Questions about breeding bettas???

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wisp12343

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Ok so i am interested in the idea of breeding bettas. I have been reading a little about it but i still have some questions.

I have read that bettas lay hundreds of eggs at a time. What does one do with hundreds of Bettas? how many normally survive? If i just wanted to keep a couple of them?

I've heard from people who have guppies that when they spawn that they just take out the fry that they want to survive and the rest get eaten? could the same concept be done with bettas?

I can't realistically take care of hundreds of betta but i am interested in breeding them.
 
Gosh breeding Betta is a REAL commitment!
You know how they have to keep the males separate or they will rip the fins off each other well sometimes (from what I have been told not personal experience) they will start to exhibit this behavior as early as 7-8 weeks so imagine having to separate all those tiny male fish.....

Thats not even mentioning the water changes and conditioning that would be required and if it were to all work out perfectly you'd have to have a plan to either keep or sell or re-home your surviving fry.
It is a good start asking folks on here for advice it shows you are thinking about what you are planning to do and care about the outcome and there are no doubt some Betta experts can give you better advice than I can but here is what I'd do..

If your heart is truly set on breeding Betta then before I got a single fish I'd do LOADS of research on line and perhaps see if you can find some reading materials if they have any , talk to anyone that has any fish breeding experience see what its like -see if that is something you want to commit too- then decide if you are still game.

If it were me I'd enjoy a single beautiful Betta and leave it at that!!
 
Breeding Bettas is not that difficult. I use to breed and raise them in high school.

1) Raise them till they get big enough to show color (most of the batch is ugly anyway)--the uglies become oscar food.
2) Males can be kept together till almost mature, BUT if you seperate the males you CANNOT put them back together.
3) The hardest thing is feeding them--the babies are VERY small.
4) I have about 40-60 survive from each batch, but kept only about 10 from each (mostly females).
 
tanker said:
the uglies become oscar food.
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I had to laugh!

I considered attempting to breed them but when I couldn't think of what to do with all the males I decided not to bother. Your solution is one you definitely don't hear about in the betta forums. ;)

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ultimatebettas.com is one forum that has a lot of experienced breeders and a ton of advise.
The best thing to keep in mind is what to do with all the fish. I personally got fed up of keeping two males at a time, now I've got one male in a community tank as well as my sorority and that's enough for me. For now.

I've however read that it can be difficult getting the fry to survive as you need to feed them something small enough.

If you decide to do it then good luck! It's something I'd like to try someday.
 
I would imagine that Microworms would be suitable to feed to fry. They're very easy to culture.
 
you can sell the bettas to your local pet store for around 50 cents to a buck or give them away. if u have to kill them clove oil works or you can put them in ur freezer..
 
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