How do you know when a manly beta fish is set to adopt a feminine contained by his container for breeding?
Answers: Scott R,
I am an experienced breeder of betta fish and I know exactly what to look for. You will need to be extra well thought-out or you'll end up beside 2 beaten up fish (possibly dead).
The mannish WILL kill the womanly. You need to switch on the process by conditioning them first.
This means feed them up on live foods, greens and high protein granule. Do this for a solid week at the least.
The breeding container needs to be at most minuscule 18 inches long. There should be some sort of plant in at hand and a piece of tinfoil floating on the surface (some ppl use a cup) for the male to anchor his nest to.
Put the masculine in the reservoir first and let him explore. After a few hours you should supply the breeding trap. I like to use a plastic 2litre coke bottle (cleaned and cut to size near tiny holes to let wet in) . Put the trap in the middle of the container so the male can swim adjectives around it. Add your female into it and make tracks for a day or two.
The mannish will build his nest and dart aggressively towards the female surrounded by her breeding trap. This is a sign he is NOT ready.
Watch them regularly for a few days. She is geared up when:
a) Her body is vertical striped
b) She is fat next to eggs
c) She puts her head down when the masculine approaches
d) She follows him as he swims around her trap
He is ready when:
a) He swims towards her GENTLY not contained by a quick dart motion
b) He has a full bubble nest and spends an equal amount of time making it as swimming around the womanly.
This happens after a few days. When she have shown all the signs, tolerate her out.
Watch them carefully. She will progress check out the nest and wait underneath it. He will let her do this if he is organized. He may chase her. Only let them do that for a jiffy. If he is so aggressive that she goes and hide, they aren't ready.
She will try and swim near him, he won't really like it but he won't try and exterminate her.
When he gets her lower than the nest and does not attack or flare at her, you know he is ready.
By keeping her surrounded by the trap for a few days with him to hand, he can see her and knows a breedable feminine is ready for him. This will motivate his own instinct to breed.
Remember to tender them time and to remove the female after she have dropped her eggs. He WILL attack her.
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He starts forming bubbles at the surface of the water.
No concern what never put any bettas together male and feminine, female and womanly, or male and mannish. Never put them together. NEVER!!!
He'll make a "bubble nest".
He'll spend profusely of time doing it.
Then he'll wait underneath it for a female.
The dummies who read out "never put Bettas together", don't know what they are talking roughly speaking.
Yes males will fight over a womanly, but otherwise they are pretty docile fish.
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