Betta eggs/birth?

[Tayles]

Ok, last night my girlfriend was watching our female betta and noticed that she is bigger/fatter now. On the front of her stomach she has a big internal black spot and has something round and white hanging out of her behind. Looks like and egg to me. If it is eggs, what should I do? Should I put my male in with her or what? Don't know anything about breeding my bettas, and any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[Pure]

If you want to breed you can give it a try. Or just don't worry about it. She will either drop the eggs or her body will absorb them over time.

 

[Tayles]

Is it safe to put my bettas together? I'm so unsure about the whole thing, but in turn would love to see what happens and if I would get babies. Just don't want to lose either of my bettas.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Google "breeding bettas" or search on here, you need to do a little research before you try to breed.

 

[Tayles]

Pictures of my bettas

 

[Zman16]

Nice Bettas. I especially like the female!

 

[tessalion]

Gorgeous fish!!!

 

[Tayles]

Thanks guys!

 

[sweetvegan74]

Breeding is alot of work. Breed them unless you are ready 100%

BTW Beautiful Bettas*thumbsups

 

[Tayles]

Thanks! If you go to the breeding forum, I am trying to keep everyone updated. It's my first time and I'm really nervous.

 

[vago]

when they have babies, can you keep them in the same tank? what do you feed the babies?

 

[Chazwick]

You ought to seperate the babies from the parents, whether it be in a breeding net (which you can buy cheap in your LFS) or in a small tank, otherwise they almost always will be eaten by the mature fish.

Also, just sprinkly some normal fish flakes very finely for the babies.

 

[ninamarie]

Nice bettas

 

[Zman16]

when they have babies, can you keep them in the same tank? what do you feed the babies?

You should let them breed in a seperate tank. Then after they're completely done get rid of the mother and let the father watch them until they are old enough to swim on there own. You should feed them (freshly hatched) baby brine shrimp, but there is stuff that come in packets, like "First Bites".

 

[vago]

Thanks for the info. About how many fish do you get when you breed? I heard you can get a couple hundred is that true? If it is I'd need to figure out what to do with all those fish

 

[vago]

another question, how do you guys get pics of your fish? i want to take one of mine, but i think he's a lil too dark his colors wouldnt really come out