Betta Breed Question

[gibson159]

how comes when you have bettas and male has a bubble nest, u have to keep them apart for 2 weeks?

just a question coz i am unsure of lol.

thanks

 

[Thomas 2507]

I'm really confused about what you are asking...

 

[modaz]

its not the case that you have to keep them in seperate tanks, the female needs to go into something (i use breeding nets that are large enough for her) this allows her to mature her eggs correctly and to feel comfortable in the presence of the male, when she realizes that he cant get to her she will feel more relaxed and with feeding 2 times a day on live food or high protien foods she will start to develope eggs, she needs to be showing vertical stripes, this is the sign that she is close to breeding, this period also helps the male show her exactly how wonderful he is by displaying on the other side of the net and he will add even more bubbles to his nest preparing for the spawn, he must also be fed 2 x a days as he will go up to 4 days in some cases without food and will be awake throughout so needs his energy, the feeding also increases fertility in both bettas. a nest doesnt mean that he or she is ready to spawn as males will build nest regardless wheather there is a female present.

The female whilst preparing will slowly release a hormone into the water to trigger spawning mode as well so the 2 weeks helps

 

[Thomas 2507]

Modaz, slightly off-topic but usually how long is it until you let the female out of the breeding net to start spawning?

 

[andy_j]

Modaz, slightly off-topic but usually how long is it until you let the female out of the breeding net to start spawning?

I let mine out after a day. She showed a nice dark colour, verticle bars, a good, white ovipositor and was adopting a submissive...head down attitude whenever the male came close. The male had also built a nice bubble nest.

The female MUST be ready for spawning otherwise the male will kill her. Also, the male must be ready too...ie built a nest and displaying to the female in the jar otherwise she may kill the male.

You may have to release her and then "jar her up" again several times before they're ready which can take a good week.

Patience is the key....i'm just finding this after my first spawning this week.

Andy

 

[gibson159]

hey thanks for the help guys, so the female is ready for spawning when her horizontal body bars turn to vertical ones???

am i right in saying that?

i am feeding them on freeze dried brine shrimp and bloodworms in jelly, is this ok to prepare for the spawning?

thanks so far!

 

[andy_j]

hey thanks for the help guys, so the female is ready for spawning when her horizontal body bars turn to vertical ones???

am i right in saying that?

yes you're on the right track.

I'm in the middle of cooking dinner at the moment but when i get 5 minutes, i'll jot down my fighter's spawn diary which will have pics.

Andy

 

[modaz]

hey thanks for the help guys, so the female is ready for spawning when her horizontal body bars turn to vertical ones???

am i right in saying that?

i am feeding them on freeze dried brine shrimp and bloodworms in jelly, is this ok to prepare for the spawning?

thanks so far!

yes thats fine, this should bring them on a bit more, after about day 4 i let the female swim out of her net for a few hours and then put her back in, i do this several times up to the end of the 2 weeks, ive had females jump out of the nets mind and ive gone into work and seen them spawning away, theres a general rule of breeding them but it never goes by the book as each betta is different.

 

[5teady_2012]

hey thanks for the help guys, so the female is ready for spawning when her horizontal body bars turn to vertical ones???

am i right in saying that?

yes you're on the right track.

I'm in the middle of cooking dinner at the moment but when i get 5 minutes, i'll jot down my fighter's spawn diary which will have pics.

Andy

I thought, horizontal bars was stress, and vertical was ready to breed..

 

[groupiekilla06]

^ yes