breeding two bettas?

Question

am breeding two betta's they seen to like each other the boy got alot of bubble alot but when he see the girl he be nipping her and she b running away the she go and check out the nest then run away what should i do leave then alone and give then time or what

Answer 1

Obviously, none of your other answers have actually done what you want. I have, so this is what I have learned...
Cut the top off of a 2 liter bottle, fill it with water from your male Betta's tank, make the water levels about the same.
Put your female in this bottle. She will stay there, protected from him, while you condition them both and let your tank get ready.
Lots of live plants, as many as you can get. This will be cover for the female and will provide food for the babies, microscopic bugs will live and grow in the water, you can't see them with out a microscope (remember pond water and biology class?) the baby Betta's are very small and they can see them just fine! Also put a clay pot or coffee cup on its side in there, to give her a place to hide if she needs it.
BARE BOTTOM TANK, no less than a 10 gallon with no more than 6 inches of water in it. Heat it to 78-80 F.
Feed live or frozen foods only. Freeze dried is really not good enough.
NO filtration or air bubblers. They must have still water.
Watch for her white tube, it is small, looks like a white dot, maybe 1/2 a MM long, small.
Her belly will get larger and she will have dark stripes on her sides.
She will try to 'swim through the bottle' when she is ready, do not release her until all the signs are present. He can and will kill her, and then you will have to start over with another female.
Once she looks ready, turn her loose. Keep the room fairly dark and very quiet.
Check on them once every couple of hours. If he has been chasing her for a long time, remove her for a day or 2, and try again.
Females who are too old and never bred are very difficult.
You want the female to be smaller than the male.
Once you see 'the embrace' you will never forget it!! The males wraps his body around the females (he does NOT squeeze) she will release a few eggs and he will fertilize them. She is in a bit of a daze and will look dead for a few moments afterwards. The male will collect the eggs and spit them into the nest. Watch carefully, if he does not put them into the nest and is eating them instead, you can let them continue to breed, but it will be for educational purposes only.
I get mad, take the male out, put him in a tank by himself and start over. The egg eating male gets sold as soon as I can find him a home.
The Embrace can happen many, many times, and when they are done, he will chase away the female. Remove her, treat her water with stress coat and any meds you have (just one) an antibiotic or ick med... she will have torn fins and missing scales. Betta's breeding is a violent thing and they always get battle scars from it.
Keep the room semi dark and quiet, the male will pick up eggs that fall, and when the babies hatch, you will see little tails hanging down from the nest.
The babies look nothing like Betta's, a tiny greyish tail and 2 black eyes is all you see, no color to them at all.
The male stays with the babies until they go from " l " position (up and down) to "--" position (swimming).
Remove the male or he will eat his fry.
The babies have a egg sack which will feed them for at least 24 hours.
Now is the time to start hatching out baby brine shrimp.

Answer 2

As others have said, this is not something that can be done via regular breeding practices. Two heads are a result of a genetic mutation, in this case, usually brought on by serious contamination from radiation or other similar source. And as others have said, most wild animals born with two heads die soon after birth. But, I just have to say this, this is a painful way to live and die. To want to do something like this to a living animal is cruel. Please rethink your creative aspirations. With regard to breeding a larger sized betta, you would simply need to choose the largest two bettas out of a large selection of bettas and breed those two, hoping that one of their offspring is larger. Then, when this betta is ready to breed, you pair it with another non-related large betta, breed them and hope, again, that you get a larger betta. Producing different sub-species of animals like this takes many, many generations of careful, selective and highly knowledgeable breeding techniques. I should think, however, that if it were possible to breed a larger betta, a very experienced breeder would have thought of it by now. So, again, I would suggest you find another creative aspiration.

Answer 3

The female is not in breeding condition. When she is ready she will be fat with eggs and when she is at her time to spawn,a tiny white tube will protrude from her vent. It will be sort of triangular and only 1.5 to 2 mm long. When the female is fat she should be placed where the male can see her,then when her spawning tube appears,and the male builds his bubble nest they will spawn. For now, you should separate the pair until she is ready. In the wild,the male would drive the female away,in an aquarium,since there is nowhere for her to escape,the male may kill her.
While you are waiting for the female to achieve breeding condition, why don't you look for some inexpensive books about raising Bettas. There is a lot more to learn especially about feeding the fry. That may be the hardest part of spawning egg-laying fish.

Answer 4

the male usually makes the bubble when that happen they are preparing to mate. once the bubble is done the female will then lay her eggs near the bubble. usually eggs will sink alot. the male always be there he'll gulp up the egg and place it back on top where the bubble are. the reason why the male is nipping her so she won't eat the eggs the male don't eat the eggs he tend to take care of it. its best to remove the female once there are eggs. and when it hatch remove the male. GIVE THEM MORE TIME BUT REMEMBER TO REMOVE THE FEMALE

Answer 5

Ugh, no! Put them in separate tanks ASAP!

Betta breeding is very dangerous for both fish....one or both often end up dying, and the babies will usually die if they do not have a parent fish to take care of them. You have to have A LOT of time and attention to devote to this, or else you are just going to end up with dead animals on your hands.

Answer 6

Give them time...he will always chase her. But, is the female one making bubbles also? Is she ready to mate too?

Answer 7

I thought beta fish ate each other. That would explain the nipping....

Answer 8

i heard that the boy beta fish kills the girl :/
so
idk
i have a boy fishhy named LA FAWNDUH
and HE is too FINE

Answer 9

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