Breeding Bettas

[Liquid skills]

Hi guys ive researched this topic before and got no where can you guys give me advice and tips? I wnt to breed my male in my pic/avatar with my mums purple and red female just not to sure so ill ask so they dnt rip each other to shreds

And do i have to condition them?

 

[lilfishie]

do you have a seperate tank to spawn them in? your going to need loads of stuff, breeding bettas is certainly not cheap!

you will need to condition the pair seperately for 2 weeks on high protein foods *usually live* but frozen works too, they need feeding this 2-3 times daily

Your male is CT right? do you know what the female is?

as breeding a VT would give you VT fry which you will stuggle to sell/give away

 

[Liquid skills]

Im not sure what she is but ill get a picture

So hen conditioning do the males n female have to be split up from there normal tanks so they have no contact with other fish?

 

[lilfishie]

yep, its just easier that way, you will need a bare bottom tank for breeding in, heater at 28-30 no filter, and something for the male to nest under

 

[Liquid skills]

Tbh the filter thing was making me wounder also i only have 2x 5l tanks is this enough or bigger

 

[Fishy friend2]

That is not enough for breeding

 

[Liquid skills]

Thanks

 

[Fishy friend2]

Ur welcome

 

[lilfishie]

they will be ok for conditioning, ideally for breeding you want atleast 1.5ft tank to give them plenty of space to avoid each other if it doesn't work out.

 

[Liquid skills]

How long do you condition for?

 

[lilfishie]

2 weeks at least

 

[Louiseness]

Tbh the filter thing was making me wounder also i only have 2x 5l tanks is this enough or bigger

Bear in mind you're going to need a LOT of tanks for the fry when they grow - even though they're juveniles you'll have to separate all the males into individual tanks.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Youcould end up with 80+ fry

 

[Liquid skills]

Youcould end up with 80+ fry

yeh the fish shop by me is a family run business and they will take them from me and give me store credit but tbh it seems like alot to do so ill have to have a good think about it thanks for the advice tho guys