Breeding Bettas

These are an incredible breed of fish.   Even more incredible is to breed them.  If you are considering breeding these fine fish, keep a few things in mind.  Your female will most definitely get beaten up, whether it is a little or a lot depends.  You have the potential to end up with anywhere from 50 to 300 baby bettas.  Make sure you have the space to keep hundreds of jars that the males will have to be separated in to.  You will have to culture your own live food, such as MicroWorms or hatch out live Baby Brine Shrimp (BBS).   These are essential in the diet of your growing babies.  This is a very time consuming project to take on.  It cannot be done half-heartedly.  This entails 5 to 6 months of total attention.  Keep this in mind before venturing into breeding.

The following pictures illustrate the procedures I use when I spawn my Bettas. At the bottom after the pictures is a video of bettas breeding.

Spawning tank preparation

The Blushing Bride

The Ready Groom

Female Barring

Male/Female Embracing Under Bubble Nest

Spawning & Eggs

Male Tending Hatched Fry

A video of bettas mating

10 Things You Need For Your Spawning Tank

1. Heater

2. Air Pump

3. Air Control Gang Valves

4. Airline tubing.

5. Air Stone

6. Lee's dual action sponge filter. (small)

7. Easy to read thermometer.

8. Plenty of plants. (I prefer Java Moss).

9. 2 x 5"- 6" planters.

10. Glass lantern chimney.