Spawning Time

[Ritingyou]

Ok, sorry I'm sounding like a noob when it comes to breeding bettas.. Last time I did this was a few years ago (back in middle school) and I had no idea what I was doing. The only thing I remember from then was seeing the male picking the eggs off the ground.

Well today I'm attempting it again, its their first time and they started a half hour after they realized they could get to eachother. I've been watching for 2 hours and they have been trying non-stop. Now I'm wondering how long does this normally go on until the eggs fall? I figured a day or two but I also thought that they wouldnt start so soon.

 

[lilfishie]

it varies on the amount of 'practice' wraps before you sucessfully see any eggs, could be a few minutes could be hours usually depends on ages and the egginess of the female

 

[Ritingyou]

Well it's hard to say what their age is since I got them both from petsmart. But shes plumped up pretty well so I know theres at least some eggs in there I just dont want them to practice so much that they lose interest... that would be bad

 

[lilfishie]

hopefully you will see some eggs soon who did you decide to breed in the end?

 

[Ritingyou]

I ended up breeding drake my hmpk with one of my dark blue girls. She is a VT but I'm not expecting a very large spawn. Even if it was though I know a couple lfs that take really good care of the bettas they sell if no one else wanted them. Then I plan to have one of the girls from that spawn and spawning them back with drake

Then while I'm at that I have a marble pair that should arrive either thursday or friday I plan to have them spawn as well.. XD

 

[lilfishie]

Marbles! i love marbles!

hope you get eggs soon, HMPKs are known for being aggressive spawners but yours sounds like a softy

 

[Ritingyou]

He started out pretty gentle to her.. but I think his paticents is wearing off since as the time goes by the more nips I see on her. Although I was surprised to see his fin a little torn.. barley.. but still was surprising lol

I started going crazy over marbles when I saw the thread on here with everyone posting pictures on there.. so amazing what color difference there is with them! Now I cant get enough of them lol I'm already asking the same breeder about her next spawn XD

How would I be able to tell if there is eggs in the nest? I cant watch them 24/7 and with my luck it will happen when im not watching.. lol But it's kinda hard to check the nest since its under the foam cup.

 

[Ritingyou]

So I took the female out yesterday.. Honestly I did not think there were eggs since the bubble nest kept getting smaller and drake wasnt moving much. Just there under the nest stareing out at the plants. But today I watch a little closer to see him careing for a random egg that falls out..

Question.. do they only put the ones that are fertilized in the nest? Also would bbs be small enough for the fry? I have infrousia if not but it just stinks.. so I would really prefer the bbs if possible

 

[lilfishie]

as far as i am aware they eat any unfertilized eggs, BBS should be fine thats what i'm planning on using

 

[Ritingyou]

Awsome! Then I can get rid of the stinky green water.. Drake doesnt seem to be tired at all, I'm amazed. I tried feeding him too but nothing is going to distract him from careing for his fry. Such a good daddy

 

[lilfishie]

he certainly sounds like a good daddy

 

[Ritingyou]

He is, I just wish he didnt nip so much.. My little girl Crest is missing a quarter of her tail fin now.. I know it'll grow back but I know it had to hurt! I guess it would have been worse though. Good thing I had all thoes plants in there!

I wish I could take a few pics for everyone to see but everything I use ends up blurry

 

[lilfishie]

it could of been worse, my female lost most of her tail and they didn't even spawn

Its grown back nicely though

 

[Ritingyou]

Omg I dont think I would be able to not cry if I saw my little girl with her tail completely off.. I had to sleep during the spawning process just to handel his nipping because I felt so guilty.. I guess thats just the part of betta breeding everyone has to get use to. Sorry to hear your little girl lost hers and didnt even get to spawn.. talk about a really bad stroke of bad luck!

 

[lilfishie]

Thing is though that Male keeps getting in with another Male as there in a divided tank and there no agresion what so ever from either

Has he been chasing her away recently? maybe they laid them on the day you saw them wrapping which would mean they'd be hatching soon