Betta Breeding!(URGENT HELP IMMEDIATLEY!)?

[Satine S]

I am in the process of breeding my betta fish right this second. She is in the Huricane glass and he is swimming all around the tank and wiggling and flaring at the female and his reflection. He occationally gos under the styrofoam cup and wiggles a bit but dies not blow bubbles. How long will it take for him to know to blow them? When should we release the female? Wow! He is flarrin like a madfish!!! WOWSERS! Ohh he just blew like 3 bubbles but they popped.. Oh and there are no vertical stripes on the female yet. PLEASE HELP!
I don't want to hurt them!
Oh also, If he doesnt make a nest b4 bedtime can we leave them seperate her in the glass and him in the tank?
THANKS!
I need all of the help you can offer!!!
Thanks you sooo soooooooooo much!!!

[mdellasalla]

do not release the female until she has stripes and is swimming head down when he comes near her. A lot of other people also say wait for there to be a decent bubble nest, but others say it isn't necessary. It is necessary that she be ready and have stripes. If she doesn't present herself head down, but flares at him then she might tear up his fins instead of cooperating.

[wiccansinger]

ok, is your tank at least 10 gallons?!?!? that is my first question, if it is too small and there is no where for the female to hide if she is not ready. I have had my bettas continuously exposed to each other for about a month, the male blows a nest i put in the female (she has her stripes) and they tend to get too agressive, or do not acknowlage each others prescence. although i put them in a 20 gallon tank and had a 5 gal in the middle and had switched the females around they swam to their chosen mates and tried to get to each other, they just arent ready... saying that i have removed the smaller tank (holding 5 gals its actually a 10 gal tank) and the 20 gal tank (holding only about 7 or 8 gals) and have put my females in a 5 gal tank together (divided though)... you just have to take your time, when they are ready they are ready and no sooner

[hvincent]

It's fine to leave them in the same tank together as long as they can't physically touch each other. This is actually recommended because it takes time for them to realize that they have to get it on; it's not instantaneous. Sometimes it takes days (or in Mel's case, months ) if they're not well conditioned to each other. Even the nest building takes a long time, and the actual mating act takes a bit, too.

You should probably read up on what happens during breeding before you put them together; sometimes people aren't always online and can't help you 'right this second'!

[wiccansinger]

hey, it is taking months because i dont want there to be any problems (and they were the backup pair because my last pair died within a day of eachother, one just died no apparent reason and other fish in the tank that are still alive today, the female committed suicide by jumping out of the tank)... be careful with your fish. make sure you have a cover for your tank >.<

[bettalvr]

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Definitely need some type of cover on these tanks or lower water levels. They are jumpers!

Always seems like when you want to spawn a certain pair, it takes forever. They need to get on "our" time schedule and quit doing things on their own schedule! Darn lil brats!

[BettaLu&Meg]

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