Betta Fry. Kill or Breed?

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Hello...

I have a male and female betta in my tank. I didnt know he was male until he started making bubble nests.. Now the tank is not matured yet. The nitrogen cycle has not yet completed and the ammonia levels are 0.5, also there are other white spot tetras in the tank, and minimum hiding areas

The worst problem is that I will not be free to get food for the fry- I dunno what they eat ! - wont be free to remove the male and females.

The semi good news is that I think they have not mated yet. The males is still making bubbles nest and I dun see any horizontal strips on the female.

But it seems really cruel to just destroy the nests...

If I am able to get ready made fry food to feed them twice a day is that enuff?
What will happened if I juist leave all of them inside together?

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Or I should just seperate the male and females?


Thanks
 
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they have fry food thats small enough its like powder i used it when i had my molly fries, you should get a fry net to seperate the fry from everyone else, i think u just have to wait untill they hatch to catch them and put them in the net thats what i did.
 
The problem is.. I might not be around to see them when they mate or hatch... Hmmm any specific names for the powder food?

Is there a way to put them together and not make them mate? Would the males simply blow bubbles again if the fry die?
 
If you are not around when they mate/hatch you may have a dead female on your hands along with a bunch of fry. Personally I would separate them and then think about why you want to breed and research how it is done. Just because the male makes a nest doesn't mean he has to use it (same goes for adolescent kids) or that you are prepared to deal with the resulting babies (again, same goes for adolescents lol). I don't think its cruel at all to scoop out the nest, or just separate the male and female and leave the nest be.
 
I had a male and female raise fry in a 55 gal heavily planted tank. I kept them together until the juvis were about 5-6 months old ( that`s when the kids started fighting ). If the female has room to get away from the male and plants to hide in he won`t bother with her too much. When I removed the juvis I aslo removed the male. I fed my fry Walter worms and crushed flakes.
 
before worrying about breeding, the first thing you need to do is a few water changes to keep ammonia and nitrite as close to 0 as possible. these chemicals, while a natural part of the cycling process, are toxic to your fish even in small amounts, and can cause gill damage and other health issues. in your first post you switch back and forth between 'female' and 'females' - how many fish/bettas do you have in the tank? what is the tank size? even if they did breed, the tetras will be quick to eat the babies as soon as they drop from the nest, as will the other bettas including the father eventually.
 
well I guess the last post did it. haha I do NOT want to breed them.. dun have the expertise or time to do it.. its only one female and male.. so far not of them are dead. So you mean that the male can be just making the bubblenest and trying to show off but they might not breed at all right?

I just need a confirmation that they have not mated and the bubblenest are for show and then I can leave them as it is with a peace of mind..

Yea.. I working on the whole nitrogen cycle thingy.. keeping ammonia below 1..
Thanks anyways
 
Ammonia should be below 0.25.

I can't answer your other questions about breeding bettas, but if you don't want to breed them, keep the female separate from the male.
 
Look at the bubbles very closely. If there's eggs, you'll see little round, off-white dots. They look almost like bubbles, except they're not "shiny" like a bubble. Try looking at different angles too...
 
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