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agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	will bettas spawn safely in a 6 gallon tank? ALso what is the best temperature for that and does the female has to be visibly fat with eggs or is she always ready?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	I bred mine in a 10g...I wish I would have used a 20g. There simply isn't enough places for the female to hide in such a small tank...even if there are a lot of plants and hiding places she can't get away from the male. I wouldn't do it personally...but if all you have is a 6g I don't see why not...some people breed bettas in 5g's...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004	I just spawned a couple in a 2.5..using a divider until i was sure they were ready for each other. once his nest was complete i removed the divider and had no problems with the male harming her he was quite gentile actually. But the times that he was a bit aggressive a couple of small plants placed closely to each other provided more than enough refuge for her.As far as temp. i maintained it at 82 and 2 days later fry are starting to emerge keeping dad real busy.good luck [span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-08-09 13:08][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
ontariobetta Enthusiast Posts: 227 Kudos: 243 Votes: 2 Registered: 17-Jul-2004	10gal would be better, but 6 is fine. Just put in a lot of plants for hiding places. The main reason why 10gal is better is because it holds more water, and in a smaller tank you are more likely to have problems if you don't keep up on your water changes. Plus 10gal give fry more room as they are growing. She doesn't have to be visibly fat, but thats a good sign that she has tons of eggs. When you condition your breeders the female will get big. ashley
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i have breed bettas in a 1 gallon tank and they did fine. 5 gallons are good and i won't make a difference about a gallon or so.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48


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