hockeyref88

Well he did it................Mr. Royal Blue made his first bubble nest!! We don't know what that means but we think its good.........He seems to be very proud of himself this morning. Its a bit of good news after the catastrophy we had in the cichlid tank last night. We lost 7 fish in our cichlids tank last night including my prize electric yellow and a beautiful catfish I had, both since the beginning........I'll explain more later on, I've got to hang our new solid walnut front doors we just got today.

Rick

Lucy

Oh wow, I'm sorry you lost so many fish.

Sir Royal Blue must be a happy betta boy.

Martinismommy

Yeah Royal! That's our little stud muffin lol

Shawnie

wow awesome!!!! I hope you got pics of this manly moment ....soooo sorry about your loss tho

chickadee

I am sorry about the losses but the little Sir Royal is a Happy Betta Boy for sure and is to be congratulated for sure. That means he likes his new home and his family. It is a "look at me I am so HAPPY" present to you and his mommy. He is going to expect to be made over and cooed over and have some attention given to the accomplishment. It is a big thing for him to do and took a lot of energy and he will expect you to give him his proper due for it. So spend some time with him and talk to him and give him some attention and tell him what a great job he did. It will make his day. And whatever you do don't break it up.

Rose

Shawnie

gosh I remember the first time rafikki made one..I thought OMG what was put in the tank..so as a brunette moment I had, I scooped it all out thinking the tank was dirty!

COBettaCouple

Cool, congrats to Mr. Royal Blue!

hockeyref88

So Royal did this at night with the lights out while we were sleeping. Have any of you guy's seen them actually in the process of making one of these nest?

COBettaCouple

Yea, our only bubble nester was our first Betta, Super Mario. He was always building nests so we saw him building nests often. Our wild Mahachai Betta also build a nest when the Mahachai pair bred.

hockeyref88

So whats the deal?? They actually blow a bubble out of they're mouth? and then another and another just like that?

COBettaCouple

http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/be...ing-video.html





There are some examples of bubble nesting. You can see how they go to the surface and make a bubble of air, move to the nest and release the bubble.

ThisGuy

i like it it keeps my betta happy working on this gigantic bubble nest that i destroy when i clean out his tank on Mondays. Its like he has a hobby and he builds them so fast.

hockeyref88

Thanks that is the coolist looking thing. My wife will dig seeing that.

MinxMermaid

Excuse me Hockey Ref, its SIR Royal Blue, not MR. Royal Blue. geesh....

he's always gettin his name mixed up, like Sir Peacock Royal Blue, or Royal Britton Peacock, sumpin, sumpin...

just to clarify....its Sir Royal Blue Peacock Britton!!

and it is a lovely double bubble nest!!!

Martinismommy

chickadee

some people cut a styrofoam cup in half and float it in the tank upside down with the open side down so that gives them something to build in so the nest will not be disturbed. But this is generally when they are planning on letting them breed. In the size tank that you have Sir Royal in and with your set up this would not be a wise decision. But if you want to give him something to be able to build in so as not to disturb the nest for a few days you could try the cup idea and see if he will build inside of it. Some bettas get a favorite spot and won't build anywhere else and some of them build one time and then never again so you may want to do a picture of it if you can.

It is a cool thing though as some bettas never do make them.

Rose

COBettaCouple

I love them bubble nesting!

hockeyref88

Yeah we loved it too................He really is starting to show his little personality. I was a little worried today as it is extremely hot here and his tank got up to 85. The heater has been off for a few days. I didn't want to do a water change as I just took out the cycled media I had in it to see if it was good to go on its own. Do you think he will be ok at that temp or should I do a water change?