Betta Breeding Resources

[Kyoberr]

You guyz, that is fantastic. I have always wondered the best way. It can be so difficult and discouraging at times. Thanks tons!

[Scootydoo]

so RC when exactly do you first cull them, like around how old?

[jdwoodschild]

As soon as we see any defects in the, we start culling (I live with him and we share the same fish room). We first do a count down to make sure they have two eyes, two ventreals, a caudal, dorsal, and anal. Then we see if they are having any swim bladder problems, those with the most severe go first, and those we think might grow out of it we try and see what they do. As they get bigger, if they are crooked (especially in DT), and we immediatly toss those that are really bent out of shape. Those with messed up caudal branching (I've had a couple where the first ray was short, but stuck out of the caudal at a funky angle). The age? There is no specific aget5hat we start, it really does depend on the spawn. A smaller spawn that grows fast we could start at 2-4 weeks if we see anything funky looking. Larger spawns that take a while to grow end up being older before we can really see details of individual fish.

[(RC)]

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[waterfreak177]

i'm a new guy but how do you tell if Betta male or female?

[waterfreak177]

im new but how do you tell if a Betta is male or female

[audzter]

what kind of aquarium did you use?

[audzter]

Originally Posted by waterfreak177

i'm a new guy but how do you tell if Betta male or female?

the female is like gonna burst with eggs.. and the male have longer fins than the female.

[audzter]

Breeding bettas are easy
you dont need the styro that much and if you want to use styro dont make a whole on the styro to see your betta thats freakin wrong!! you should leave it covered!! the male betta will get stress when its not covered since the betta will get shocked every time you came in to check the betta, look.. the thing is that dont cut the styro so the temp of the water will not pop all the buble in the buble nest that is holding the tiny eggs, ok? got it now? and if you are not using styro... just leave them alone .. there is still a chance for them to be sucesfull 40 percent.

[bigsis7]

Hi! Ok so I have been researching breeding bettas. I have a 30 ish gallon tank, a 2 gallon tank, and 10 gallon tank. What would be the best purposes for each of the tanks? I am not sure if 2 gallon tank is big enough for spawning and the 30ish gallon tank may be to big, but I don't know. I was thinking 10 could be spawning tank and 2 gallon is where the male would be when he wasn't busy with the ladies, and I keep the females in the 30 gallon with other fish. Does this sound ok?

[shade2dope]

As long as you have your fry foods inline(betta fry are to small to eat normal food from day one) (good food for day one are vineger ells)and containers to hold males it sounds good. 2g isnt to small for a spawn tank there are many tai breeders that use bigger flower pot to do so,but I would expect the female to get pretty beat up.I would use the 30g as a larger grow out tank and keep the female in containers like the male.

[bigsis7]

What do you mean by grow out tank? Like a bigger tank for the babies to grow in?

[shade2dope]

Yes that is what I mean.

[bigsis7]

Ok. Thanks!