Now That I Have Free Space...

[wuvmybetta]

..heh heh, I have room for babies!!! Maybe just in time for Christmas, we'll see. I expect this particular spawn to be a challenge as this male has never (ever!) built a bubble nest, he's the only one. One time I found a few bubbles scattered, but nothing that can be called "a nest", so we'll see. This might be a complete flop.

I set them up last night before I went to bed. I haven't turned the lights on in the fish room yet, but when I do I'll probably feed these guys again then release her this afternoon/evening.

lookin' a lil nervous here..\

love this one, the blue in his eye shows nicely

errrm, please don't hurt me mister..

eta~ just went to check, he started a nest the size of a pea Oh boy, this should be fun!

 

[willtang3000]

beautiful pair neva thought you'd find space in your house to breed more wuv lol

 

[Joby]

Oooh what a lovely pair

Bless his heart, a pea size bubblenest its a start anyway

 

[wuvmybetta]

I don't even know if it qualifies as a nest
But I'm going for it anyway. I just need him to fertilize the eggs and make them sticky. That's all I ask of him.

And thanks for the comments These are MY babies I think they're quite beautiful!

 

[thelastbetta]

Wow. Great couple!

 

[wuvmybetta]

Thank you kindly,missy! These are the youngest of my kids that I've ever tried to spawn.

 

[fishykisses]

my copper spawn male - Kyne, also never made a bubble nest and there was so few bubbles when they were ready to spawn i was nervous, but after the eggs were released....boy did he bubble nest! while he shuffled eggs he continuously increased his nest until he was finished tending to the fry.
i hope your guy will do the same.
You sure do have Gorgeous plakats!!!

 

[wuvmybetta]

I'm hoping that's what this guy does,too. Maybe something will click. And thanks!!

 

[Synirr]

They're so prettyful!!
If everything works out count me in for a baby or two in a few months!!

 

[Ben]

he is awesome!
Good luck on the spawn

DD
P.S....ever considered shipping to aus?

 

[wuvmybetta]

Yeah, I get the feeling this isn't going to work, but I'll keep them together a bit longer before I throw in the towel. Beautiful they may be, but cooperative they are not!

 

[fishykisses]

i'm having a similar issue with my yellow HM's, the female completely shredded the male - she doesn't have a nip on her and Gulliver looks like he got caught in a propeller or something. they've been in for 2 days, if it doesn't happen by tonight i'm gonna yank them both. I don't have an exact age on Gully - maybe he's too old - But he's GORGEOUS! or was anyway.

 

[wuvmybetta]

They're not doing anything, but they're not being aggressive either so I'll leave them a bit longer. I think they're just too little. The female is out and about 24/7, the male has taken to the plants. He has HUGE bubbles scattered willy nilly all over the surface. He's really just sloppy.

 

[MAM]

Well, I feel better now after reading this, its not just mine. I put my red ST's together this weekend, after the male made quite a show all week of bubblenesting in his bachelor pad. Now that they're together, he's hiding in the plants, with a pathetic excuse for a bubblenest (more like two rows of bubbles under the cup), and the female is doing her best to just swim around looking for food. Maybe our bettas are on Winter Break. Good luck though, hope yours get their fins in gear for you.

 

[willtang3000]

I found that plakats reach maturity much later than any other of bettas after my copper gold/purple plakat only bred being at 9months old