betta questions (sorry, vauge post)

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Oct 14, 2004
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Well, my betta sonic died, and i cried (I got him 2 years ago on valintines day, so of course, i am quite attatched to him). So my boyfriend picks me up a new one the next day. The only thing about this new one is it is a quite expensive doubletail, about 10-20 times more expensive than the usual 'veil tail' variety. And i know this is going to sound bad, because i try to care for all of my fish, right down to the tinyest guppy fry, the best i can, but i want to take extra special care for this one, especially cuz i have to try and breed it. I have done guppies and goldfish, with great sucess, and I have been reading up on how to breed bettas (after i find the appropriate female double tail), but i would still like to hear opinions on what works and what dosnt. so if you could, please post back some of your always great advice.
 
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I wouldn't consider bettas a good fish to breed for beginners. The spawning process itself can be somewhat tricky. Sometimes one or the other of the fish can be seriously injured or even die during spawning (usually the female). Then you have to start separating the male babies by 6-8 weeks of age which means you'll have several separate jars to clean daily. If you slack on the cleaning and maintenance of the fry tanks/jars, bettas are very susceptible to fungal and bacterial infections as well as velvet.

All that being said, if you want to try your luck at breeding bettas and you're seriously commited to the project, it can be a lot of fun too. Be sure to have jars cleaned and ready to go before you start seeing aggression in your fry tank, when bettas start fighting they mean business and it can get ugly very quickly.

Do a google.com search for "Betta breeding" and you'll find tons of information, read all you can of it. Each breeder has thier own system or technique, so you may have to try a few different things before you figure out what works for you and your bettas.

If after a few spawns you decide that you're serious about breeding bettas and want to continue the project, you can setup central filtration systems that will help keep the separate jars cleaner and reduce the amount of work needed to raise them sucessfully. Of course, that's only if you decide this is something you want to do on a larger scale. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth the expense to set it all up.

Good luck! Let us know how it works out :)
 
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