First we would like to explain how the esplendens betta fish reproduction is, and then discuss the conditions that must meet to achieve the reproduction.
First you say that the betta fish makes a bubble nest with his saliva on the surface, about 5 inches long and about 3 or 4 thick bubbles when the nest is completed is a sign that the male is ready, and then the wedding party can begin. At this time the male is placed below the nest and invites a female to accompany him. If the female is ready, after much prodding from the male, is to accompany him to stand under the bubble nest.
male betta fish bubble nest building
When the couple is below the nest, the male embraces the female, his body pressing the abdomen of the female, which will leave a few yellow eggs that are fertilized by the male.
The betta fish eggs fall to the bottom, where they are collected by the male that enters the bubble nest. Sometimes the female also collects and deposits eggs in the nest. This act is repeated several times, and some females can lay about 400 eggs, this will depend on the age of the female, the type of food we provide, …
Once you finish putting the betta fish male is responsible for spawning city, picking up eggs that fall from the nest and the fry fall once born.
At 30 hour or meno (affects temperature and other factors) the fry are born, and you can see below the nest a myriad of tiny lines. This is the worst time for the male, it does not cease in its efforts to collect the fry that fall and put them back in the nest. These days, the male nearly stopped eating, and their only concern will be to look after the spawn. Needless to say that if by itself the male is aggressive when spawning is taking care becomes even more aggressive, so it is very important that the breeding is done in separate tanks, which can leave the male with only their young.
fry three weeks of age
The fry remain in the nest for two or three days, during which he will only be able to swim upright, but after the second or third day you can swim horizontally, and this will be a nuisance to the betta fish male, it will go crazy picking fry and putting it in the nest. It is a good time to separate the male and leave the fry alone.
fry a month old
Finish the work of the betta fish male, but starts as ours, which is the most difficult stage, we need to conserve water and provide proper food for the fry.
fry two months
<strong>Aquarium conditions for betta fish reproduction</strong>
1 °) We choose a partner who enjoys life, because our success will largely depend on the selected betta fish parents.
If we choose good parents, the number of eggs from the spawn will be greater, and when the fry are born, a larger number of betta fish this will survive.
It is also important that we look at the features of the breeders, because betta fish newborn will usually be a replica or a mixture of parents in which the fins, colors, shapes are concerned.
For the couple to enjoy a perfect health, we will have to be fed with good food previously, in which we include live food (mosquito larvae, water fleas …)
2 °) The size of the betta fish´s aquarium must be 20 liters, but the water level should not exceed 15 inches, because then the task of collecting male eggs or fry would become even harder. temperature should be around 26 degrees on the floor must not have anything, since the male will have to collect eggs, and if the soil is clean the male feeling better.
The height of water should be about four inches, to facilitate the betta fish male down to the task by the female expels eggs and eggs fall from the nest.
Aeration and filtration must be very mild or nonexistent. If you see streams that are created, it is preferable not to filter or aerate, otherwise it could destroy the nest.
Steps for reproduction:
We know how to reproduce the betta fish, and we know the conditions of the aquarium to get reproduced, we will now explain step by step what to do to succeed.
First thing we do is to choose a male betta fish in good health. we will introduce it in an aquarium of about 10 liters (is advisable, but I managed to raise in aquariums smaller, I leave to your taste), with temperatures around 26 degrees, there are no currents and the background is clean of Chinese and other elements.
It is important that the copies we choose to reproduction, must have been previously prepared with an injection of vitamins, giving live food rich in protein.
Some plants should be introduced to help the betta fish male floating in the creation of the nest, but I think it is not necessary.
Set two or three females that are prepared by the Aquarium of the male, or at farrowing or some type of container within the aquarium the betta fish male, but the male can not have contact with any female.
To find out if a female is ready, we must observe its abdomen, as this will be a little swollen, and the end of this we can see a bubble or lump yellow sign that is ready.
female betta fish ready to reproduction
Once we have the male with the females around, it’s a matter of waiting for the male chooses one of them and put to build the nest. If for any reason, the male did not make the nest, we encourage it, bringing another male next door, then began a fight to see who builds the best nest.
When the nest is built, we will introduce the female the male has chosen, we’ll know that watching the male, as he struts in front of his choice, moving flaps and unfolding.
After entering the female, other females were removed, leaving only the couple. It is advisable to introduce a plant in some shale, or other shelter for the female because the female the first day were not as receptive as the male would want, and this sometimes attack it.
We can see that the male is placed under the nest and wiggles and deploys fins and unreceptive female sample, do not worry, it’s normal, even the angry male will chase the female, couple things.
Typically, the next day the female will be more receptive, and after some calls of the male displaying all its weapons of fins, that go below the nest to accompany the male courtship.
We arrived at the party for my taste is the most spectacular. The male betta fish with his body around the female betta fish, and presses on your abdomen, so that the female expels a few eggs (5 to 30), yellowish, which are fertilized by the male instantly. After being dead for a few seconds, the male is quick to catch the eggs with his mouth and put them into the nest. Sometimes the male betta fish helps the female beta fish in the task, but it is normal while the female recovers from the effort to collect all the male.
This will continue for several hours (2 to 4 hours). Once you have finished the female away from the nest and the male beta fish to stay under the care of, taking any eggs that fall out and repairing the nest when it deteriorates.
It is a good time to get the female beta fish , as well as it could eat the eggs, the male may attack her and kill her.
If all goes as planned, the 30 hours or so will fry, which can be seen below the nest, a tiny endless queues, which soon began to fall from the nest, further complicating the task of the male, which ceased the task of going down to by those who fall, pick them up and put them up in the nest, and again down.
The first two days, the fry swim vertically, but after the third day, start to swim horizontally, and the male can not catch them all and put them in the nest, then it’s time to separate the male and leave the kids alone.
If we use again the same fish for reproduction, we must leave to rest for 10 days and give an injection of vitamins, and after that back again.
As the fry are concerned, begins the task harder, which is to provide food. the first three days were fed their own bag, but then you have to give them food they can take. This is explained in section