My male fighter fish had built a good sized bubble nest in a 20 by 25cm tank. I placed the impregnated female with him, but he started to swim strangely and destroyed the bubble nest; then he attacked and killed the female within 10 min. what shall I do the next time??What was my mistake??
2007-11-09 01:47:42 · 7 answers · asked by REMON 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
u needed to leave the male and female together then the guy will chace the girl......u need to have live plants for the female to hide...the male will make bubbles and female will go on top of the bubbles and male will squizz the femal and will have eggs....ho make sure u have a heater and take the female out because she will get the eggs and the male will kill ur female batta fish...
2007-11-09 01:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
After you have both male and female, make sure they are old enough but not too old, you need to put the male in a tank (at least 10 gallons) and put a large jar in the tank with the female in it. Make sure the tank is fairly shallow, the highest that the water should be is 6 inches. The male will swim around the female and he will 'flare up'. Eventually he will start to build his bubble nest. Be patient for this can take up to four days to happen.
Make sure that you are feeding them freeze-dried bloodworms or live brine shrimp. When the male has a fairly large nest, release the emale being careful not to disturb the nest. They will chase each other around and there will most liekly be some fin-nipping. The male will eventually succeed in enticing the female over to his nest. She will either allow the male to 'embrace' her, or she will attempt to distroy the nest. If she destroys it, remove her and place her back in the jar and allow the male to rebuild his nest.
Continue these steps until the female will let the male 'embrace' her. Make sure that the water is clean and that there is no gravel on the bottom of the tank. There need to be hiding places for the female and half of a styrefoam cup for the male's nest.
After they are done 'embracing', which can last as long as 12 hours, the male will chase the female away, and she will need to be removed.
2007-11-09 11:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by Lejua 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
put the female and the male in the same tank, with a separater between them. Give them about a week and the male will make a real good nest again. These fish are tricky to breed, because the way they do things it can almost always kill the female but anyhow....after the female is full of eggs and she gets some color to her pull the separator.The male has to catch the female and squeeze the eggs out of her. As soon as he does this he will put the eggs in the bubbles. After he's done, if you're lucky enough to have a live female still, carefully put her back onthe other side with the seperator. The male will care for the eggs and fry. The temp levels are going to need to be constant so make sure that your tank is in a well controlled climate. Good luck next time!
2007-11-09 10:06:05 · answer #3 · answered by Kristin H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You didn't condition your bettas. Get a hurricane globe and place the female inside it, then lower the globe into the male's breeding tank (which should actually be at least 5 gallons) for about 15 minutes every day. This should continue for approximately 2 weeks.
You will know when the conditioning process is complete when you release the female and there is no aggression. However, this peace is only temporary and it will resume soon; so you need to watch for the spawning to take place, then remove the female again. From then on, the male will take care of the eggs and fry.
If the female is released and there is aggression, it means the conditioning process is not over yet. If the female is released without problems and a spawn does not take place, remove her and try again the next day.
2007-11-09 11:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by ninjaaa! 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar problem trying to introduce a new Oscar with one that was already established in an aquarium. When I removed the divider the fish that was there first almost killed the "newbie" before I could get them separated again. At the suggestion of the local fish store owner I tried again a couple weeks later. This time I took the fish that had been in the aquarium longer and put on the new fish's side of the divider. This makes the new fish more apt to defend itself and what it considers to be it's territory. Might help the next time you try to introduce a female.
2007-11-09 10:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by brddg1974 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you could not see the spawning tube,showing at the female's vent,(appears as a small white triangle),then the female was not ready to spawn.
BTW,female Bettas can't be "impregnated".You need to do more homework before sacrificing more fish.
2007-11-09 10:27:02 · answer #6 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
you should to know if the male and female are ready for mating 2 you should read books about the fish 3 ask more about it in the fish store you bougth it
2007-11-09 10:01:57 · answer #7 · answered by tyrex 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