Nicki Gaga
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I bought my male and female betta two weeks ago and now they both live together in my 25 gallon tank. Bodylength-wise, the male is 4cm, and the female is 3cm. They don't fight each other. In fact, the male might come up to the female and "nudge" her, and then the female starts following him around the tank, so I guess they both get along fine. There are no aggressive fish in the tank. I feed them twice a day on frozen food, mainly brine shrimp, in which they enthusiastically eat, and maybe flakes and pellets during midday if I feel like it. I clean the tank once a week, changing 10% of the water each time. However, although the female is really bulgy, with her ovipositor sticking out, she still has stress stripes. The male is doing really fine and swimming around the tank. I've been wanting him to build a bubble nest and hopefully breed with the female. I have plants and I recently added four Indian almond leaves into the tank. However, all he did was swim under them and lay on top of them while sleeping, so now they sank. I have straight vallis reaching to the top corner of the tank too. The filter outlet is faced downwards so it doesn't create a strong current on the surface, or any current, and the air pump is releasing miniature bubbles through the airstone.
Am I conditioning them right? How do I get the female to show breeding stripes? And how do I get the male to build a bubble nest?
Am I conditioning them right? How do I get the female to show breeding stripes? And how do I get the male to build a bubble nest?