play

how do I breed my betta it is making a bubble nest now.Do i put one female in or two

eiginh

Is this the same betta that got beaten up real bad? If so that's pretty good that he is building a bubble nest already. You will get plenty of responses soon! A lot of betta people here

play

yes it is the same betta he made a full recovery.anyone else can help

Lucy

Hi Play, I wouldn't recommend breeding bettas unless you have the time, money and equipment involved. Not to mention where you would find homes for what could be 100's of fry.
It's much more complicated than breeding guppies or mollies.
If done incorrectly (even correctly sometimes), someone is bound to be hurt or killed.
Here's our Step by Step guide to breeding Bettas

play

I am going to get a new tank for christmas .my LFS needs some bettas also

Shawnie

theres no way that betta recovered fully after 3 days ...at least not the way you described their injuries..please dont even think about breeding them without reading lucy's link and having ALLOT of money

Lucy

One tank isn't going to suffice. Before they're ready to be sold/traded, they have to be separated or they will most likely fight.

play

ok. he has regrown his fins and has shiny scales so I thought he was fully recovered.he swims up and down his tank all day and he built a bubble nest.but i will wait until late november to try to breed them

Shawnie

are you telling us he regrew all his fins in 3 days play? im glad hes doing betteyr but I find it really hard to believe he lost all his fins 3 days ago and now they are regrown...im sorry but thats just impossible ...please do not breed bettas without reading that link ...

play

he did not lose all of them a lot but not all.he lost about 50% of his fins and 10% of his scales

Lucy

I agree with Shawnie. Even 50% isn't going to grow back in 3 days.
May I ask why you want to breed Bettas?

Tony G.

Please read that link. It was written by our very experienced betta breeder, and by the look of her work, it is time consuming and takes up alot of money. I agree also, one of my bettas chowed down on his fin and it took him a couple weeks of clean water to even SEE some fin regrowth...

Shawnie

Play..we arent pickin on you but you cant post a thread like this and then 3 days later ask us advice on how to breed such betta...we are all concerned about this poor fish and breeding isnt the way to go with this poor guy

play

ok i wont try to breed it for a couple of months

Tony G.

+1 he´s probably still pretty weak from the fight

hooxeii

Even if he was fully recovered, breeding isn't exactly a walk in the park for these guys. Nipping and chasing are part of the courtship to some degree, and this combined with his recent injuries might stress him to the point he could get sick. Not to mention that some betta girls can be meaner than the males! There's no guarantee that any given pair will be compatible in any case. Bettas are solitary critters by nature, and as soon as the girlie drops her eggs, the male will chase her out, even kill her as she's then viewed as a threat to his babies.

Not to mention the cost of breeding! You need a spawn tank of at least 10g, a filter of some kind, food for the fry, places to put the fry once they can no longer be housed together... breeding bettas isn't a lucrative business :/

Bubblenests mean he's feeling better, which is good! Don't compromise his recovery by overwhelming him with a girl! Best wishes for his speedy healing

play

thanks for the info I was going to tell my dad buy me a female so now I am not

hooxeii

Females can be just as fun as the males, just house them seperate

Martinismommy

Maybe the real question here should be WHY do you want to breed him in the 1st place? If you do end up breeding you may want to make sure you have around 100 1/2 jars ready to separate the males at around 6 weeks....

Lucy

Good question. One I asked also, but no answer was given.