Here is a step by step guide to learn all the steps necessary to successfully reproduce the Betta fish. If you have any questions, don't be shy to ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Enjoy!
Betta males make great dads! Making sure his fry's eggs are in the nest for sometimes days. They don't even eat... until the fry actually hatch... then sometimes they eat the fry...
Everything Aquarium they won't eat fry when they first hatch but if you leave him in there when the fry start getting larger faster he will eat them, or attack them.
we have a male beta , one time one of our cats decided to drink the fishes water , well i guess it pissed him off, he swam as fast as he could, and bit the cats tongue,the cat jerked away in confusion it was funny though.
My cousin and I bread and sold Bettas as kids in our primary school and became mini millionaires with much less resources than what I’m seeing people suggesting on RU-vid. It’s only expensive if you’re in a developed country, many of which are cold. If you’re doing this in the Caribbean, where I did it as a kid, the temperatures are similar to that of the bettas natural environment in south east Asia, so it helps a ton and makes the process super easy. It was a great experience and one of my favorite childhood memory and looking back I think it helped foster my sense of resourcefulness and what I call the “project mentality” which is essentially patience and grit necessary to see something through to the end. This venture of ours came about as a way to buy things for ourselves that other kids had and our parents couldn’t necessarily afford. We convinced virtually every kid that this is the cool thing to have instead of Gameboya and cartridges which were way more expensive, then got their parents convinced to buy each one for $10. Picture being a kid selling any commodity for $10 a pop, we were ecstatic! My allowance at that time was $10 a day $50 a week if I didn’t eat at school or catch the bus which was ¢50 one way. I walked to and from school and starved myself at lunch and break time. While my mother was disappointed, she let me alone as I had realized how to make money on my own if I saved my allowance and bought a male and female. Best of times to this day. In any event, this is a major undertaking for an 8 year old in 1999 as it is complex due to the delicate phases involved. Anyways, thanks for this video.
My friend wants me to breed Betta fish so i looked up this video. I'll definitely follow these steps! And then maybe hand the baby Betta off once they are old enough. Thank you! This is very useful information!!
Chesa Djanelle breeding betas can become horribly expensive and you should only really breed betas from other beta breeders to prevent genetic defects.
AquaLife&More You have to buy a spawn tank (5-10 gallons), a grow out tank (20-50 gallons) and lots of jars (50-200) for male bettas because they will start trying to kill eachother. Then you have to figure out how to filter and heat 50-100 jars. Also you need decorations, filters and heaters for the spawn tank and the grow out. You need to have live food cultures of different types of water worms and bugs. So it is very, very expensive... it is not uncommon for first time small scale betta breeders to spend upwards of $1,000 breeding their bettas and it is extremely rare for someone to make one penny off of their first spawn, 99.9% of you end up losing money.
AquaLife&More That's a start! Although most chain stores don't take locally breed fish your local fish store might. It is hard to get rid of 50-200 fishes though! If you are interested in breeding bettas join the "Fishlore" forum on google and start talking to people. I would also be willing to help you out on there.
I've seen betas my whole life. I used to do oscars and piranhas. I walked into petco for my 10 gal to try to do guppies and somehow walked out with only a male and female betta. These are much more pettish and intel fish than I would have thought. This is a good vid to understand what to do. I think I can do it. It's been a kid since I've seen any fry !!
This is the best explained video on raising Betta Fry. I love that you tell what to do and then explain the why behind it. I want to buy and breed bettas. I have someone who is willing to sell me a breeding pair but all videos before this gave a lot of same info and certain things unanswered. You answered most or all of my questions. Thank you
I want to congratulate you on how easy you explain how to breed the bettas you did a very thorough and easy to understand explanation thank you very much I have been breeding them for 30 years and that's all that you have to do is what you said
so i got 2 betta fish (male and female) and they are still kinda small and young,what is the legal age for them to breed, and does it apply to the age of consent in the uk
I also from time to time just introduce the male and the female at the same time and they breed let me tell you something in 30 years I have never seen two bettas male and male fighting or breeding,,,,,,,,,die.I'm not calling you a liar but I just find it hard to believe that one time they both killed each other.usually after a fight or breeding they're banged up but I find it very hard to believe that one or even both could die I think maybe you were young and your father probably just had them banged up pretty bad
Alexander Borges He makes it sound like he just left the fish in the tank until they killed each other. What probably happened is they beat eachother up so bad for a week or so that they died from injuries and stress.
Oceanti I don't doubt it, once I put 2 goldfish males together and they died pretty fast, later I was told that I need to put water in the tank too, oh well.
