betta breeding - Aquarium Advice

JM · 08-18-2004, 03:40 PM

How hard is it to get bettas to breed??? I have a green betta which i have heard is a pretty rare color for them. He is a big male and i want to breed him with a blue female to try and have some green babies. I don't know the first thing about breeding these fish. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

liquidelusion · 08-18-2004, 03:50 PM

check out bettaworld.com. ive looked aroud there a little bit and found some good info.

http://www.bettaworld.4t.com/custom2.html - Breeding bettas

bettacove · 08-19-2004, 01:59 PM

Breeding is easy, raising fry is the hard part.
Some sites to read:
www. bettysplendens.com
www.bettasrus.com
www.ontariobetta.envy.nu/breeding.htm

ashley

Aragato · 08-19-2004, 03:34 PM

Here are very useful sites
www.petfish.net (check the forums)
www.bettatalk.net
http://waynesthisandthat.com/bettas.htm
www.bettysplendens.com

JM · 08-20-2004, 08:59 AM

Thanx for all the help guys. I have the tank set up and i bought a female last night. I am conditioning them now so hopefully within a week or two she will be ready to breed. Hopefully my male has some strong genes and i get some nice green babies. I'll post results when the time comes and if any of you that helped me are interested in the babies when they come just let me know and i will be more than happy to send you one.

liquidelusion · 08-20-2004, 10:34 AM

do you have any pictures of your green guy you could post?

JM · 08-20-2004, 11:18 AM

No sorry, but i can give u a quick description. He is a veil tail, he is has a very dark torquoise body with slight red on his pelvic and anal fins and bright green tail, dorsal fin, and most of his anal fin. He is very large and aggressive so i am assuming that he will produce offspring with the potential to be fairly large and aggressive also. I am breeding him with a female that has a very silvery body and torquoise fins and tail. Hopefully i will be able to get my hands on a digital camera and photograph the offsrping so that i can post pics of them.

JM · 08-20-2004, 12:40 PM

Should i use methelene blue after the eggs have been put in the nest to prevent fungus or is there something else i should use???

bettacove · 08-20-2004, 06:46 PM

Don't add any meds. They shouldn't get fungus if daddy takes care of them.

ashley

JM · 08-21-2004, 12:41 AM

thanx

08-18-2004, 03:40 PM	#1
JM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 329 Images: 9	betta breeding How hard is it to get bettas to breed??? I have a green betta which i have heard is a pretty rare color for them. He is a big male and i want to breed him with a blue female to try and have some green babies. I don't know the first thing about breeding these fish. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

08-18-2004, 03:50 PM	#2
liquidelusion Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: adelpi, MD Posts: 67 Images: 1	check out bettaworld.com. ive looked aroud there a little bit and found some good info. http://www.bettaworld.4t.com/custom2.html - Breeding bettas __________________ 29 Gallon Freshwater --------------------------- 2 amazon swords 1 bunch of some sort of crypts 2 powder blue gouramis 1 calico angel juvi 4 zebra danios 4 harlequin rasporas 4 fancy guppies (2 male - blue and red, and 2 female) 1 common pleco -------------------------- 2 juvenile unsexed Eublepharis macularius in a 20 long

08-20-2004, 10:34 AM	#6
liquidelusion Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: adelpi, MD Posts: 67 Images: 1	do you have any pictures of your green guy you could post? __________________ 29 Gallon Freshwater --------------------------- 2 amazon swords 1 bunch of some sort of crypts 2 powder blue gouramis 1 calico angel juvi 4 zebra danios 4 harlequin rasporas 4 fancy guppies (2 male - blue and red, and 2 female) 1 common pleco -------------------------- 2 juvenile unsexed Eublepharis macularius in a 20 long

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08-19-2004, 01:59 PM	#3
bettacove Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 368 Images: 24	Breeding is easy, raising fry is the hard part. Some sites to read: www. bettysplendens.com www.bettasrus.com www.ontariobetta.envy.nu/breeding.htm ashley

08-19-2004, 03:34 PM	#4
Aragato Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 15	Here are very useful sites www.petfish.net (check the forums) www.bettatalk.net http://waynesthisandthat.com/bettas.htm www.bettysplendens.com

08-20-2004, 08:59 AM	#5
JM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 329 Images: 9	Thanx for all the help guys. I have the tank set up and i bought a female last night. I am conditioning them now so hopefully within a week or two she will be ready to breed. Hopefully my male has some strong genes and i get some nice green babies. I'll post results when the time comes and if any of you that helped me are interested in the babies when they come just let me know and i will be more than happy to send you one.

08-20-2004, 11:18 AM	#7
JM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 329 Images: 9	No sorry, but i can give u a quick description. He is a veil tail, he is has a very dark torquoise body with slight red on his pelvic and anal fins and bright green tail, dorsal fin, and most of his anal fin. He is very large and aggressive so i am assuming that he will produce offspring with the potential to be fairly large and aggressive also. I am breeding him with a female that has a very silvery body and torquoise fins and tail. Hopefully i will be able to get my hands on a digital camera and photograph the offsrping so that i can post pics of them.

08-20-2004, 12:40 PM	#8
JM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 329 Images: 9	Should i use methelene blue after the eggs have been put in the nest to prevent fungus or is there something else i should use???

08-20-2004, 06:46 PM	#9
bettacove Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 368 Images: 24	Don't add any meds. They shouldn't get fungus if daddy takes care of them. ashley

08-21-2004, 12:41 AM	#10
JM Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 329 Images: 9	thanx