Betta breeding???

Question

I am looking into breeding bettas, and my mom is already on board with the idea (WOOOOOOT!lol) but I need to make a list of all the things I will need and the price of them. This is what I can think of right now-

10 gallon spawning/fry rearing tank-0$(I already own)

Fake Plants for the female to hide in. 20$ for some silk ones

2 two gallon conditioning tank/where to put the parents when the eggs hatch 10$each

Heater-15$

microworm culture-10$

sponge filter-5$

Cups/jars to put males and agressive fish into.

infusia-0$ I can make that with stuff around my house.

1 male and one female betta-still looking for a good breeder to purchase from.

Is there anything else I should need??

Any tips from any1 who has bred bettas b4????

Answer 1

Hey there. I'm Brook call me Cike. I have bettas a yes, I have breed once. It's ALOT of work just to warn you. But, go to this site and it'll tell you exactly what you need. Good luck and say 'Hi' to your little frys!

http://www.fishforums.net/

~Cikeeeee <3

Answer 2

Look at this great Betta website, www.bettatalk.com. It has tons of imformation on how to breed bettas.

here are the things you need:

1)- One pair of younger bettas from a good breeder. Pick a strain easy to work with and not too expensive to start with. $20 to $30 for the bettas and $20 for Express mail shipping costs. Please do not try to save a few bucks by having your pair priority mailed. Priority mail is not guarantied to not go in the unpressurized cargo area of the planes. Many bettas shipped priority mail have EXPLODED while on the planes!!! Please don’t jeopardize your bettas lives and spend the extra $10 to get them there safely.

2)- Two one gallon glass jars to house each of your bettas. $15

3)- Water conditioners and additives as follow: Amquel ($9) Novaqua ($9) Aquarisol ($3) PH down—in most cases—($4) aquarium salt ($5)

4)- First aid must have medications: Maroxy ($3), Methylene Blue ($5), Tetracycline and a few other antibiotics ($5 each)

5)- Food to feed the little critters: freeze dried brine shrimp ($10), or frozen foods or live brown worms ($1 a portion—you will need many portions over the next months)

6)- Two fish nets ($2 each)

Subtotal = $130



The spawning tank:

1)- 10 gal or 5 gal spawning tank (same price $20 with cover and light)

2)- Mini penplax corner filter ($5)

3)- Small airpump to run the above filter ($10)

4)- Tubing and valve for above ($4)

5)- SUBMERSIBLE (and submersible only) heater 25W to 50W no more or you will cook you fish! ($15)

6)- One stirofoam cup (free… Woaw that’s a new concept!)

7)- One piece of scotch tape

8)- One chimney glass (from your local hardware store) ($4)

9)- One or two very thick bushy plastic plants ($6 each)

10)- a pack of small plant weights ($3)

11)- a mini tank cleaner (vacuum) ($7)

Subtotal = $74



The fry related purchases:

1)- One microworm cultureto be purchased about 3 weeks before attempting the spawning. ($10)

2)- Brine shrimp eggs ($6) extra valve and T connector to send some of your air pump’s air to the brine shrimp’s hatchery. ($1). Also a 1/2 gal jar with lid to hatch the shrimp in ($1.50)

3)- About 50 to 100 jars for the males to be jarred when they grow and start fighting ($1 each)

4)- preferably another larger tank (40 gal) to move them to when they grow, with cover, light, filter, plants and heater (used $100)

Subtotal = $171.00

That is a lot of money!. Good luck breeding them!

Answer 3

If you really want to get this going, you will need to have multiple males and females (in different tanks of course) so that you can start a good line of fish and you will know which ones make good breeding pairs.

Also I don't know if by the two gallon conditioning tank you mean a tank for the adults?

I reccomend getting a 10+ gallon tank for the females to live in (they won't fight each other)

nets to catch the fish from their tank for breeding/remove from breeding (never handle your bettas)

food for your betta fish (i reccomend Wardley Betta Premium Food, in small pellet form because it enhances color and has all the nutrition needed)

instead of cups like they use at the petshop for the males, give the males some space to swim around at and at the very least get them a fish bowl per male.

other than that I think you're covered but I am not sure, I'll let you know if I think of something else.

EDIT TO ADD: check out this site's page on bettas http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-Betta.h...    I use Fishlore for all of my fishy needs.

Answer 4

sounds like you have a great start ....

here are some tips...

fake plants are good, silk to prevent the fins from ripping ... but live plants will create more natural materials in the water for the betta fry to eat

betta fry also like small food and the more lively the better ... they will eat live brine shrimp and the eggs (freeze dried can do) ... you can also crumble the yolk from a boiled egg into small pices for a cheap and easy feeding solution

to breed your betta you can introduce the female to the male for an hour or two every day (after a week of feeding the female rich foods like freeze dried blood worms and bettamin to fatten her up) in a tank with lots of live plants. if the male is interested he will start to build a bubble nest. when the nest is at least four bubbles deep and a diameter of an inch, you can put the female in untill they breed. when they do, don't freak out, the female isn't dead she just floats upsidedown to the top after the male gets her "knocked up" then her eggs will fall to the bottom or float to the top. whichever happens the male will take the eggs and position them in the bubble nest. after this process is repeated, take the female out into a seperate tank the male will care for the eggs for three days until the eggs hatch. then take him out then. (dont worry he isnt eating the eggs he is just cleaning them with a chemical solution in his mouth, that is what dissolves the egg "shell" in three days to allow the fry to hatch)

if every thing goes right, you will have new bettas! keep them together in the 10g tank till some start getting aggressive when that happens remove the ones that fight one by one

start feeding the fry immeditaly feed them three times a day. if you even miss one feeding, the fry can starve! also try to keep the air temp above the water to the same temp as the water or the fry can get pneumonia and die

(you can get cheap live plant bulbs from wal mart ditto the male and female betta, at least that is where i got mine... get lively ones if you get them from there)

               HAPPY BREEDING!!!