My male Betta fish is making a bubble nest at the top of his tank and I'm not planning on breeding him. Will he make the bubble nest until he dies or will he eventually stop? I've had him for just over 3 weeks and he just started making the bubble nest when I put him into a bigger tank.
I have 12 week old betta fry feeding them shrimp brine and fry starter now crushed up pellets and small chopped bloodworms from frozen works real good they just love it, I also have 2 other batches of betta fry 4 week old and 1 week old doing the same thing and it's working out once again...
KrystalxMagic there are just a few runt eggs that might not make it and they hatch at a similar time so just wait for a while and ya... but the rest are an a ok
Well, this video is pretty good and explains it well. One thing I do is have a few friends over the night we let the male and female in together so we can watch them all night. (taking shifts)
Julien, very informative video. I use to see my brother doing the same things you explained but didn't know why. This was in the late 80's. Back then my brother used a catfish family to clean the tank. We called them mama-teta (Caribbean name). I think then call them stripped plecostomus. I will look for follow-up videos!
After they breed what do you do with the female? Do you leave her in with the fry or do you remove her? Can her and the male stay in a tank together after they have made the fry?
Buttercream kitten no remove the female after the last mating process once she stops mating. Then remove the male once the fries start swimming and relying on themselves when they're 2 or 3 days old.
The fry are so precious. Great video. I am curious to know how do you know when it's time to breed? Does the male usually create the nest once you place the female (in a glass jar) in the tank and then 'she' get's ready once she is released? That is the part I was unsure of. I have seen my male create a small nest but hasn't in a long time. I have never attempted to breed him. Thank you for any details.
males will often create nests with water changes or tank changes. once they are comfortable with their surroundings they will often build nests. it's basically their way of saying "this is my territory". however, when you place the female in with the male he will make a much larger then usual nest. it's very important to keep ur tank covered to keep humidity levels high above the water colum for development of the labyrinth in the fry. if the air above the water is cold dry air you will be lucky to have any surviving fry.
I thought that this video was extremely informational. Thanks you However, I was wondering if you feed the bettas while they're sharing the same tank. And also, what do I feed the babies? and how long will it take for the fry to turn into a large fish such as their parents?
Both my bettas permanent tanks are set up. My Male ( Red Double Tail Half Moon) is in his own 5 gallon tank and the female (Veiltail) is in a 10 gallon community tank. I have a brand new ten gallon breeding tank, lots of plants and driftwood from other tanks to use. I have seasoned sponge filters ready to use. House is always set at 77-78 degrees so I won't need to heat the tanks or jars. I have 12 jars so far, I'll have to get more. I also have Indian almond leaves. Am I missing anything?
Are you able to breed a dragon scale betta with a female vailtail for example? I have a dragon scale male and I just bought a female but I don't know what kind she is.
Yes, you can do that! But if the female is a veil tail and male is dragon half-moon , the outcome would more likely be Veiltail looking or not so awesome half-moon looking with some weird scale since the dragon gene.
No need, im from Malaysia, maybe sponge filter or any filter that suit for your fry is needed, mine i use sponge and biofilter for my fry, doing great all the time
I have 6 week old betta fry there in a didn't tank, but I have tried to breed the betta fish again and it seems like after they hatch he eats them just wondering why it's happening? Please comment to me and let me know what to do so it doesn't happen again...
Good job getting a red male and red female. I found out from keeping bettas for years that they are team players. You can keep multiple betta in the same tank (1 gallon per fish, roughly) if they all have the same color that is common to bettas (blue, red, white, black, etc.) they may show minor hostility when personal space is invaded, but they won't kill each other. I had a tank with four blue females and a blue male and a red female and they tore apart the red female but the 'team' lasted over a year. Right now I have two 'litters' of baby betta, both by accident and my male is living separate in a ten gallon with his 'oldest' son and two male gouramis. I didn't notice that the male and female that I had in a 5 gallon had even mated until I noticed fry swimming around the bottom of the tank and by this time they were at least a month old. Because of overgrown anacharys I was only able to catch two. A dark one and a light one. I put them in the ten gallon two months ago, but as of now, the only one that is ever visible is the dark one and that one is showing signs of becoming a male. After the second litter, the male (Jeff) killed the female. I didn't know much about neonatal care with them because this whole issue was accidental to begin with. When I noticed the second litter they were prob a month old guessing by their size and I removed the male from the 5 gallon and put him in the ten gallon dubbed the 'adult' tank. Because that tank also had an over grown anachacrys I figured that father and son would get along and they still do. Probably because they're on the same 'team,' blue. There are five or more two month old baby bettas in my 5 gallon, I removed all but some wisps of the anacharys so that I can see them. the plant will grow back. They mostly stay in the fake grass and rocks at the bottom now, following the snails and poking at whatever detritus gets kicked up. Both tanks have only had a filter to keep water circulating without a cartridge because I'm lazy, but also because I read that aquatic plants suck up dirt too. Both tanks are crystal clear, but since I pulled the overgrown plant out of both tanks for visibility I bought cartridges to compensate while the plants grow back. When all the babies are adults and have to be separated I'm going to give the gouramis a sot.
