My Bettas

ah thanks guys, info does helps alot. Ja i know the first spawn wont allways be a masterpiece,but every litle detail and bit of info helps alot. Picking up my final 2 females tomorrow. CANT WAIT

 

Heres the 2 new females
The males buble nest is HUGE haha, hes fighting to get to her, shame

 

:suspicious: the male destroyed the buble nest, now hes not building anymore but hes definitly intrested in the female and shes getting bigger and bigger. Why isnt he building the nest anymore?

 

Give him some time? I take it the female is in view of the male?

 

ja shes in a seperate container, any tips on that? Should i just wit it of?

 

Have your guy started building a new nest?

 

Nope not a buble at all. I had to move my red male back to this tank in a seperate part cuz my 100L diy tank didnt work acording to plan. the male rest at the bottem the his fins goes to the next part where the young 2 females are, so maybe they nipped him but might be the glass aswell. So when i dit put him in this tank the male im trying to breed has gotton allaggresive and showing off like he never did before, so maybe he needed a bit compitition lol. So what can i also add to the water for the fins just to help cure and prevent more damage?

 

I must be honest with you, I really dont use any kind of meds....just clean water, water changes 28 deg C, good food, and it will sort itself out. I believe the less meds the better. But if you really want to, some almnd leaf extract can do some wonders. Apparently a tea bag will also help, but dont know 2 much about it.

 

Try the rooibos tea bag - please dont use normal tea

It works in the same way that the almond leaf extract but it is more readily available than the almond leaf extract. It also boost the fish's immune system. When I have tea bags in my tanks my boys go bonkers and become very happy. I saw the other day that my new guy had built a nest that covered 1/3 of my 70L tanks surface in 2 days!

 

Ahhh thanks @Wyvren

 

I find the rooibos tea gives my boys a kick start and it also helps repair torn fins, clears up finrot (with proper water changes). 1 teabag per 30L, I leave it in over night. Most of my tanks have some trace of the rooibos in it. I tend to brew a cup an hour before I do water changes as well and add 1/3 of a cup of strongly brewed tea, to all my tanks once a week - instead of doing meds. So far I find it works well.

 

Okey, i like the idea of no meds,cuz i used meds and usualy a waste of money. Okey, genuine rooi bos tea, when should i add it and for how many hours? I have 2 100L tanks and a 60L, can i do this with my guppys? nothing wrong with them,just sounds healty :hmmmm:

 

Okey so today there was 5bubles,now its gone again,but the red male has made a nice buble nest. How do i know who the female chooses?

 

@HennieRoux , i just released the female with the male. She is swiming after him the whole time, and he just started to build the nest. So does this sound good so far? Her vertical stripes has gotten alot darker now, and shes looking at the nest the whole time

 

Yes thats fine...allot of my males refuses to build a nest untill I release the female, then they build like mad!

 

He stoped building,and from around 7 to 10 he was very agresive and the nest was nothing. I removed her before more damage

 

Remember to give her some hiding places, being agro is part of the spawning ritual....some females takes allot of beating!

 

Ja,there is a large rock and a boat decoration. But no buble nest, i believe thats not right. I need alot of info but i will get there. im going to build a breeding thank and then take it step by step.

 

okey, so i use a foam cup,he started to build a nest, but the foam cup aint working. What do you all use? i heard like bubble wrap and stuff, any ideas?

 

Hi Marius, some people use the foam cup, others buble wrap, I use plastic plants. They all seem to work just fine, so how ever your fish feel comefy with and what ever works for you.