Icicle900

...The Female to the Male. I don't have a Female yet but I'm interested in Breeding. How can I introdice them.

PS: I have a bowl so I don't think I can use dividers.

clinton1621

If the bowl isnt heated AND filtered, then it wont do any good to try to breed them. The eggs would most likely not survive due to the water temp being too low (it needs to be about 78 F) or they would even more likely get a fungal infection from the lack of bacterial filtration (fungus is the most common problem with egg layers anyway, even in filtered tanks).

But to answer your question, the male needs to be in breeding mode with a bubble nest already built. This will help ensure he will more readily accept her, also she needs to be acclimated to his water... which may be difficult with a bowl. At any rate there is no guarantee that they wont attack each other, so be ready to take her back out pronto if necessary.

pamd

That's awful! A betta in a bowl and on top of that you're thinking about breeding? Please read the "Stickie Posts" in this betta forum about proper care before you even think about breeding!

Lucy

Hi Icicle900. I don't mean to be rude, but as the saying goes, one must learn to crawl before they can walk.

As pam said, please read up on proper betta care:
Welcome and Betta Care Guide - Please Read First!!!

You must learn to care for the one you have first.

Good luck.

Chief_waterchanger

Icicle, please read this about betta breeding.

http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/fi...g-project.html

May I ask:

How big the bowl is? (The male and female may have a harder time breeding in a container that is too small, because the female periodically may swim away for brief periods. Swimming away would be impossible in too small of a container.)

At what temperature the water in the bowl is kept? (Too low of a temperature would not be condusive to egg production.)

Do you have another container for the male? (After they breed you need a place to move the female (back to her container), but after the eggs hatch into wigglers and begin to go to free swimmers you would need to remove the male, also.)

Do you have a source for getting rid of extras? (They can have up into the hundreds, but of course you could control how many grow out by simply feeding the others to other fish.)

Do you have the ability to do daily water changes on the babies, and the time to care for nursing the parents back to health after the rigors of breeding?

Pandora's breeding thread there in the Fishhouse Blog is invaluable on breeding of Betta Splendens, hope it is useful to you.

Pandora

I agree, it doesn't sound like you're ready to be trying breeding yet. Bettas aren't a fish you can just throw together and expect to raise successfully. You need a 5-10 gallon tank with a sponge filter, and heated to at least 80 degrees, tanks for both male and female, somewhere to grow out the fry (for a very small spawn 10 gal will do, 20+ gallons is better, and 40 or so for a larger spawn), jars for the fry once they grow and live feeds for the young. The parents need to be in top shape, conditioned for a couple of weeks prior to breeding. There's a lot of work involved, and even with the best laid plans the fish can end up injured and rarely killed. Poorly planned, it's quite likely you'll lose one or both parents as well as all the fry.
Do some research, keep your adults in good shape for a while first, learn about the genetics, etc. of this species, and then you can think about whether or not it's something you actually want to try. You really need to have a love of the fish for it to be worth the effort, and if you do decide in the future you want to breed it's always a good idea to find decent breeding stock... if successful you can end up with 100+ fry and it's much easier to find homes for quality fish than a bunch of fry just like those someone could pick up at the local Walmart.

Devon

Welcome to the forum.

I don't want to discourage you, but I agree with the above posters: if you're keeping your betta in a bowl, you need to do a lot of research and upgrading before you will be ready to breed bettas. It takes some time and patience to become a good betta keeper, but it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

I see from your profile that you are not familiar with the aquarium nitrogen cycle. This information is absolutely critical for every fishkeeper to understand, so I invite you to start by reading this, a few times if needed: http://www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm

I'd also like to reiterate the importance of the article Lucy linked to you, which is here: Welcome and Betta Care Guide - Please Read First!!! . This article was written by one of our most experienced betta keepers and contains the collective wisdom of many knowledgeable FishLore members. It will give you all the basics that you absolutely must know if you want to keep a happy, healthy fish!

Betta splendens are, contrary to popular belief, not fish that can be kept in a bowl. They are tropical fish and need to live in a heated, filtered tank. Please consider getting a bigger home for your betta, and at the very least a heater. He will be much happier and healthier, and you will have far fewer problems with him if you do.