Fishkeeper1010

I have been keeping betta splendens for at least 6 years I used to breed guppies, platies and have experience in raising baby fish Yes I am very familiar and have done a ton of research into betta breeding, watching a lot of different breeders do it. If you mean maintaining the humidity, yes I do have an idea about it I have a baby brine shrimp hatchery as well as a thriving daphnia culture. I have a spare 20 gallon tank that I intend to use as the grow out.

Hi I have had about 4 breeding attempts now with this pair of bettas and every time they wrap and spawn very quickly but the eggs don’t hatch and get eaten. Is either of the parent infertile or is it a water issue? I have really soft water with pH of 6.5 and no kh with 50 ppm gh. I really want their fry what do I do?

Update: the eggs are still pure white and have no signs of development. I only counted like 10 eggs. Maybe this male is infertile and just doesn’t fertile his eggs. What do you guys think?

Hi, I had another attempt with this pair and this time he hasn’t eaten the eggs! It’s been almost 24 hours. I’ll just see if they hatch.

Wouldn’t that distract him in breeding even more? I do have some platy fry that may work

Hi all, I’ve got into betta breeding and got a pair to breed. I’m successful up until getting the pair to wrap but the male doesn’t pick up the eggs even if he does, he eats the eggs the next day. I’ve done two attempts now and he has done this twice. I’m wondering if the male is infertile. When I put them together they never nipped or chased each other, they flare a bit and went straight to the wrapping process. They were conditioned with a freeze dried bug flake that has 50% protein (made with black soldier fly larvae, crab eggs, shrimp, garlic) The male is 6cm long and is an koi marble plakat. The female is 4cm long and is a pink butterfly halfmoon.

Hi, so I got the female and whenever I show the male the female, they ignore each other. They don’t even flare. What do I do?

I just got a pink butterfly halfmoon female betta. The problem is she is only 3/4 size of the male. I was concerned that she may be too small. She has an egg spot though, meaning she should be matured to breed. Please tell me if that is ok.

Yes, I have a daphnia culture thriving, brine shrimp available to hatch out, a spare 20 gallon tank, with a cycled filter. I don’t have any goals but to raise healthy fry and it’s all about the enjoyment from the experience. I mainly want koi bettas and colourful multi coloured fish. Any idea what a white female will produce?

Hi guys I need suggestions to what kind of betta I should breed with this koi plakat male. Female koi bettas are quite hard to find and I don’t want any cellophanes from the spawn so I was wondering if I could spawn him with just a plain white halfmoon female. I ideally want some koi marbles as well as maybe a couple of fancy bicolour. If I cross a halfmoon with a plakat, ive heard that the offspring will have unbalanced fins, is that true? Any idea what the offspring would look like?

Thanks so much for your help!

Update: the betta is now fully recovered from just clean water, salt and kattapa leaves. Although his eye is still slightly cloudy, he is a lot more active now. He is eating well, flaring, and also built a giant bubble nest.

I did a 50% water change and a close inspection on him, his lips did fall off and has some blood on it, and his eye, was not a popeye after all, but it was a layer of white stuff covering his eye like contact lenses, from front view it is about to fall off, idk if I should gently take it out or wait for it to fall of. Salt is at 1 tablespoon per gallon.

I live in Australia and none of those are available for me. Will only aquarium salt help him?

Help!! I just noticed that the skin on his lip has fallen off and a little bit of blood coming out of the area. What happened?