soak them a bit first, he's trying to eat the, but they are too hard for him. Eventually he will eat the pellets.

MM

Answer 2

Goodness I have no idea where most of the people on here get their info but I will agree with MM. He has been breeding Betta's for many years. I have only been breeding them for a few years and I have not yet had a male to do this. I have noticed though the more attention you pay to the breeding tank, the more Daddy gets stressed. He is afterall protecting his young, could you imagine trying to keep up with 300 plus kids? I usually only check on my fry once a day for the first 3-4 days until I remove the male. I think you should wait at least 3 weeks to try again. It should give them plenty of time to rest and for you to recondition them. Don't give up on them. Eventually he will get it right.

Answer 3

Was the female still in the tank with the male when he ate them. The male will eat the eggs if the female is still in there. Always a good idea to keep them separated until they are in breeding. The male will attack the female and kill her, or he will eat the eggs. Try feeding him flakes and/or brine shrimp as well as the blood worms.

You can't separate the male from the eggs. It's the male that takes care of the eggs and babies. The female will definately eat them. But the male will also beat up on the female and kill her if you leave her in there with him and the eggs. He's the one that puts the eggs into a bubble nest and takes care of them.

When you finally do have eggs, you won't want to have the female in there until after the babies are starting to swim around, then you'll want to keep them separated from the adults. As soon as you are able to tell male from female then you'll want to separate the males into separate containers to keep them from fighting.

If they aren't breeding (you'll know when the male is ready, he starts to build a bubble nest at the top of the tank), and you want to keep it with a female. Put two females in with it, and give the females somewhere to hide from the male, so he's not beating on them.

But as soon as they are in breeding mode, and he has eggs in a nest, you'll want to take the girlfriends out of the tank.

Answer 4

what i could do is after the feminine lays her eggs next...take the betta out and positioned him in a separate tank until eventually the small bettas that hatch strengthen super sufficient to shelter themselves

Answer 5

You know, bettas will eat anything. So you need to put the eggs in another tank.

Answer 6

Try the betta fish flakes.

Answer 7

He's just hungry! Try diffirent pellets, he seems to like eggs better!

Answer 8

Your suppose to take the male out and into a diffrent water bowl