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[Tim_r95]

but I got a pair of bettas yesterday, with intentions of breeding them. I got a really nice colored male and a pretty good looking female. I have a picture of the male, but the female is just white and red. Has anyone ever bred bettas before? I did as much research as i could. but couldn't really find out as much as i thought i would. I was mostly wondering, what would the color outcome be from my bettas?
here's the male

also do do you know of any good sites for info on breeding them?

 

[Tim_r95]

not the exact picture but my female looks kinda like this.

 

[Tim_r95]

the male has already started building his bubble nest, and i have them in a ten gallon tank about half full of water. no filter yet. but i'm probably going to be getting a sponge filter soon.

 

[Lucas M]

Just look for any info about Gourami breeding. A lot of freshwater breeding books should have good info. Bubble nest breeders are pretty cool. Good luck with that.

 

[AMAYEU]

I attempted 10 years ago. I got to the fry stage but could not keep them alive. From what I can remember, and granted things could of have changed, you have to get the male and female comfortable. I think I stuck a smaller tank within a tank, instead of breeder box, so the two got to know each other. Once comfortable I placed them in the tank. You have to maintain enough structure on the water surface, ie leaves or even upside cups, so that the bubbles are trapped in one area. The most important thing was to maintain a certain temperature, don't know the specific, but it was warmer than normal. The mating is pretty cool where the male would wraps their nice fins around the female and sink the bottom of the tank. I used hatched brine shirmp to feed. Oh, and you have to remove the fish, too. That's all I can remember.

Hope that helps.

 

[Tim_r95]

thank you guys for the help. I will do some more research on gourami breeding too.

 

[AMAYEU]

Btw nice crown tail. I like half moons but here's my split tail.

 

[northbay-reefer]

I used to breed them, it's a lot of fun.

Put the male and the female in a medium size jar and put the jar in a dark area so they don't see your shadow or light.

One the male and female are comfortable with each others, the male will build a bubble nest on top of the water. When the female is ready, the male will wrap his body around the female and squeeze out the eggs. after that the male will swim to the bottom collect the eggs with his mouth and spit it into the bubble nest. This process is repeated until all the eggs are gone. At this point you should remove the female.

The male will continue to tend to the eggs until they are hatched. At this point remove the male. Feed the babies with baby food until they are big enough for flakes.

 

[Tim_r95]

Your betta is also pretty nice looking. and yeah, it took me a while to decide on either a half moon or crowntail. i liked them both a lot. But today, I basically redid the tank because i wanted to take the gravel that i had put in there out. and i refilled about 4 gallons in the ten gallon tank with spring water, and i put the male into the tank. and i put the female into a jar near where the male was starting to build his bubble nest last time. because i found on a website that if you keep the female near the male. it will encourage him to keep working on his nest. I think i will leave her in there for about a day or two. however long it takes him to build a good sized bubble nest. He was only in there for a day ad he had a pretty good looking one today. I moved the main decor in the tank so that it creates little less wide of an angled corner so it will be easier for him to keep his nest in place also. I'll keep everyone updated.
also heres a picture of the female. (not the best quality, sorry)

 

[Reef Bass]

I've bred them in fresh water community tanks but a calmer isolated environment is better.

 

[Tim_r95]

I was thinking about doing that in my 20 gallon tank. but it didn't seem like it would work out that well since the eggs would go into the gravel and the other fish could eat the eggs. etc.

 

[Reef Bass]

Eggs go in bubble nest up top at the water surface, not gravel on bottom. My males caught the eggs and blew them into the nest

 

[Tim_r95]

I know but the eggs drop to the bottom of the tank before the male goes to get them. couldn't he lose some them in the gravel?

 

[Reef Bass]

Probably.

 

[coralfarmer]

Bare bottom with a sponge filter with a small heater, a five gallon is all you need

 

[northbay-reefer]

Bare bottom is the way to go. I only use a 1/2 gal jar with no sponge filter or airline or heater as long as your house doesn't get cold and that has worked fine.

Did you know, if you keep your betta in the dark for a while their color gets more vivant?

 

[Tim_r95]

I am keeping them in about 2.5 gallons of water now. the male seemed to be having trouble finding the female in the when it was just the half full tank. I haven't gotten a sponge filter yet. but i have a small heater and a small pump on the opposite side of the divider in the tank. doesn't cause too much water flow on the opposite side of the divider. still haven't seen them breeding but the male is getting hid nest pretty big and he does seem pretty interested in the female.

 

[northbay-reefer]

Those betas are really tough and prefered still water, I would take out the pump. The male knows she is there, he will do his thing when she is good and ready.

 

[Tim_r95]

i added the pump mainly to circulate water for the heater, because my house doesn't have heating, and i didn't want them getting too cold. i have the divider in and it causes almost no flow on the opposite side of it. Also does anyone know about the gentics with bettas? like if i got a halfmoon plakat male, what would i need to breed it to, to get more halfmoon halfmoon plakats? if i bred it to my crowntail female what would i get?

 

[northbay-reefer]

Well I am not sure how you cross them, it's kinda like crossing a pit bull and a shitszu you know ... its very unpredictable ... lol