Why is my betta fish building a bubble thing on top of its fish bowl?

Question

Why is my fish building a bubble thing on top of its fish bowl?

I heard the word "bubble nest" a lot in other questions. What is a bubble nest and what is a bubble nest do or what is it for? Because that might be what my betta fish is doing! And should I worry about my betta fish? He is a male and his name is Aqua.

Please Answer

Answer 1

they do that when they are getting ready to put a females babies in

Answer 2

Monkey41 said it best---Bettas cannot feel lonely or any sort of emotion at all---emotion is a human thing. It's like birds migrating---they just do it---no reason, it's instinctive.

Answer 3

This is his nest; the male will blow an elaborate bubble nest when he is ready to spawn.

Answer 4

It's a bubble nest, and yes he is ready to mate

Answer 5

Males do this when they are ready to mate.  Your beta is lonely.

Answer 6

The male makes a bubble nest for breeding but it is an instinct thing.  They don't do it because they are ready to breed, lonely, happy or any other reason than that there genetic make up tells them it's what they should do. Some will hardly ever blow bubbles and some make elaborate nests daily.

Also to keep a betta properly it should be in a 5 gallon heated filtered tank.  They need water at a temperature of 80F and clean cycled water.

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Answer 7

I think it has somethin to do with mating, not totally sure though.

Answer 8

The mating thing is right,it's his mating ritual. There's a good article about bubble nests on Wikipedia check that out :)

Answer 9

Yes, it is a bubble nest. Don't worry though, its perfectly normal. Bubble nests are created by bettas by encasing air in mucus, creating the bubble. The nests are made so that a female betta can lay her eggs in there after the male has mated with her. Aqua is perfectly normal. cool name by the way.

-k$