Sex

Breeding a red betta is an incredible journey. You should first determine the gender of the betta. Males have more vibrant colors and long fins whereas female has less bright colors. Choosing the right breeding pair is most important. Before the breeding consider some aspects of the breeding:

Arrange a separate tank for the betta, the water capacity is a minimum of 10 gallons. The water temperature is 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Make sure the water is filtered and free from toxins. Before the breeding, prepare betta for breeding two weeks ago. Provide them with high protein and nutrition-rich food such as blood worms, brim shrimp, and other food.

You can not possibly select the ideal pair for the breeding process. It is a rare chance to betta peacefully coexist they will end up with injury or killing. Before introducing them to each other, put them separate with a divider; once they are comfortable with each other put them together. Once the pair has formed they do not display aggression unless the space is restricted. Courtship is the first step of breeding.

The male follows the female around the tank. When the female is given up and ready to breed. The pair swim side by side and flare their fin at each other. When the male is aggressive and the female doesn’t respond he bites and nips at her. A courting process takes hours or one to two days. While betta is courting, don’t feed them.

Eggs and sperm are released in small portions. the male proactively wraps his body around the female and has dummy attempts. Male betta observe the fertilized egg which is spat by the female mouth. The male picked them up and put them in a bubble nest. Repeat the process when the spawning is complete. The process is hard and takes a long time to collect eggs from the female spat to the male mouth.

Post-spawning is very important to healthy females; the male is responsible for providing a quiet place and peace to the females after spawning, providing nutritious food to recover for postpartum. The breeder removes the female betta after spawning because if she does not leave other males harass her and may kill her, another counterpart is female needs a rest after spawning.

When the fry is live in the nest they eat egg yolk sack to get essential nutrition. After 3 days when the fry comes to the , outside you can offer brine shrimp as a first food. Insects, tiny fish, amphibians, and crabs betta palatine’s diet. Their food consists of smaller insects, and shrimp fish as they mature.

Maintaining water quality is required when you are raising fry. For raising healthy fry change water frequently monitor water parameters and not build up toxins such as ammonia, nitrate, or nitrite. Once a fry becomes free swimming, you can start to raise fry in individual tanks and add filters.