Okay here is my situation. About 2-3 weeks ago I bought a male and female betta from my LFS. They are really beautiful. The male is red and has almost perfect finnage. The best I've ever seen around here. The female had a white body and her fins are blue,red,purple,and all kinds of colors. I have had them in seperate jars feeding them for about 2-3 weeks. I fed them flakes, tubifex worms, and brine shrimp. They didn't seem to take much tough.
While I was feeding themI started to set up my breeding tank and here is what I did. It's a ten gallon filled with about 4-6 inches of water at about 80F. There are plastic plants floating upside down in there and there's no substrate. I also have a heater. I covered the top in suran wrap over thickly so it can keep the heat in. I also cut a styrofoam cup in half and placed it in there. I think I did everything right in there. Any objections?
After feeding them and setting up the tank I placed the male in the tank to swim free for a while and then I put the females jar into the water to float. The male would come up to her and she wouldn't run like she did at first when they were in the jars next to each other so I let her out into the tank with the male. She approached him and then ran. The first day she ran most of the time from him and then I had to leave and I put the female back in the jar to float. Her colors also started to change to a darker shade. Is that normal? I was gone the next day and she floated into the tank without getting out for a day. Today I came home and I looked into the cup and the male has built a huge bubble nest in there. That's good but the female still seems to not want to do her part. She won't run from him in the jar but she will when I release her. She is starting to not be as frightened now but she still hides and runs. Today the male was lunging at her and she would run. He is constantly going close to her and flaring at her. Is that good? I think he's trying to impress her. That's about how things have went up to now.
I havn't fed them since I put them in should I? Thanks. ;D
While I was feeding themI started to set up my breeding tank and here is what I did. It's a ten gallon filled with about 4-6 inches of water at about 80F. There are plastic plants floating upside down in there and there's no substrate. I also have a heater. I covered the top in suran wrap over thickly so it can keep the heat in. I also cut a styrofoam cup in half and placed it in there. I think I did everything right in there. Any objections?
After feeding them and setting up the tank I placed the male in the tank to swim free for a while and then I put the females jar into the water to float. The male would come up to her and she wouldn't run like she did at first when they were in the jars next to each other so I let her out into the tank with the male. She approached him and then ran. The first day she ran most of the time from him and then I had to leave and I put the female back in the jar to float. Her colors also started to change to a darker shade. Is that normal? I was gone the next day and she floated into the tank without getting out for a day. Today I came home and I looked into the cup and the male has built a huge bubble nest in there. That's good but the female still seems to not want to do her part. She won't run from him in the jar but she will when I release her. She is starting to not be as frightened now but she still hides and runs. Today the male was lunging at her and she would run. He is constantly going close to her and flaring at her. Is that good? I think he's trying to impress her. That's about how things have went up to now.
I havn't fed them since I put them in should I? Thanks. ;D