Male And Female In Tank Now!

[connorsbala]

Okay,in my 5 gal tank ive got a CT male and either a plakat or CT female(she has developed a spikey tail like a CT since being in the glass jar in the tank with a male...). The tanks about 5 gals with the temp top of the green bar on the thermometer. Waters about 6 inch high. Theres a cube of bloodworms in there still uneaten,so they pick at it every so often.
I left them both in the tank last night(female in a bottle) and when i got home( 4 pm) he made a littleish nest. Let the female out and nothing much is happening,just the male flaring and chasing her. Theres floating plastic plants in there.
So:
-how do i get the male to make a bigger bubblenest?
-my females white bodied so i cant tell if shes got stress stripes. WHere is the egg tube located?

Thanks

 

[knt5005]

Sadly you cannot force him to build a bigger bubblenest. If they do spawn, he will quickly learn that he needs to blow bubbles like he's never blown before. Although I have heard some males are just terrible at maintaining a nest.

The oviposter is located between the ventral fins on the female. The ventral fins are the first fins you run into when starting from the underside betta's head. You will see a small white dot between these fins.

Good luck.

 

[Lynda B]

The ovipositor looks a lot like a pimple. Is she really big with eggs? That usually makes it protrude a bit. It's pretty easy to see, even on a light colored female. My cambodian female didn't get the stripes. But, she looked like she swallowed a marble, so I went with that.

Agreed, you can't do a thing to help your male build his nest. He just needs to realize that the pressure's on. Without a good nest, the female won't want to spawn with him.

Why do you have a cube of bloodworms in there? The male and female won't be interested in eating at all during spawning.

Is this an actual spawning tank? Are you planning on removing both parents after the spawn? Well, the female right after and the male soon after, depending on his fathering abilities.

You should know your actual temp. I'm guessing it's 90 degrees, with the green stripe clue.

 

[girl4God81]

hey there,

i had a little cambodian girl who had a few nipped fins but no other symptoms of being scared because like you said, if she had stress stripes, you couldn't see them. i never saw any other abnormal signs she was overly stressed at all but when i took her out about 2 days later, she died within a few hours. i think he hurt her worse than i could tell, so watch them carefully!

i agree that the food can and probably should be taken out. they won't be too interested and it will just fowl up the tank quicker. you can always add styrafoam to float on top of the tank just in case it helps. some of my boys couldn't build nests without them. if you have any other males with bubble nests, just try to scoop some of those bubbles into his tank, to encourage him to build one. sometimes they just need a little help getting started more.

 

[Lynda B]

The last post brought a question to mind..... what is he building his nest against? I lay a square of wax paper on the top of the water. Jack always loved to build his nest on that. And it stuck to it really well. Plus, when it was time to get the nest out after the fry were swimming around, you just pick up the corner of the wax paper and lift the whole thing out.

 

[connorsbala]

Theyre not doing anything! The female was just floating vertically earlier but the male chased her off! I can see the egg tube so thats good!

 

[Lynda B]

I just saw in another post you're looking for a microworm culture..... do you not have anything available to feed the fry?

 

[AllenLeicester]

Has it ever been known that a male and female betta can get on ? And live together ?

 

[Lynda B]

Yes, I had a pair that absolutely loved being together, plus, they would spawn for me. Jack and Rose..... The guy at the lfs said "oh yeah, you can keep as many females in with the male as you want to." I got them and placed them together before I'd been told that I absolutely must separate them, or she would be killed. So, for lack of knowledge, I witnessed a beautiful relationship.

 

[connorsbala]

Ive already got a baby brine shrimp culture DO they eat fry food? You know the powdered stuff?

 

[Lynda B]

I don't feed the powdered stuff til they're about a month old.

 

[girl4God81]

i sell worms if you are interested in varying their diet, but the bbs should be fine too.

mine never ate the powdered stuff.