My First Betta Breed

Just want to make sure.This is a female right?

 

Yes thats a female...can see the eggspot @ the bottom.

 

thnx Hennie
The reason why I'm asking is that she displays all the behavior characteristics of a male. Building bubble nests, nipping females......

Maybe just in a bad mood........

 

Ja some females seems to be more agressive then others, I once had a female, that build her own nest and tended half of the eggs. Allot of females do the flareing rather often, and likes to beat up males and females. Thats what I like about Bettas, they all seems to have personalities of theyre own like Angels and Discus.

 

I agree with Hennie, some people came back to me and told me I sold them male's because they build nests and are very agressive. Back at the ranch they are female's. Like Hennie says they all have their own personalities and that makes them unique and an interesting species to keep. Female's build nests just as the male's do and some even tend to the eggs in the nest, though this is rare but not uncommon as Hennie has experienced this first hand.

 

Very nice. Well done

 

Ha ha ha I think I was one of those people....lol.Sorry for that Charles. Still learning all the ins and outs.I'v been reading up nonstop for the past 3 months and still learning every day. I think this female was one I got from you when I started.

 

@johanbosman, no sweat. My comment was not aimed at you specifically but rather at random since it happens a lot. Sorry if you thaught it was aimed at you. Yes that was one of my female's and she looks like she's ready to blow...lol. With which male are you going to pair her up with?

 

No problem @Charles. I have a nice black and green HM.What do you guys think? Will this make a nice pair? But I'm a bit scared that she will attack the male too much because she is very aggressive? Is there a way to calm her down a bit?

 

@johanbosman, you'll get mystery babies, meaning colour will be all over the place, if I remember correctly she has Marble gene's as well so the fry will be interesting and you might get a couple of HM's if your lucky since her mom was a DT and her dad was an HM. Go for it, experiment a little and good luck. Only way to "tame" an agressive female is to put her with an agressive male. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.

 

thnx charles.Will give it a go and see what happens.Luckily both are already conditioned so I will try them later on in the week.

 

Justhad a tank burst. One of my main tank decided to burst out at the bottom. Waterall over the place. Breeding program on hold for a few days.

 

@johanbosman. Ag no! Luckily you where there. Did you lose anything?

 

That's the thing. I was at work 45km away. Luckily no losses.Already have a new base in. Waiting for silicon to dry so that I can test forleaks in 2 days time.

 

Good news. Very luck then. Good luck with the breeding.

 

Not to hijack the thread but, I'd like to know how to tell when the female is ready to breed. @Charles, @HennieRoux & @keith1964

 

@Skye01 They start showing vertical lines and their ovipositorshows more evidently than usual.




Sorry @Charles & @HennieRoux for jumping the gun but I was already online and thought I could help.

 

@johanbosman, thanks for the answer. Does the abdomen also swell up a bit? None of my girls have shown the vertical banding but their tummies are quite big. It's all the time, not just after feeding.

 

@Skye01 The only times I saw the banding was when my females saw the males often. If they didnt see them I just saw them swell up - so your girls could be eggy.

 

@Wyvren, thanks for that I appreciate it. I think that my girls are eggy, like you said.

@johanbosman, sorry again to "derail" your thread a bit.