lycaena
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soooooooooo i decided to breed 2 of my bettas.
filled an empty 10 gallon tank, halfway, put a half a styro foam cup in there, taped it to one wall of the tank
so that it wouldnt get moved around, put some frogbit in there and a couple frill plants (for female to hide in if needed, and for future babies)
and put the male in, few days later, put female in, in a container inside the tank.
male is one who is always building a bubblenest anyhow, female or not. and he already had one going in the cup, when he saw her it just kept gettin bigger and bigger-
the cup was about half full (thick!!) after one day, a day later, its all around the cup too. and female is showing vertical stripes
i waited another day to be sure,
let her out, they swam around together for a while then it happened..
this is the interesting part..
after spawning, SHE was collecting the eggs. My mom was saying that she was eating them but i watched for a bit and saw that she was picking up several at a time in her mouth then spitting them into the nest. HOW CUTE.
Male stayed by the nest and added more bubbles any chance he could get. They did this a few times, then I was about to go out for a little, and I figured they would still be doing this for a while, I decided to add some more plants, on the opposite end of the tank for the female to hide if needed, in case they were done before I got back and he was bein mean to her. So, as i am lifting the tank lid up..and putting the plants in, I knocked the tank hood INTO the tank..totally ruining EVERYTHING
Of course I was SOOO angry with myself. And i took the female out, put her back in her tank, for the time being. Figured I'll start all over, with the conditioning with yummy foods, then when i get back ill change the water out for the boy and start over. So i left him there with the floating cup, and his bubbles everywehre, and eggs on the floor....I come home...and..he has rebuilt the nest. AND the eggs are not on the floor of the tank!
I can see a couple eggs in the nest but they are really hard to see. So i figure he made his nest again and put the eggs back in it!!
So now I am gonna wait, and see what happens, if those eggs actually hatch, also if he put more than just those couple eggs I could see in it and ate the resT? or what.
interesting huh! and SO CUTE.
filled an empty 10 gallon tank, halfway, put a half a styro foam cup in there, taped it to one wall of the tank
so that it wouldnt get moved around, put some frogbit in there and a couple frill plants (for female to hide in if needed, and for future babies)
and put the male in, few days later, put female in, in a container inside the tank.
male is one who is always building a bubblenest anyhow, female or not. and he already had one going in the cup, when he saw her it just kept gettin bigger and bigger-
the cup was about half full (thick!!) after one day, a day later, its all around the cup too. and female is showing vertical stripes
i waited another day to be sure,
let her out, they swam around together for a while then it happened..
this is the interesting part..
after spawning, SHE was collecting the eggs. My mom was saying that she was eating them but i watched for a bit and saw that she was picking up several at a time in her mouth then spitting them into the nest. HOW CUTE.
Male stayed by the nest and added more bubbles any chance he could get. They did this a few times, then I was about to go out for a little, and I figured they would still be doing this for a while, I decided to add some more plants, on the opposite end of the tank for the female to hide if needed, in case they were done before I got back and he was bein mean to her. So, as i am lifting the tank lid up..and putting the plants in, I knocked the tank hood INTO the tank..totally ruining EVERYTHING
Of course I was SOOO angry with myself. And i took the female out, put her back in her tank, for the time being. Figured I'll start all over, with the conditioning with yummy foods, then when i get back ill change the water out for the boy and start over. So i left him there with the floating cup, and his bubbles everywehre, and eggs on the floor....I come home...and..he has rebuilt the nest. AND the eggs are not on the floor of the tank!
I can see a couple eggs in the nest but they are really hard to see. So i figure he made his nest again and put the eggs back in it!!
So now I am gonna wait, and see what happens, if those eggs actually hatch, also if he put more than just those couple eggs I could see in it and ate the resT? or what.
interesting huh! and SO CUTE.
