I have 2 betta fish a male and female...I tried to put them together...?

Question

But the times I've put themtogether they bite their fings and I dont know if they are trying to mate or not becuase I read about it and it says that is common to bite their fings..but its seems like they are fighting....at first they swim pretty cool..like making a dance with their tails and fings...then they start biting each other...Experts...please explain....oh..and the female looses a red substance like an egg or i dont know what is it..

Answer 1

It sounds like you are putting them together when only one is ready to breed. Make sure you take it slow and condition the pair properly. Keep them well fed in separate tanks and where they can't see either other. When the male builds a bubble nest he is ready to breed (which is most of the time) and when the female is both plump with eggs and you can see her egg spot, she is ready to breed. At that time put them together.

I have been breeding bettas for show and for sale for over 20 years and this system works well for me.

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!

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MM

Answer 2

Male and female bettas cannot be kept together. They only tolerate each other while breeding which is why you keep seeing the fin biting. Has the male built a bubble nest on the surface of the water? Take out the female and he should pick up the eggs and place them into the nest. They will hatch in a few days but you need to make sure that you have food for them. Baby bettas cannot eat flakes or pellets. This site will give you all the info you need to raise them:
http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm

Keep in mind that bettas have a ton of babies at one time and you will eventually have to seperate all the males.

Answer 3

Another name for Betta fish is Chinese Fighting Fish!! They are very vain fish believe it or not. They fight with each other because they want to have the nicest fins. Thats why they bite each other. If you notice they perk up their fins when confronted by another. The male will blow bubbles that gather on top of the water and the female lays the eggs in it. But the difficult thing is to find two fishes that get along. Are you sure you have a male and female? The female would have small fins and generally be "uglier."

Answer 4

...You cannot expect to put a male and female betta together and expect them to have babies.
1- there not the correct age
2- the have not been condtioned
3- the tank is probibly small (10 gal is good size for breeding) .. not to mention the 50 gal tank(or 2) for females and 100 + 1 gal tanks for the males
4- The male didnt even build a bubble nest
5- You dont have a clue about breeding bettas.

Take these fish apart and put the other fish into its own tank/bowl.

Dont expect to put to fish together and expect babies (bettas anyway) Read up on it and have eveything in place.

And im not to sure about 'the female looses a red substance like an egg). Egg's are almost transparent,

Good luck

~ GG

Answer 5

You mean, they are biting each others "fins"

Anyway, they will kill each other if you don't take one of them out right away
Unless for mating, you can't put them together, and even for breeding they need to be conditioned for at least 2 weeks seperately before putting them together

If you have a 10 gallon tank, you could buy a divider for them



Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

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Answer 6

What's a fing? Anyway, a male and female betta should live fine together, but just about all animals, when they mate, look like they're going to tear each other apart, and in some cases, they actually do. But, this is part of the mating ritual, and life, and you have two choices. If you want them to mate, you'll have to allow them to do this. If you don't want them to do this, you will need to keep them apart and not have them mate.

Answer 7

um, they are attacking each other, you cannot put betta fish together.