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How do i mate betta fish?
- Thread starter Brad M
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Things You'll Need:
* Male and Female Betta Fish
* 10 Gallon Aquarium
* Submersible Aquarium Heater
* Aquarium Sponge Filter
* Aquarium Air Pump with Pressure Valve
* Styrofoam Cup
* Tank Divider, (plexiglass sheet or hurricane lamp top)
* Aquarium Cover (plastic wrap works well too)
* Food for Baby Bettas (Fry)
* Containers for as many as 100 baby fish (deli containers work well)
* A good home for your new Bettas
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You will need to acquire both a male and female Betta fish. Females are often hard to find. There are several good sources online to acquire quality fish, much different then what you see at your local pet shop. Bettas ship very good, do not be afraid to have the fish shipped to you.
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Step 2
Once you have your Betta fish pair you will need to condition the fish for breeding. This is a 2 week process of feeding your Bettas high quality foods. Live food is best, but if you want to use dried foods use Frozen Bloodworms and Daphnia. Feed the fish as much as they will eat during this time.
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Step 3
During the conditioning of your Betta fish pair you will want to setup your breeding tank. Make sure your tank is clean. Washing it with very hot water is a good precaution; do not use soap to clean your tank. Add 5-6 inches of water to your tank; add your sponge filter and finally your heater. Set the heater between 80-82 degrees. Add the recommended dose of an aquarium bacteria starter and water conditioner. Turn on your sponge filter for now.
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Step 4
Next you will want to prepare the inside of the tank. Take your Styrofoam cup and cut it in half. Place the cup halve in the front corner of your tank, it should float nicely on top of the water creating a "tunnel" of air between the cup and the top of the water. Next you want to create hiding spots for your female Betta fish. Live plants are best, but fake plants will work as well. Place them on the opposite corner of the floating cup. Add you tank divider or hurricane glass away from your half cup as well.
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Step 5
After the 2 week tank and fish conditioning is complete you are ready to introduce your fish. Turn off your sponge filter at this point. Add your male Betta fish in the main tank area first. Give him a minute to look around and explore his new surroundings. Then add your female Betta into the divided part of the tank or into your hurricane glass. The female and the male MUST be separate at this point, do not add them both to the tank where they can have direct contact with either other.
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Step 6
Now you will need to judge if your Bettas are ready to breed. The male Betta should be flaring his fins out around the female and building a bubble nest, most likely under your half cup. The female will develop vertical bars on her body, this is difficult to see on lighter colored fish. The female Betta should be released at this time, normally 24-48 hours after initial introduction into the tank. It is best to release the female just before "lights out" in the tank.
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Step 7
Once your female Betta is loose in the tank the chase is on. The male Betta will chase and nip at the females fins, this can often be violent. This aggression is normal and some fin and scale damage can and likely will occur on both fish. The fish will "dance" with each other for short periods and then the male will chase the female off. If she is ready to breed she will approach the male and the nest in a head down position and generally be more interested in what he is doing. This process again can be as much as 48 hours. If the fish have not spawned in this amount of time you may want to remove the female and try another time. During this time you should attempt to not bother the fish as much as possible. You should not feed the fish while they are both in the tank together either.
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Step 8
When both parties are ready to breed the female Betta will position herself under the nest and the male Betta will wrap his body around the female. The fish will appear paralyzed for a short period of time. This embrace will be repeated several times until the female Betta has expelled all her eggs.
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Step 9
Once the fish are no longer embracing and the female has moved away from the nest she should be removed immediately. Take care not to disturb the male and his nest of eggs. Put your female in a warm quite spot to rest and recover in clean water.
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Step 10
Your male Betta will now tend to the eggs on his own for the next 24-36 hours, catching them and placing them back in the nest as they fall out.
#
Step 11
After around 4 days the baby Betta fry will become free swimming and your male will be struggling to keep them all near the nest. The male should be removed at this time.
Click link for steps 12-17
IT'S A HUMONGOUS PAIN IN THE ASS! DON'T DO IT!!
