:( My First Time Witnessing My Female Drop Eggs- What do I do???

[darkmaxtor]

I have this great little female fish- owned her her whole life. And shes been fat with eggs for a while and FINALLY she spit em out. I also have a boy betta which I keep in a tank sitting next to her. They like to flare at each other once n a while but maybe he stimulated her enough for her to just squirt some out.

But actually she dropped a lot of eggs. I know they cant hatch but I see she has made a make shift bubble nest, and its really not that strong so shes using a lot of strength just picking up fallen eggs and bringing it back to the surface (the tank is deep) so im afraid she will exhaust herself

What should i do? Just remove the eggs and clean the tank? It looks like she could drop more....

[mdellasalla]

I would remove the eggs. When they decay, they will ruin your water just like a decaying fish would.

[darkmaxtor]

yeh? ok.. will she freak out?

[mdellasalla]

She might be a little irked, but normally it is the male's job to care for the eggs and the nest. She should be alright. I would just suck them up with a turkey baster or a siphon depending on how big your tank is.

[darkmaxtor]

aw ok thanks

[BettaLu&Meg]

ok if your eggs weren't embrassed by the male, there worthless, and should be removed, Even tho they will eat and is a great source of protien, eating a lot of her own eggs will eventually get them sick. If she drops them because her belly was big, this is because she is producing so much eggs in her and by her eating, there isn't enough room in the bettas body to keep the eggs, thus resulting in releasing unfertile eggs without spawning. This doesn't harm the betta but the down side of this is that all those eggs that could of been used in spawning is now worthless. 3 weeks in the amount of time needed for her to produce more eggs that are good enough to fertilize by the male, I would feed less in the feedings. or feed 1 time a day for a little while.

I would like you to keep me posted on this to see how she's doing. One of my females has had this problem, and i used her to breed, so this might be a start for you if considering breeding, BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME FOR IT.

Keep me posted and i will post more on this topic later today for ya,