How many fish eggs do bettas have.............????? please help!!!!?

Question

I am thinking about getting two bettas, and i was wonder how many fish eggs they have?
how much does it cost to breed bettas?
can you sell them once they are old enough?
do you need a 10 gallon tank for breeding to put all the baby bettas?
how long do they take to hatch?
do you need to seperate each baby betta?

Answer 1

from your other post
wow research before you breed, but here are some answers.

It depends on what you feed them durring conditioning, which is something you will have to do before you breed.

It will cost alot to breed bettas. Dont forget about all the factors, it can easy run 500 dollars and some.

You can sell the babies, BUT you will not get much back. Their are hundreds if not thousands of people comming into betta breeding thinking that they will make alot of money breeding them. The truth is, you wont, and it is very possible to lose money. When your bettas are competeing against some of the best breeders in the world, people will not pay for common breed bettas. So dont expect to make any or alot of money.

10 is fine for breeding, but you will need a huge tank for grow out. Something around 55 gallons.

Bettas will hatch depending on temperature, the hotter the water, the faster the eggs will develop. usually around 2 days.

Some of my females have released 500 eggs, and others around 100-200. It depends on how well you can condition them.
And dont forget that even if you can get 100 eggs, doesnt mean you will always get 100 fry. Many factors go into betta breeding.

At 3 months, the males will usually start sparing with eachother, so you will need to spend more money on X amount of jars. I usually have around 200 jars.

If i sound crazy, i want to apologise. its just that you need to research before breeding. paying your dues if you will. Other like me have spent over 10 years breeding and researching and it seems that more and more people want to breed fish right away. And they dont under stand that justbecause you can get a female and male betta, doesnt mean that you should breed them.

So i encourage you to research on hundreds of betta sites.

Also please check my betta site for info on the actual breeding.

Answer 2

Bettas are moderatly easy to breed if given healthy conditions. Females can be identified by a small, white 'pearl' at the rectum, most viewable from below the fish. They lay egg clutches of approximately 100-500 eggs, rarely over 600 eggs.

The male tends the eggs and newborns. Betta males build bubble nests of various sizes and thicknesses on the top of their tanks, sometimes even when not in the presence of female or young. Quick temperature change, barometer changes, materials in the tank, and presences of other males or females all have been shown to stimulate bubble nest construction.

Answer 3

There's no way to know the exact number of eggs a female will lay. It costs nothing to breed them except the cost of the fish, the housing, the food, etc. Some pet shops will buy fish, but you'd have to find one. They don't pay much though. You should get a separate tank for the babies cause mom and dad WILL eat the fry. And one word of advice....go to pet store and buy books on raising fish, keeping aquariums, etc. These low-cost books saved my behind many times.

Answer 4

Alright, here is everything you need to know about breeding bettas, including coditioning, spawning, and raising the fry step by step
http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/articles/BreedingBettas.html
http://www.bettysplendens.com/articles/catview.imp?catid=856

All the questions you have are answered in these links


Hope that helps
Good luck



EB

Answer 5

most of the time over about 200 eggs. Its hard work just to tell you. Trust me get one.

Answer 6

When you buy them.. make sure one is male and one is female... many many eggs (that's for sure)

Answer 7

what i heard was 50-300,but i dont believe it.plus she eats some.