4 Female Bettas, Really 2 Boys And 2 Girls?
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Alreet Amy! How was it being cooped up with the boy for a week?
Not the best pic but can you see the eggs here? Most are clustered towards the bottom of the frame. They’re solid white unlike the bubbles:
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Not the best pic but can you see the eggs here? Most are clustered towards the bottom of the frame. They’re solid white unlike the bubbles:
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just found my camera lead, so I can try and get some pics and some holiday ones on my computer now.
most of the bubbles that are lefy are under a floating leaf so it its hard to see untill it floats near the front of the tank.If the nest has broken up there probably won’t be any chuck. Keep an eye on the less-dominant male as you might need to remove him and maybe one of the females at some point if you want to breed them. Pics would be good.
Depends, some of the hybridised jobs that are floating about are less aggressive than the ones bred for fighting. Could well be though mate. I don´t think you need a smaller tank for breeding, incidentally.
Also got four Panda corys today too
QUOTE (dunc @ Sep 2 2008, 03:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I’m not convinced it’s two males. There was zero aggression between them today when I was round.If there were two males.. wouldn’t they be literally kicking the crap out of each other by now? Especially considering they’ve been in there a month…
One of them is certainly a male. His finnage is muuuuch longer and he has all-over body colouration rather than just brightly coloured fins.
If it does turn out to be two males, I’ll find a new home for the second male or give him to my LFS. Not a fan of keeping Betta in such small containers unless it’s a temporary, very short term solution.
Why would she need a smaller tank to breed them btw Malti?
as Matt said, domestic splendens are not all aggresive, infact for fighting purposes (where it is allowed, and I’m totally against it) they “hybridize” with the wild ones ie to get for example a CT fighter. and a 1 gallon tank/jar for a male is not bad, although you need water changing. Also there’s a type of short finned betta called a Plakat – some males may not be so brightly coloured.
well we breed them in a smaller tank cause of the male, easier for him to pick eggs/fry up, after 3 days you remove the male, then after roughly two weeks you transfer to a bigger tank.
water quality wouldn’t really affect them I guess ie on aggression.
Also if you want to try for fry in that HUGE tank (
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<p>As dunc said they weren’t being aggressive today, still aren’t fighting, just being nosey at the new fishies. Theres no bubbles left in the tank today after I did a water change.. would that or water quality (we were on holiday for a week after all, but did a change just before and just after) make a difference to their aggression?</p>
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