How to breed betta fish
Betta fish is one of the most loved freshwater aquarium fish that comes in various attractive colors and types. Most betta fish lovers like to breed their favorite types of betta fish. Breeding is easy, growing the fry is the more difficult part. Also, it is necessary to make a fry food culture before spawning them. So if you are also willing to breed betta fish and don’t know how to breed betta fish so here are the top 10 easy tips to breed betta fish.
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1. Selecting Aquariums Having a well-established aquarium of up to 20 gallons or more is sufficient for breeding betta fish. Betta fish is best kept in aquariums with sand gravel or rock gravels than with Amazonia's oil. Observe the health of betta in your type of aquarium before moving on to breed them. I faced some drop-eye and Popeye diseases in betta when kept in soil media or aquarium that had too much dirt and debris. So make sure your betta doesn’t get such a disease. Selecting an aquarium with the bare bottom is also good for breeding bettas. Betta fish also prefer some aquatic plants like moss balls, amazon forbids amazon swords, etc.
2. Buy Necessary Equipment To breed betta fish one has to take care of the temperature, water flow, and pH of the water. Equipment like Digi thermometer, small size heaters, feeding cones, and betta fry food always comes in handy while breeding betta fish.
3. Buying Betta Fish Pairs to breed betta fish one has to buy a healthy pair. Betta fish with fins damaged are not healthy so don’t buy such betta. Also, mature female betta has a visible egg spot at the bottom between ventral fins. Betta fish 14 to 15 weeks old are good for breeding. Betta fish that are very old don’t tend to spawn. So make sure you consider these facts before buying betta pairs for breeding.
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4. Set Water Conditions Betta fish prefer a water temperature of 26to 30°C which is the normal room temperature in most tropical countries. But if you are living in colder regions then put the thermometer in the aquarium and set the temperature to 26 to 30°C. You can also use the Digi thermometer to check the temperature now and then as they are important for betta fish breeding.
5. Introduce Betta Fish Pairs Once you see the male betta fish quite happy in the aquarium you placed him then you can introduce the female betta fish but don't them together like that but instead use the betta divider or bottom cut bottles to separate them. Keep them separated in the aquarium unless you see that the aggression between them is mild or the bubble nest build by the male betta is on a larger area or the bubble nests thick enough to house many eggs.
6. Set Courtship between Pairs When the bubble nest is sufficient to nest20 to 50 eggs or is thicker then try releasing the female. They will fight for some time but if everything goes right the male and female come together underneath the bubble nest and try to spawn. The pair will spawn several times releasing eggs during each spawn which is collected by the male betta and he then puts them in the bubble nest and protects them. Male betta protects these eggs until they are hatches to the state they become free-swimming.
7. Remove Female Betta After the spawning is over or the moment when male betta simply guards the eggs and not spawn anymore, it is a good idea to separate the female betta, or else chances are there that she might eat the eggs. Certain male betta also eats the eggs but it is a rare case, if you see them eating the eggs remove the male betta too, some eggs will survive and hatch without the male betta. But mostly the male betta shows good parenting and just guards and protects the eggs and hatched fry.
8. Allow the eggs to Hatch Eggs usually hatch from 36 to 72 hours after they are put in the bubble nest. Hatched eggs give a tadpole-like fry attached to the yolk. Until about a week the fry feed on this egg yolk, after this stage they become free-swimming and then have to be fed with fry foods like infusoria or baby brine shrimp or micro worms.
9. Remove the Male When the fry becomes free-swimming the male tends to eat them, so it is better to remove the male also from the tank, leaving only the fry. After removing the male betta you can treat the male betta with proxy or some medicine like kanamycin to help it heal the wounds if any caused during the courtship.
10. Care and Feed the Fry The final stage when the fry becomes free swimming is the most difficult stage and one has to feed them with proper fry food like infusoria and baby brine shrimp and do regular water changes for about 6 to 14 weeks until the fry grows older and begin to show off their color. Usually, a 20 to 30% water change is good and infusoria, baby brine shrimp, micro worms are all good for betta fry till they reach adult sizes. When about 15 to 16 weeks old they are ready to be sold to local aquarium stores where you can get reasonable earning from each betta fish.
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