* Male and Female Betta Fish
* 10 Gallon Aquarium
* Submersible Aquarium Heater
* Aquarium Sponge Filter
* Aquarium Air Pump with Pressure Valve
* Styrofoam Cup
* Tank Divider, (plexiglass sheet or hurricane lamp top)
* Aquarium Cover (plastic wrap works well too)
* Food for Baby Bettas (Fry)
* Containers for as many as 100 baby fish (deli containers work well)
* A good home for your new Bettas
#
You will need to acquire both a male and female Betta fish. Females are often hard to find. There are several good sources online to acquire quality fish, much different then what you see at your local pet shop. Bettas ship very good, do not be afraid to have the fish shipped to you.
#
Step 2
Once you have your Betta fish pair you will need to condition the fish for breeding. This is a 2 week process of feeding your Bettas high quality foods. Live food is best, but if you want to use dried foods use Frozen Bloodworms and Daphnia. Feed the fish as much as they will eat during this time.
#
Step 3
During the conditioning of your Betta fish pair you will want to setup your breeding tank. Make sure your tank is clean. Washing it with very hot water is a good precaution; do not use soap to clean your tank. Add 5-6 inches of water to your tank; add your sponge filter and finally your heater. Set the heater between 80-82 degrees. Add the recommended dose of an aquarium bacteria starter and water conditioner. Turn on your sponge filter for now.
#
Step 4
Next you will want to prepare the inside of the tank. Take your Styrofoam cup and cut it in half. Place the cup halve in the front corner of your tank, it should float nicely on top of the water creating a "tunnel" of air between the cup and the top of the water. Next you want to create hiding spots for your female Betta fish. Live plants are best, but fake plants will work as well. Place them on the opposite corner of the floating cup. Add you tank divider or hurricane glass away from your half cup as well.
#
Step 5
After the 2 week tank and fish conditioning is complete you are ready to introduce your fish. Turn off your sponge filter at this point. Add your male Betta fish in the main tank area first. Give him a minute to look around and explore his new surroundings. Then add your female Betta into the divided part of the tank or into your hurricane glass. The female and the male MUST be separate at this point, do not add them both to the tank where they can have direct contact with either other.
#
Step 6
Now you will need to judge if your Bettas are ready to breed. The male Betta should be flaring his fins out around the female and building a bubble nest, most likely under your half cup. The female will develop vertical bars on her body, this is difficult to see on lighter colored fish. The female Betta should be released at this time, normally 24-48 hours after initial introduction into the tank. It is best to release the female just before "lights out" in the tank.
#
Step 7
Once your female Betta is loose in the tank the chase is on. The male Betta will chase and nip at the females fins, this can often be violent. This aggression is normal and some fin and scale damage can and likely will occur on both fish. The fish will "dance" with each other for short periods and then the male will chase the female off. If she is ready to breed she will approach the male and the nest in a head down position and generally be more interested in what he is doing. This process again can be as much as 48 hours. If the fish have not spawned in this amount of time you may want to remove the female and try another time. During this time you should attempt to not bother the fish as much as possible. You should not feed the fish while they are both in the tank together either.
#
Step 8
When both parties are ready to breed the female Betta will position herself under the nest and the male Betta will wrap his body around the female. The fish will appear paralyzed for a short period of time. This embrace will be repeated several times until the female Betta has expelled all her eggs.
#
Step 9
Once the fish are no longer embracing and the female has moved away from the nest she should be removed immediately. Take care not to disturb the male and his nest of eggs. Put your female in a warm quite spot to rest and recover in clean water.
#
Step 10
Your male Betta will now tend to the eggs on his own for the next 24-36 hours, catching them and placing them back in the nest as they fall out.
#
Step 11
After around 4 days the baby Betta fry will become free swimming and your male will be struggling to keep them all near the nest. The male should be removed at this time.
Click link for steps 12-17
IT'S A HUMONGOUS PAIN IN THE ASS! DON'T DO IT!!
Sorry, at my wit's end.
The following will ultimately answer the root of any question of yours which boils down to meaning, purpose, and ultimate fulfillment in life:
Who do you think that I am?
