Betta fish breeding

 

Many betta fish store do not know about this or care. Because it is a market for trading these animals, they only care about the profit they will make, in how much quantity to make a purchase or a sale.

The breeding procedure of these creatures is different from the rest and unique and beautiful in their way.

Age of mating

To mate with each other, males and females need to be at least 5 to 13 months old. Because the characteristics, properties, and means to mate with each other are developed around this age. So, always buy that particular fish around 3 to 5 months old.

Babies

This is shocking to most because betta has so much tendency and capacity to lay those eggs. The average female betta can produce and lay around 30 to 45 eggs at a time. But some fish of this specie also lay as many as 500 eggs. Surprising, right?

Mating procedure

To mate with each other and start the mating procedure, you must have three tanks for this couple. One tank would be for male betta alone; the other tank would be used for female betta alone, and the third tank would be used as their mating place.

This is because siamese fighting fish tend to live alone and not let other fish, regardless of their specie, near them. Male betta tends to be aggressive and dominant and fights those close to him. Female does this often, too but not as much as males do.

Anyway, there are a couple of things you want to make sure of before letting each other start mating.

l   Female fish has to be smaller in size—no need to go for larger female fish.

l   Buy those fish that are high quality. The best case is to buy it from any famous or reputable resource person.

l   You have to have three or 2 tanks with a divider between them.

l   The age factor plays a vital role in this mating process. Please make sure to buy male and female betta who is 4 to 6 months old. And when they reach the age bracket of 6 to 13 months, they can reproduce their own family and is ready for mating.

l   Seek out information from quality breeders to be precise and know more about things to keep in mind.

Setting the tank

Setting the tank used explicitly for breeding has to be placed in a calm and quiet room or any area in a house. The tank or aquarium should have about the capacity of 10 gallons and a removable divider included in it.

Many people use filters in this process; you need to be careful not to damage or disturb the bubble nest as these nests are the main components and place for the eggs.

Tips

They need to be fed about 3 to 4 times daily with only high-quality food rich in proteins and other nutrients. Blood worms and brine shrimp will do the job.