How to breed betta fish/ Siamese fighter

Intro: Bettas are found through out Asia (originally found in Thailand) they lived i rivers and rice paddies, bettas over there are called plakats although they lacked colour they made up for is size, strength and aggressivness, all types of bettas are bred the same way, here is an example of a betta:

A friendly reminder: NEVER EVER breed your bettas in a tank since when the frys (baby fish) hatches and free swims it will bump into corners get stuck and die and also it is always colder in a tank then in a bucket, remember to use buckets which have rounded edges.

Advice: If you want your fish to survive you should add 1/2 litre of water every day counting the days the eggs were laid for 2 weeks then they should be strong enough to handle a sponge filter.

Step 1: Conditioning, Condition your female betta by putting her in a glass jar or see through cup, leave her in the cup untill she has stripes and a single egg in her belly.

Step 2: Releasing, Release your female into the tank with the male, she might get nipped a few times but it is normal, then wait untill the female accepts the male and swimms side by side or both stays under the bubble nest.

Step 3: Embrace, After a day or two the betta pair will embrace and the eggs will be furtillised and safe in its own bubble condo remove the female immediately or she will be attacked or even killed by the male, give the male 20-25 minuites to blow extra bubbles, after the 20 minuites remove him or the eggs will be snacked on.

Friendly advice: If you see eggs that are on the ground and they didn't hatch it doesn't mean that the didnt hatch because they were on the ground, they were a bad egg and were never going to hatch anyway. Step 4: Hatching: 3 days after the eggs have been laid they will hatch and swim vertically (this is normal) as long as they all horizontally swim within 2 days or you might have development problems with your fry.

Step 5: Food As soon as your first fry are horizontally swimming start to hatch your decapsulated brine shrimp eggs, these can be bought online or in your local pet store ( try to get your money's worth and get the best hatch rate brine shrimp eggs) these can be price $1.50-$100

Advice: NEVER EVER net your fry they will damage slime coating and make fins underdeveloped Step six Transfer into a growout tank Get a bowl or a betta scoup and take your fry out, they should be around 6-8 weeks old by this stage, the grow out tank has to be a big tank preferably a 20 litre tank they still have to have a sponge filter.

Step 7: Separating in a few weeks some males will become aggressive and MUST be seperated the female are more social so they can live in the tank for the rest of their lives