My 1St Attempt At Breeding

[lilfishie]

hope theres been some progress well atleast there doing better than mine

 

[sausagewinkle]

hope theres been some progress well atleast there doing better than mine

No progress. Thai still hasn't re built his nest and still chasing Tilly.

 

[fuzzynicki]

Sounds like you may both have a couple of gay males there Come on boys,- we are all desperate to see some action here!

 

[sausagewinkle]

It's 12:45am and Thai has started to build a nest. Tilly has a not of her tail missin but being patent and letting them be. Waaaaaa fingers crossed please

 

[bettanewbe]

So cool
its my first time breeding bettas too- doing it with a butterfly halfmoon similar to yours, but its more of a greenish blue (not evenly spread out), wish i had a female as beautiful as urs ...

mine took about one and a half maybe two weeks to mate! i had the female in a jar as well and he built a small nest and slowly added to it each day... when i released the girl they didnt flare or anything they just checked each other out and were prety peaceful so i let her stay under constant supervison... next say the bubble nest had doubled in size but she seemed uninterested... he kept adding to it until the nest covered HALF a ten gallon tank! im not exagerating lOL...even so she seemed uninterested.... until finally after days of not seeing anything it just hapened!

be patient it will eventually happen--- just make sure their not fighting

 

[fuzzynicki]

So cool
its my first time breeding bettas too- doing it with a butterfly halfmoon similar to yours, but its more of a greenish blue (not evenly spread out), wish i had a female as beautiful as urs ...

mine took about one and a half maybe two weeks to mate! i had the female in a jar as well and he built a small nest and slowly added to it each day... when i released the girl they didnt flare or anything they just checked each other out and were prety peaceful so i let her stay under constant supervison... next say the bubble nest had doubled in size but she seemed uninterested... he kept adding to it until the nest covered HALF a ten gallon tank! im not exagerating lOL...even so she seemed uninterested.... until finally after days of not seeing anything it just hapened!

be patient it will eventually happen--- just make sure their not fighting

This is a great tale to hear as it will put a few people's minds at rest,- so thanks for that!

Really keeping fingers crossed for this spawn and hoping to hear some good news soon

 

[sausagewinkle]

Well he rebuilt hiss nest last night. Still chasing her though. Leaving her another night then will remove her tomorrow of nothing has happened

 

[sausagewinkle]

well I may have give up too soon, but i moved tilly back into her jar last night. The nest had again been destroyed with the chasing.(unless Thai or tilly destroyed it) Tilly has lost about 3/4 of her tail so i thought it be best to remove her.
This morning there has been no nest built (Thai builds over night normally) so this attempt has unfortunately been unsuccessful

I will be trying again but i think ill try a different female, my back up opaque Wisp


Best of luck to lilfishie and hope it works out for her 2 pairs

 

[sausagewinkle]

I know everyone knows this breeding attempt was not a success, but i have added the last few pictures and videos on anyway. Shame for them to go to waste

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Poor thing, just look at her tail.

Sorry it didn't work out for you. Hopefully next time it will

 

[fuzzynicki]

so sorry to hear things haven't worked out I really wanted to see what they'd produce as they are both so gorgeous Best of luck hun with attempt number 2!

 

[sausagewinkle]

thank you ladies x

 

[Xiv14]

just a little advice please stop your urge to look at them so frequently.. it makes the male a little bit paranoid so he starts to become an egg-eater.

 

[sausagewinkle]

I left them as much as I could and just checked on them now and then

Any advise would be appreciated

 

[Xiv14]

Cover the tank sides with black carton and also the top