Beautiful! Thanks s-o-o much for taking the time to share this marvelous video with us; it;s really nice to know there are people out there that are willing to take the time and help others.
These fish fight to much. I'm scard that when I come from school that one of the fish would be dead and the other one's fins ripped. Not risking my fishies life.
wow! really good info here, i will keep this vid in my favs :) Now i have a 15 gallon tank, I have some guppies, platies and neon tetras, i'll wait for them to 'pass on' then i'll try this betta fish keeping :) (and breeding of course) always been interested with bettas.
What a very good video. How many fry are normal hatched? How long can the baby bettas live together before fighting? Do you sell them to the pet store? Thank you so much for sharing this.
I am considering breeding my bettas. I have 6 males and will get a couple females to start. I loved this video. Very well explained. I'm excited to do this. I have bred Cichlids for a long time and am looking to expand. I think this is going to be awesome! Thanks so much. I also subbed your channel. You can check mine out as well. I just posted my male bettas. Maybe give me an idea of why type females to get. Thanks so much.
Many variables to breeding Bettas! Have done so about 10 times and no 2 were the same. The most important thing is that the female must be ready to mate! For me it seemed she lost interest in eating but became more interested in getting out of her jar to join the male. Also, LIVE baby Brine shrimp is the best food for the young. When the eggs start to hatch set up your first shrimp hatchery so that when the young start looking for food they will be able to find it.
I have a question.. I have a tank with one male and about 10 guppies... And another larger tank with 4 females and 4 guppies. They are all doing really well. There is no fighting and the tanks are big so they have enough space. My guppies breed and obviously majority of the fry get eaten before I can save them. (the fry that I have saved every time are all in a separate guppy tank) I would like to house my one female and one male siamese together but would I be able to put them with a few guppies or should I put them alone in a 40l + tank?
hi there. Thanks for the informative video. when the make is taking care of the eggs/newborn fry what do you feed him? do you feed him anything? about how long does he stay in with the fry? thank you
These fish are amazing.. My male used to make bubble nests all the time but I never got him a female :( just got a new male today :) maybe i'll breed him eventually!
Julien Sirad is it okay to bred bettas in a 2.5 gallon tank because my male elephant eared betta is blowing a bubblenest. i put him in the tank with my female crowntail but it has a divider and the tank is between 75-80 degrees. whenever my male betta sees her, he looks like he getting all worked up, and he's trying not to let her see him, and later he looks at he's bubblenest and he tries to make more bubbles. i also read that if you feed them bloodworms it makes them breed a lot easier, but more me it's like close to impossible
Can you do without an almond leaf? I have quite a few plant in the water a lot of which protrude from the surface easily creating something the hook a bubble nest to
Thanks for the video, Julien. ;) Helped alot. I got my 10 days old babies. :) My bettas are only veiltails though. But my favorite kind are crowtails ;) Wish you old the best. :))
How long did you have the male betta before you decided to start breeding and do you need to have him for a while before he is comfortable to create a nest or is it just whenever your ready to breed them.
A lot of videos I watched doesn't show what tank size to use. So I figured I try a divided into 5 from a 10 gallon it turns out it doesn't work. It has to be 2.5 gallon in length and width not depth.
I think it is best to first introduce the male and female in the breeding tank with some sort of transparent shielding in between them so they can see each other,when the male starts to build bubble nest you can remove the shielding but be sure to observe the tank first couple of hours for any agressive behaviour from male towards the female... If all goes well u will hav betta fries in 3 days[max]... hope this helps :)
Hi, Julien I had a question what do we do after when the frys' when the hatch do we taki them to another tank? cuause the might start fighting? Please help,Thank you.
Hello: thank you for sharing this wonder. In this video at time 5:45 you stated that the male was not able to fertilize the eggs. My question is this: after the eggs are dropped does the male fertilize them at that point; in 5:45 you stated, to my understanding, that the male was not able to fertilize the eggs. How do you know if the eggs are fertilized please explain, thank you. R
Hi I left my femalr betta n e male betta together in e tank cz bubbles already accumulated underneath the leaf. female has already the stripes shown on her body but wasnt very submissive to e male... Then im off to work. Didnt bother to put her away. Came back frm work. Her fin was nipped off a lot by the male..not sure whether the male planted the eggs into the female. What shpuld I do?
