slashvanyoung
Dopefish lives!
He will most likely shred her to pieces... breeding Bettas is actually quite hard.
You can only do it a few times a year, and you must make sure the male is READY for the female or else he will kill her.
(usually the male is ready when he prepares a 'bubble sack' on top of the water for the eggs, but since bettas are 'inbreds' in the domestic pet industry-
their fighting genes are weak, and also their 'rediness' for breeding )
Then the breeding process actually should take place in a 10 gallon tank, and not a 1.5 habitat.. You'll need a sponge-filter, and a lot of patience...
Once the female is fertile, you must remove the male... when she starts laying eggs, the female needs to be removed too.. The little baby bettas are microscopic at first.. (which is why you'd use a sponge filter)
anyhoo..................................... who cares.
Cara's fish look healthy and they look great!!
heh, I'm such a nerd![]()
Yeah, it's dangerous for the fish, and difficult overall. I would never think about trying to breed them for those reasons. I rather like them alive! I'm not 100% sure but I've heard and read that black females or females with a lot of black on them are sometimes infertile anyway.
Hmm, I don't have any experience with Bettas... our fishies are a bit less complicated, I guess.
They're usually just doin' their thing... you know.. swim swim hungry, swim swim hungry, poop. Repeat.
Not so much mutilation going on. Actually, none at all. But I've learned that lesson with blowfishies... they're vicious!