first time breeding bettas

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okay i got her in my vase in his tank. she floating up on the surface not doing anythin but shes been hiding all day. my big boy is flaring a little trying to get her to re-act. fed them blood worms wat else should i do?

pillier your water is way to deep . No more then 5" so the male doesn't have so far to go to take care of the eggs and later the fry.

yep working on it.

It looks like she might have them, though the pics aren't clear enough to say 100%

Also I keep all filters off until the fry are about 4 weeks old. no water changes until they are about 2 weeks old. Put a clump of java moss in for the fry to eat there first food from. Then do water changes very carefully using a turkey baster being careful not to pick up babies with it. A filter running while the males is trying to keep a nest will brake it up.

Fern, it took a while to find one, but with my practice bettas(pet store fish) spawn growing out, here's one practicing making a bubble nest. He had nothing in to hold it together, but I wasn't breeding them anyway. These went to needy children for Christmas in the name of MCAA our Tennessee fish club. Those are dried water spots on the jar. They got daily water changes so I never bothered polishing the glass on 80 jars daily LOL

I forgot to mention the part where I had a divider in the tank while the spawning was going on and the filter was on the opposite side from the fish. A filter splashing on the nest certainly would cause some damage.
Looks like you have a mentor so I'll back off. Good luck!

filter is off and where do i get java moss? since i hav not found any here. im goin to take another pic to see if the water level is to high or to low. maybe i can get a better pic of her

maybe better pics of her but no worries angel its all commentary really but i did buy my bettas from whisper.

she wiggling more than ever took some time to get pics of her and my boy is very happy that shes showing him wat to do. lol

Here are tow examples of sponge filters that I make. I get the sponge at Joannes Craft store. Cut out a piece big enough to make the filter. Then cut it big enough to be slid up the filter. Cut an x down the center deep enough to fit over the intake slits on the filter.

Sponge

okay i deff can do that joanns is close to where i work at so not a biggy for me. is my water low enough or should i hav it lower?

Another thing is your tank is WAY to big. The male will be exausted trying to collect eggs and fry. Don't forget he is going be going without food for about 5 days. This my breeding tank. It's a 2.5 gal. Notice the water level is only 5" deep.

okay should i just stop right now then wait later one wen either female is ready since i am not ready as of equipment? i dont mind since i havent been able to get a tank until i get paid anyways.

She looks fat? Or is she bloated? or Did you just feed her or is she full of eggs? You have to know these things so you will learn to know that difference.

Yea wait. That tank is way to big. You can use anything from the 2.5 - to a 5gal. Just be careful of the water level.

okay ill take her out.

By the way. This tank has the newborn multi greens in it. Here is a picture of one of them.

How many gallons is that tank. You can use that one as a grow out tank when they get to be about 6 weeks old.

lol not multi green yet but very cute little speck. really cant wait to do it unfortunetly im just not ready yet i kind of figured but i thought the 20g would be fine to use but next time ill hav a 2.5 gallon to do it with. and hav it all set up wen a female is ready.

20gals !!!!!!!! that's WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TO BIG.

lol okay yep next time ill hav a alot smaller one wen i want to do it

Ok good. Just hold off a little.

yep it was more a spur in the moment but now i realise that was retarded of me

Pilli, I will add a small wad of java moss in the box of fish, that way you have some when you try it again.

Also another thing to look for on the female is her egg tube. If she's mature enough to breed she will have one. Here are a few pictures of them.



This one is the Multi Green mother of the fry.

I'm hoping that some of these fry will be good enough to send to the IBC shows next spring. They should be there out of Karens show winning stock.