We have decided to buy another 10 gallon aquarium and start setting up to breed bettas. At the moment there is only one male betta in a 10 gallon aquarium. There is nothing else in the tank except water. He appears to be building a bubble nest, but there is no female or eggs or anything. Why would he be doing this?
Betta Bubble Nest
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Male bettas will build a bubble nest when they are in the mood. Nothing to do with the presence of a female--more likely it's related to water temp and feeding.
If you want to breed bettas, you will need more than just another 10 gallon tank. Keeping the female separate is important, but you also must be able to house all the fry--and for males, that means individual tanks fairly quickly. There are lots of good resources for raising bettas--try searching in GFW.
If you want to breed bettas, you will need more than just another 10 gallon tank. Keeping the female separate is important, but you also must be able to house all the fry--and for males, that means individual tanks fairly quickly. There are lots of good resources for raising bettas--try searching in GFW.
Other than curiosity do you have a plan for what to do with the fry you get? I only ask because there are always lots of posts asking what to do with the tons of baby fish that have arrived in many peoples tanks. And unfortunatly there isn't always an easy way to get rid of them. Many fish stores might take them for free but only after you have put a lot of money into raising them.
OK, I'll look there. I have downloaded a few in depth guides on beeding bettas. I have the wate temp. at around 81F, and I've been feeding him "Nutrafin Freeze Dried Red Grubs"
We are planning on trying to sell the majority and keep a few for ourselves and future breeding if this works out
have you done all your research first?
A lot of people underestimate what is involved when breeding bettas. As OG said, as the male fry age, they will each need a separate tank/container. That can mean 150 individual quart containers that need to be water changed and fed and maintained temperature wise.
Also, a lot of the time, there is no demand for bettas because of their availability at a pet store for very little money. Many people who raise bettas cannot get rid of them all and end up with bettas they originally didn't intend to keep.
You might find that you would need to sell them online. In which case you'd need to package them properly for shipping and whatnot.
If you were very serious about this, you would invest in a pair of true breeding worthy fish, say from topbettas.com, and that way they wouldn't be "plain" veil tails that are available everywhere you turn.
If you do your research and are still interested, I could get you in contact with someone I know that raises bettas to sell.
EDIT: There is also always the risk of having your female or even male killed in an attempted breeding session. Unless you know how to read the signs of the fish, what seems like a harmless love bite may turn deadly. It happens quite a bit.
A lot of people underestimate what is involved when breeding bettas. As OG said, as the male fry age, they will each need a separate tank/container. That can mean 150 individual quart containers that need to be water changed and fed and maintained temperature wise.
Also, a lot of the time, there is no demand for bettas because of their availability at a pet store for very little money. Many people who raise bettas cannot get rid of them all and end up with bettas they originally didn't intend to keep.
You might find that you would need to sell them online. In which case you'd need to package them properly for shipping and whatnot.
If you were very serious about this, you would invest in a pair of true breeding worthy fish, say from topbettas.com, and that way they wouldn't be "plain" veil tails that are available everywhere you turn.
If you do your research and are still interested, I could get you in contact with someone I know that raises bettas to sell.
EDIT: There is also always the risk of having your female or even male killed in an attempted breeding session. Unless you know how to read the signs of the fish, what seems like a harmless love bite may turn deadly. It happens quite a bit.
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Leopardess is totally right. Have to been to some big chain pet store and seen all those little plastic cups with bettas in them? Do you really want to end up giving/possibly selling your fish to a pet store that will just do that to them until they die? bettas are a different story than most fish because of thier particular living conditions.
Sure try your hand at breeding them- it is fun to breed fish after all. But maybe use the babies as feeders or something for other fish. If you raise them all to adulthood be prepared for what everyone else has been talking about.
Sure try your hand at breeding them- it is fun to breed fish after all. But maybe use the babies as feeders or something for other fish. If you raise them all to adulthood be prepared for what everyone else has been talking about.
If you want show quality bettas then your gonna have to seperate them all to ensure their fins remain clean and high quality.
Many betta breeders in florida keep them in these shallow and very wide (like 40ft wide) acrylic holding bins that partition each male betta into a 4inch wide by 6inch long holding bin. Water is then run via pump from one ense of the bin and exists out the other end going to various filters etc. These holding bins are placed on shelves so that you have like a 10 tier design. which each tier holding around 120 male bettas. The water is pumped into the top tier and falls into the next lower tier etc etc. and then exists the bottom tier. and of course there is a light above for then to rate and view each fish.
Remember bettas sold in the store are a few years old already. It takes awhile for fry to mature to a saleable size.
Also remember if your gonna breed get a betta that has been caught in the wild. There are some stores that still sell wild caught bettas because they are like rats of the rice pads in south east asia.
If you breed store bought bettas, which have been commercial breed over several generations, you will just get the same bettas colors you see in the store. which you will sell to a fish store for like .25 each
Now if you breed a wild betta you will get a few rare color variations that are difficult to get from commercial produced bettas. These rare strains can fetch $5-$45 each. Such as a pure white or pure honey gold or pure amber color betta.
Wow, I think that's a heck of an undertaking and I wish you the best. Please keep us updated!
Sushi keeps building those little nests. Poor thing. Keeps getting stood up, but keeps trying anyway.
Sushi keeps building those little nests. Poor thing. Keeps getting stood up, but keeps trying anyway.