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>>182111 Ehh, I guess I'll elaborate on the betta breeding here.
First off, bettas have a lot of babies. If you DO manage to successfully breed them, you're going to have a lot of fry on hand. And if they're nothing special, no one will want them. And then you'll have 70 bettas. So you want to make sure your breeding stock is good. I mean not your usual petstore stuff.
Breeding can be stressful for both bettas, since they participate in ritualistic spousal abuse. So, before breeding, condition them-- get them really fat with nutritious food (live, frozen). Every breeder conditions differently. Some will say you have to have a certain kind of acid in the water-- they're just trying to get you to buy their special leaves. Don't do it.
Next step is to get the following: BARE 10g tank, sponge filter, heater, floating plants, and some kind of glass tube (I used a hurricane lamp). CYCLE the tank first, like any other tank. Then, introduce the male to the tank and the female, but have the female inside of the hurricane "lamp" within the tank. The male will see her but be unable to ream her just yet. Release the female once the male starts building a bubblenest and the female gets horizontal bars. Leave it alone for a few days. Some breeders suggest covering the whole tank with a dark cloth and not touching it or looking inside for three days or so-- whatever. If you witness the breeding, you'll see the male bending himself in to a weird "n" shape and squeezing the eggs out of the female. The female will float stunned to the bottom-- this is normal. They'll do this a few times, and hopefully, the male is blowing the eggs with his mouth up in to his bubblenest.
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