Bubblenest

[fish_r_great]

Where are bubble nests created and how? Like are they created on plants or at the surface?

 

[juliethegr8t]

They're at the surface - if you have floating plants they'll often be among the leaves, but if not my fishies usually pick a corner or just blow them aganist a side. They're created by the fish coating an air bubble with saliva to hold it together, and the blowing it back out - many of these lil bubbles creates quite a pile!

 

[fish_r_great]

I have an underground filter and it covers the surface with bubbles. Do you have to have a bubblenest to breed bettas & if you do is it bad that i have all those bubbles covering the top

 

[juliethegr8t]

Yes, you need to have a bubblenest to breed bettas, and I'd have to say that yeah, having those bubbles may not work so well. You need a fairly undisturbed surface for the male to build.

 

[fish_r_great]

So should I turn off the filter before i want to breed them

 

[rsz]

here is a link to some pictures of bubble nests posted quite a while ago