I have a female betta she looks like she swallowed a marbel. i think shes full of eggs. will she lay the eggs?

Question

i know the egss will not be fertile if she lays them. but should i move her from her current home that includes 2 goldfish?

Answer 1

Before you attempt to breed your bettas, please ask yourself the following questions:

Do I have the time and patience to take care of the frys (baby bettas)?
Do I have enough room and space to jar the frys?
Do I have enough money for breeding materials and food?
If you answer "yes" to all three questions then we can assume you know what you're doing. Otherwise, please do not attempt to breed them, since breeding can result in 20-300 or more frys. That means you must feed them daily and do water changes weekly for at least 20 or more bettas.

Breeding bettas gives you a joy of watching them multiply and grow to be beautiful and colorful fish, but taking care of them can be tiresome.

In order to breed your bettas, you will need the following materials:

~5 or 10 gallon tank
~Heater (submergible heater is recommended)
~Temperature gauge to read the temperature of the tank
~Well-aged water
~Indian almond leaves or a Styrofoam cup
~Small lamp
~Baby brine shrimp eggs and LiquiFry No. 1
~Air pump, silicon tubing, air stone and a brine shrimp hatchery
~Lots of love and patience

Step 1 - Conditioning the Pair for Breeding
Pick out a male and female betta that you would like to breed and put them in separate bowls. Make sure they are conditioned prior to putting them in the tank together. Condition them by feeding live foods such as live brine shrimp once a day and then frozen or freeze dried foods once a day. Put the male bowl and female bowl next to each other so that they can see one another through the glass for one week. This will stimulate them to spawn.

Step 2 - Preparing the Breeding Tank for Spawning
Use well-aged water by filling the tank up to 5 inches tall with water. Since too much water can cause the male to swim up and down to pick up the eggs and it would be difficult for the frys to swim to the surface for air. Install the heater at the bottom of the tank and adjust the temperature gauge so that the water temperature is about 80°F. Make sure that you cover 80% of the tank so that the temperature stays constant before putting the pair together. Once the temperature is stable, you can then either cut your Styrofoam cup in half and float it on top of the water, or float an Indian almond leaf in your tank. This is so the male can build his bubble nest under either the cup or the leaf.

Step 3 - Spawning
First, release the male into the tank and leave him there for a couple of hours so he can familiarize himself with the environment. Then release the female into the tank and just forget about them for a day. Some people like to float the female in a jar on top of the water and let them see each other for a few more hours before releasing her, but we found that this method is unnecessary if you properly condition your pair beforehand.

The male should start building his nest by the next day. Watch both fish as the male will often chase the female and bite her to prove his manhood. Do not worry if they bite and chase each other around, as this is the ritual of love. Love indeed hurts in their case. At the end of the second day, the female should be ready to breed if she likes his bubble nest, otherwise she will keep running around until she approves of it.

Once she is ready, she will swim head down under the bubble nest where the male is waiting for her. They will circle each other and then the male will wrap his body in a "U" shape around her stomach while she is upside down and help her to push out her eggs. When the female releases the eggs, she will stay suspended for a second or two while the male swims to the bottom and picks up the eggs and blows them to the nest. The female will also help to pick up eggs once she is done suspending. This process will go on for three to five hours. Once the female is done laying her eggs, her stomach will be flat and not as round as before and the male will chase her away from the nest. This is the point where you take the female out gently and try not to disturb the water too much since this can cause the bubbles to break and destroy the nest. Once the female is out, you will need to jar her in a medicated water (you can use BettaMax with the water since it will help her heal her wounds from the biting and fighting with the male and prevent infection).

Step 4 - Hatching
24-36 hours after the female laid her eggs, they will begin to hatch. At this point, you can see the male swimming up and down to pick up the young and bring them back to the bubble nest. If the male shows any signs of eating the frys, you will need to take him out immediately and lower the water to 2 inches, so that the frys can survive on their own. All you can do at this point is watch and wait until the next day.

Usually within 24 hours of hatching, the frys will learn to swim. Once they can swim horizontally, you will need to take the male out gently and jar him in a medicated water just like you did with the female--and give him plenty of foods.

Step 5 - Feeding and Changing Water
Once you take the male out, you will need to drop several drops of LiquiFry No. 1 twice a day to feed the frys. Once they are about a week old, you will need to hatch and feed them baby brine shrimp (do a Google search on how to hatch baby brine shrimp). The frys can survive up to three days after hatching by feeding on its own yolk sac, but when the sac runs out, it will die if it cannot find any foods. From now on, you will need to feed them regularly and keep them warm. Do not touch the water for at least three weeks. After three weeks, you can slowly siphon out about 10% of the water using a small plastic airline or use a simple turkey baster to suck out all the water and yucky stuff at the bottom of the tank. Then add about 15% of fresh water to the tank very slowly.

All you have to do now is watch your frys get bigger day by day. Increase the water volume in the tank slowly as the frys get older. Change at least 25% of the water every two weeks and by the time they're two months old, it's time to separate and jar them. Be careful to separate the males (the male is usually very colorful and aggressive--the female is usually not as colorful but tends to be bigger) and leave the females in the tank since they can live together without killing each other.

This is only a very brief overview of the breeding process to give you an idea of what you can expect.

If you have not read all of the above, you may not have the patience needed to breed your Betta.

Answer 2

She most likely has Dropsy. Look at her scales from above and see if they stick out like a pine cone. If this is what you see then you need to treat immediately. Go to the pet store and try to find Kanacyn. If you can't find this purchase Maracyn and Maracyn-Two. Using both products together you are getting the benefits of treating both gram positive and gram negative bacteria.
You can also use Epsom salt in her tank. It will remove some of the fluid build up in her body. To do this place 1/8 teaspoon of Epsom Salt per five gallons of water. Remember Epsom salt contains Sulfa, make sure the medications state that they can be used with Sulfa. You may also want to add a air stone to the tank. Clean water is always important for a betta, but is especially beneficial for any betta facing an illness. You may find it helpful to change your betta's water more frequently while you are treating with any medication. Also make sure they are in a heated tank. Betta's are tropical fish and need to be in water that is 76-82 F. This will also boost their immune system.
You should remove her from the tank with the goldfish. Goldfish produce too much waste for other species of fish to be placed with them. They are also cold water fish.

Answer 3

Bettas are technically tropical fish, but it would be okay with room temperature (it won't like it, but it will live). She may or may not lay the eggs, some Bettas will hold the eggs until in the presence of a male.

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Answer 4

Female bettas will drop her eggs even without the presence of a male, these eggs will not hatch since they are not fetilized. This is a normal behavior to ensure that when there is a male mating with her she will produce fresh eggs which are more viable, ensuring higher rate of breeding success.

Answer 5

She did NOT swallow a mrble. She will not lay eggs living with goldfish. You need to set up a tank for male betta and female bettas. Read up on this .You don't have a clue about these fish. One male in a tank next to a tank with some females is a way to start if you want to breed. First learn how to care for these fish. They need warm water,,not cold like goldfish.