Betta breeding?

[Quin]

I'm not personally interested in it yet but I watched two videos today outlining how they bred bettas. The fry were super cute but I was wondering about how it's done. For the female's safety they kept her in this cut water bottle for 24 hours, and in one of the videos when she was released she stayed bent for a little bit even while she swam. Do breeders actually keep them in those tiny things that long? I would be so uncomfortable and bored

 

[JuiceBox52]

Mass breeders do. Private breeders dont tend to do that.

What I know. Keep the male and female separate and feed them live foods for about 2 weeks
Move the male to a spawning tank and let him build a nest then move the female over

Then let them spawn and remove the female

The male will take care of the eggs until they hatch and then you can move him back to his tank

 

[Salty&Onion]

Cut water bottle is only to introduce the female to male betta for sure, but I'm not sure only about those 24 hours.

 

[Quin]

Cut water bottle is only to introduce the female to male betta for sure, but I'm not sure only about those 24 hours.

It's possible I'm misremembering and it was only one hour! That would definitely make it better (or betta! Hah)

 

[Crispii]

I just put the male and female in the same tank at the same time along with other couple other Bettas (had like 2 males and 3 females). After two weeks of having them, one of the pair spawned. The fries hatched in two days and started free-swimming in the third day after hatching. I move the fries to a 5-gallon tank and let them grow out. The first week I started to feed them infusoria and later switching them to live baby brine after the first week they hatched.

 

[Salty&Onion]

I just put the male and female in the same tank at the same time along with other couple other Bettas (had like 2 males and 3 females). After two weeks of having them, one of the pair spawned. The fry hatched in two days and started free-swimming in the third day after hatching. I move the fry to a 5-gallon tank and let them grow out. The first week started to feed them infusoria and later switching them to live baby brine after the first week they hatched.

Depends on temperament of the betta..

 

[Quin]

I just put the male and female in the same tank at the same time along with other couple other Bettas (had like 2 males and 3 females). After two weeks of having them, one of the pair spawned. The fry hatched in two days and started free-swimming in the third day after hatching. I move the fry to a 5-gallon tank and let them grow out. The first week started to feed them infusoria and later switching them to live baby brine after the first week they hatched.

Cool! Have you ever had aggression issues? I know I've heard that male and females will sometimes fight but it didn't seem to be an issue in the videos

 

[Crispii]

Cool! Have you ever had aggression issues? I know I've heard that male and females will sometimes fight but it didn't seem to be an issue in the videos

Very minimal. The two males don't fight. They just flare and flash at each other. Then again, I didn't keep domesticated Bettas.

 

[Quin]

Very minimal. The two males don't fight. They just flare and flash at each other.

Cool! I sometimes wonder whether Hank has been in a fight as he has these markings on his gills that look like scars. I assume his temperament is more passive since he greatly dislikes being shown a mirror and swims away, so I hope he never got his little hiney kicked!

 

[Sylvan]

For Splendens it's pretty standard from what I've read, to try to prevent the male from attacking the female. It's easier with most non Splendens species, I have Betta Coccina and have 2 males and 3 females in the same tank where they've spawned in the main tank and bred successfully in my separate breeding tank.

 

[Crispii]

For Splendens it's pretty standard from what I've read, to try to prevent the male from attacking the female. It's easier with most non Splendens species, I have Betta Coccina and have 2 males and 3 females in the same tank where they've spawned in the main tank and bred successfully in my separate breeding tank.

Same here. It's even doable with species from the splendens complex.