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i just bought a new female betta,who is definatley young enough to breed, and i was wondering if dropping eggs is a bad sighn..... she has been dropping a lot, esspecially after i set her tank next to the male's. im worried she will run out of eggss by the time i clean out the breeding tank

What came first? the chicken or the egg? No really.....

it is a common for females to drop eggs, it use to happen with me when i placed two females next to eachother and they got excited and non stop flaring at eachother.

It is common and most likely she will eat the fallen eggs, if not i would do a WC.

If you are considering her for breeding, make sure you condition her for two weeks on fatty foods.

ok, but now the male(who i thought was a female) looks like he has a white pimple near the vent like females do, but the confusing thing is that he built a bubble nest for a different female, but has never acctually bred before that i know of...

What came first? the chicken or the egg? No really.....

i have seen males with a white dot, it is possible but uncommon to most.

Another thing that makes it hard, is that some females will build a bubble nest. Again uncommon.

There have been reports of two females mating, but no successful hatchings of course. Again rare.

If you would PM me with a photo of the fish, i can usually tell you the sex of the fish.

ok, but if it is a male, he has short fins

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ok, i couldnt get the videos on my webpage. anybody know how to help? ok then, i will just take images from the videos and show u for now, ok?

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here is the link:

http://pages.suddenlink.net/arabian-foal/

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the cambodian is a short tail male.

The darker one is a female.

whew, thats a releif! they just got set up in the breeding tank. im praying for fishy love!

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right now the male is exploring, showing little interest in female. while i keep u updated, will you tell me if whats happeneing is good oor bad?please?

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now he is showing off to the girl, who i decided was to be named thunder cloud, and the boy(formerly know as Duchess) is now Zues

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He flares at her a lot and tries to get to her, but she only flares once and a while. she doesnt seem vey interested in him yet..... i have a question.... when do females stop producing eggs? what about males, when do they have to stop breeding? even if they are to old, do they still build bubble nests? he hasnt started a nest yet, but its only been 10 minutes.... sorry, i just really want this to work out....

What came first? the chicken or the egg? No really.....

just be patient, i had to wait a full day for my boy to build a nest (and it was huge). Some say they had to wait nearly 5 days before the male decided he was ready to stary one. the whole process can take up to 2 weeks so dont worry if hes not building one right away.

Did you "float" the female in a cup before releasing her into the tank or did you just put her in? floating the female gives the male time to "want" her and for him to build a nest (should he choose, some don't build a nest till after the female is released)

I also noticed, what looks like to me, that your girl may have fin rot. So be careful and after she breeds, keep her water very clean.


~Morgan~

ok, i will make sure she has a clean home to return to!

What came first? the chicken or the egg? No really.....

you really shouldnt be breeding her now.

If both fishes arent conditioned for breeding, then they probably will not mate well and can cause health problems for eachother.

You will need to condition both fishes for 2 weeks with fatty foods, as they arent conditioned to breed.

ok, i already around a week, but, i can see the male will take about that long in addition. when i bought her, she was already full of eggs, so i think she wll be fine

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My male started his bubble nest under the cup!

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the female has no bars/ stripes, and has some interest in the male. he doesnt stay near the nest, but seems to hang out under the nest

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since nobody is responding, i moved the rest here:

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What came first? the chicken or the egg? No really.....

Some betta girls dont show breeding stripes, but if she is showing an interest then you should go for it BUT I do agree with Chris, you should heal her fin rot first before breeding, so I say call it off. It really doen't matter wether the female is "full of eggs" or not: mine wasn't and she still got atleast 70 eggs out, and she was a small girl too.

After you heal her fin rot and try again (after 2 weeks of conditioning first) read this site: http://www.bettatalk.com/how_bettas_spawn.htm
It taught me all i know about betta breeding.

And please, in the future dont post a new topic if no one is responding to yours, just "bump" it up


~Morgan~