mandiemoo
Fish Fanatic
FBT - please listen to what people are saying, you are going to cause yourself heartache by not being prepared before putting them into the breeding tank, never mind if they spawn - you could end up causing the female stress and damage and end up with little to no spawn.
You said in an earlier topic that you were going to speak to your lfs - first I would do that and see if you would be able to get them into the lfs for them to sell on. Second, if they are unable to take any of them on from you, you then need to draw up a plan on what you will do with the fry when they are large enough to sell i.e. if you can build up enough interest online to sell them on (keep in mind of both of these options you may need to spend money to get them taken off your hands like housing cups and packaging).
If either of the above options are going to work, then think about (not do) getting the betta's to spawn. One of the first things on your list of to do's should be to condition the betta you want to mate, another is to make sure you have the food in needed for the fry before you mate the fish, so that you are prepared and then you need to make sure you have enough space and equipment to house the fry when they get to the stage you need to split them. Then and only then should you then go about mating your fish. I know you don't care if people tell you not to do it, but just think of all the things that can go wrong without a little bit of preparation.
From what I can see there isn't a huge rush for you to breed the fish as from what I have read you aren't 100% if the lfs can take your fry on when the times comes. I would sort all that out so that you don't need to be worried about being over stocked, then get the food situation sorted out so that you aren't heartbroken if the fry start to die if you don't have the food in.
People are only trying to give you good advice so that the bettas aren't going to be suffering, but if you don't work things out before mating them you will also suffer. Take your time over this, it isn't a race.
You said in an earlier topic that you were going to speak to your lfs - first I would do that and see if you would be able to get them into the lfs for them to sell on. Second, if they are unable to take any of them on from you, you then need to draw up a plan on what you will do with the fry when they are large enough to sell i.e. if you can build up enough interest online to sell them on (keep in mind of both of these options you may need to spend money to get them taken off your hands like housing cups and packaging).
If either of the above options are going to work, then think about (not do) getting the betta's to spawn. One of the first things on your list of to do's should be to condition the betta you want to mate, another is to make sure you have the food in needed for the fry before you mate the fish, so that you are prepared and then you need to make sure you have enough space and equipment to house the fry when they get to the stage you need to split them. Then and only then should you then go about mating your fish. I know you don't care if people tell you not to do it, but just think of all the things that can go wrong without a little bit of preparation.
From what I can see there isn't a huge rush for you to breed the fish as from what I have read you aren't 100% if the lfs can take your fry on when the times comes. I would sort all that out so that you don't need to be worried about being over stocked, then get the food situation sorted out so that you aren't heartbroken if the fry start to die if you don't have the food in.
People are only trying to give you good advice so that the bettas aren't going to be suffering, but if you don't work things out before mating them you will also suffer. Take your time over this, it isn't a race.
If you disagree that is fine, your way works also.
