BETTA BREEDiNG?

Question

well one of my bettas is small and i got at PETCO and the other i got in T.J but i think she's afraid of him and he's pretty big compared to her. like a crayola crayon compared to a pen. SHould i get a smaller male? or should i wait? Help.

Answer 1

Hon, don't try breeding bettas before you know how! Seperate them first, then read through these sites:

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

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/kick_beta-breeding.html

http://bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=722

I also strongly suggest getting books from your library and talking to petstore workers (As long as they actually know about fish, some workers don't know anything about them.)

I hope I was helpful! Good luck with your fishies!

FishieFin ♥

Answer 2

Females are usually sold earlier/younger than the males (sometimes 4-5 weeks), since they don't need to develp the finnage and color of the males. So there is no need to get another female, just feed her well for a few weeks and make sure that she is sexually matured and ready before attempting to breed them. You can tell if she is ready when she is well rounded and supports vertical lines and have the "egg spot" between the ventral and anal fin. Also when placed in view of the male, her color intensifies and flares back at the male, she is then ready.
Also when breeding them, make sure that there are some hiding spots for the female, if things get a little out of hand as it sometimes happen for 1st time breeders.
Good luckj.

Answer 3

Betta breeding requires a large bank of tanks, a LOT of work, and you can't just put two together and expect babies! It takes a 150 page book to explain all the ins and outs of betta breedeing, but the most important thing for you to do is get tehm seperated RIGHT NOW!!! They will kill each other! Then get a book on breeding bettas and other labyrintine fish. There just isn't enough space here to teach you how.

Answer 4

if your really serious about breeding bettas, then you need to hit up bettatalk.com. read everything and if your still up to it. Go for it. i've breed bettas before and it's no walk in the park, but if you succeed like me, you'll have a bunch of jars all over the house haha.

Answer 5

you need to condition them before even thinking about breeding them for at least 2 weeks and that seperate
read through the following link and learn, has also lots of pics on
http://fishlesscycling.com/articles/breeding_bettas.html


Hope that helps
Good luck


EB