Bettas Spawned

Well, last week I put my male crowntail betta next to the female crowntail, and he made a nice bubblenest. I've never breed bettas before, so I thought I'd let them do the work....lol

So I conditioned them with blood worms and raised the temp to 82 degrees. Then last night I put the female with the male, and they chased eachother back and forth. After a while, they went under the bubble nest and the male wrapped his body around her and out popped some eggs. They both picked them up from the bottom, and spit them into the bubble nest. So, we'll see what happens!

WIll post pics soon!

Nice Mikey! good job!! ive never actually seen baby bettas, im very interested keep us posted

whatthebloody wrote:Nice Mikey! good job!! ive never actually seen baby bettas, im very interested keep us posted

Thanks man! The one that did it was the one you gave me!!!

nice! i knew he had it in him!

cool man let us know how this turns out

Congrats! Make sure to take the parents out and have about 50 seperate small tanks to put the babies in when they're a couple weeks old

Thanks, and done! It was the first time these two have spawned, and the female did great! she looks like she's been in a drunken fight, but she's not dead! the male also did a great job, and he picked all of the eggs up right away. Since it was her first time she only dropped about 30 eggs.

Sweet. I miss betta breeding, it was such a fun hobby. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions

will do. and will post some pics of the actual spawning !!

Enjoy. They were in the upper corner, so it was hard to get some good shots.

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Wrapping the female up
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Doing the dance
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Taking a break
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Putting the eggs into his bubble nest
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The man himself, flared up
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You're going to have some gorgeous babies there! Very neat.

regan24 wrote:You're going to have some gorgeous babies there! Very neat.

Thank you!

I can't really see the female; what type is she? If she's not a crowntail you'll most likey have lots of combtail fry. I can't wait!!! Both make a good looking couple

CrashSmAshley wrote:I can't really see the female; what type is she? If she's not a crowntail you'll most likey have lots of combtail fry. I can't wait!!! Both make a good looking couple

she's a crowntail as well almost the same coloration but with more purple

Oh cool! Glad they hit it off so well. Where did you get the pair?

Thats awesome dude! I thought you wouldnt have fun with a ten gallon tank when you move! Well, I stand corrected! Great job pairing them up, sounds like you did it textbook... and it worked really well! awesome!

CrashSmAshley wrote:Oh cool! Glad they hit it off so well. Where did you get the pair?

The male i got from whatthebloody and the female I got from aquabid

sandnuka wrote:Thats awesome dude! I thought you wouldnt have fun with a ten gallon tank when you move! Well, I stand corrected! Great job pairing them up, sounds like you did it textbook... and it worked really well! awesome!

Thanks Joe. I didn't either, and it was way easier than cichlids. But oh well, it was really cool!

Well, I went to WSU orientation for 3 days, and I came home and the bubble nest is gone, and there are no babies anywhere....hmmmmm.. Lesson learned.

I'm sorry Mikey. It's not uncommon for new breeders to lose the fry on the first few tries. Was there a filter in the tank? Were the parents removed?

Yeah that's what I've heard. I mean they will learn after a few tries. I'll just try to keep more of an eye on the nest next time

Oh bummer, just read about this... hey, I was thinking about your ten gallon limit in school..... you can start breeding pretty much any dwarfs in a ten gallon! that would be sweet. plus do it planted... there is a ton of cool stuff you can do.
Of course if your into the betta's now, thats always cool too.

sandnuka wrote:Oh bummer, just read about this... hey, I was thinking about your ten gallon limit in school..... you can start breeding pretty much any dwarfs in a ten gallon! that would be sweet. plus do it planted... there is a ton of cool stuff you can do.
Of course if your into the betta's now, thats always cool too.

lol Dude, you have no idea how much I miss my cichlids. Bettas are cool looking, but they don't have the personalities that the cichlids do. I was thinking about that 10 gallon limit as well, and I think I'm going to go with shell dwellers. They have the personalities I'm looking for, and are harder to spawn than bettas But I'm going to order some Peacocks when we meet up, and have them for the summer. haha

dont forget our sponsor got shell dwellers too... and at a incredible price... maybe should put in an order for them sunday too, so you dont got to pay shippin later.....

8 different variants! [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], I got an extra tank i could keep em in for ya until you ready to take em if you dont