Female Is Full Of Eggs And Male Has No Nest. Help!

I know it's not the way you breed Bettas (and I'm not trying to, necessarily) but after I saw my female had vertical stripes I introduced both her and the male to my 45 gallon tank (with a bunch of other fish like guppies and swordtails, she has lots of habitat to go to to get away from him). Theyve clearly mated and the female is literally stuffed with eggs, but the bubble nest he built was inadvertently destroyed during maintenance. I'm just wondering if she's ok (I literally see an egg coming out of her and she keeps going up where the nest was)... he is blowing bubbles again but not with much passion and I'm worried she's going to die if he doesn't get the eggs out of her....? I've never seen the process before and now that I'm rooting for them I just want to know how to best support them.

 

The "egg" you see is actually not that, it's the ovipositor. Is there any way you can separate the pair into a small tank or container so they can feel more secure?

 

Welcome to the forum!
First, take a look at these links.
So you want to breed bettas: Responsible Breeding
Step by Step guide to breeding Bettas
Second, the "egg" you see coming out of her is called an ovipositor, or egg spot. All female bettas have them, I wouldn't worry about it.
I would separate the pair ASAP. Not only is breeding in a community tank dangerous, it doesn't sound like you have the proper setup for babies. Do you have live foods for the fry? 100+ heated jars? The time to do daily water changes on said jars?
Have you seen the male wrap the female? Were there eggs in the original nest?
There is a risk of her becoming eggbound if they don't spawn, which can lead to death if not treated properly.
Fasting for 24-48 hours will allow her to reabsorb the eggs, large water changes to keep the water pristine and keeping the temperature around 80 should highten the process.

 

All is well. I knew to separate them after but they've spawned now. Nature takes its course. Thanks for the info!

 

Do you have the proper setup for fry?

 

As I mentioned before I'm not breeding them intentionally. They're doing just fine in a tank together. I'd never put another male in. She'said now with my baby guppies

 

Do you have the proper setup for fry?

I'm not interested in the fry.

 

I just wanted to make sure she wasn't going to explode! She's all done now and a good deal thinner.