With that brief question Jesus Christ confronted His followers with the most important issue they would ever face. He had spent much time with them and made some bold claims about His identity and authority. Now the time had come for them either to believe or deny His teachings.
Who do you say Jesus is? Your response to Him will determine not only your values and lifestyle, but your eternal destiny as well.
Consider what the Bible says about Him:
Jesus Is God
While Jesus was on earth there was much confusion about who He was. Some thought He was a wise man or a great prophet. Others thought He was a madman. Still others couldn't decide or didn't care. But Jesus said, "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). That means He claimed to be nothing less than God in human flesh.
Many people today don't understand that Jesus claimed to be God. They're content to think of Him as little more than a great moral teacher. But even His enemies understood His claims to deity. That's why they tried to stone Him to death (John 5:18; 10:33) and eventually had Him crucified (John 19:7).
C.S. Lewis observed, "You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to" (Mere Christianity [Macmillan, 1952], pp. 40-41).
If the biblical claims of Jesus are true, He is God!
Jesus Is Holy
God is absolutely and perfectly holy (Isaiah 6:3), therefore He cannot commit or approve of evil (James 1:13).
As God, Jesus embodied every element of God's character. Colossians 2:9 says, "In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form." He was perfectly holy (Hebrews 4:15). Even His enemies couldn't prove any accusation against Him (John 8:46)
God requires holiness of us as well. First Peter 1:16 says, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
Jesus Is The Savior
Our failure to obey God--to be holy--places us in danger of eternal punishment (2 Thessalonians 1:9). The truth is, we cannot obey Him because we have neither the desire nor the ability to do so. We are by nature rebellious toward God (Ephesians 2:1-3). The Bible calls our rebellion "sin." According to Scripture, everyone is guilty of sin: "There is no man who does not sin" (1 Kings 8:46). "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). And we are incapable of changing our sinful condition. Jeremiah 13:23 says, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil."
That doesn't mean we're incapable of performing acts of human kindness. We might even be involved in various religious or humanitarian activities. But we're utterly incapable of understanding, loving, or pleasing God on our own. The Bible says, "There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one" (Romans 3:10-12).
God's holiness and justice demand that all sin be punished by death: "The soul who sins will die" (Ezekiel 18:4). That's hard for us to understand because we tend to evaluate sin on a relative scale, assuming some sins are less serious than others. However, the Bible teaches that all acts of sin are the result of sinful thinking and evil desires. That's why simply changing our patterns of behavior can't solve our sin problem or eliminate its consequences. We need to be changed inwardly so our thinking and desires are holy
Jesus is the only one who can forgive and transform us, thereby delivering us from the power and penalty of sin: "There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
Even though God's justice demands death for sin, His love has provided a Savior, who paid the penalty and died for sinners: "Christ ... died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God" (1 Peter 3:18). Christ's death satisfied the demands of God's justice, thereby enabling Him to forgive and save those who place their faith in Him (Romans 3:26). John 3:16 says, "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." He alone is "our great God and Savior" (Titus 2:13).
Jesus Is The Only Acceptable Object Of Saving Faith
Some people think it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere. But without a valid object your faith is useless
If you take poison--thinking it's medicine--all th
The following will ultimately answer the root of any question of yours which boils down to meaning, purpose, and ultimate fulfillment in life:
Who do you think that I am?
With that brief question Jesus Christ confronted His followers with the most important issue they would ever face. He had spent much time with them and made some bold claims about His identity and authority. Now the time had come for them either to believe or deny His teachings.
Who do you say Jesus is? Your response to Him will determine not only your values and lifestyle, but your eternal destiny as well.
Consider what the Bible says about Him:
Jesus Is God
While Jesus was on earth there was much confusion about who He was. Some thought He was a wise man or a great prophet. Others thought He was a madman. Still others couldn't decide or didn't care. But Jesus said, "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). That means He claimed to be nothing less than God in human flesh.
Many people today don't understand that Jesus claimed to be God. They're content to think of Him as little more than a great moral teacher. But even His enemies understood His claims to deity. That's why they tried to stone Him to death (John 5:18; 10:33) and eventually had Him crucified (John 19:7).
C.S. Lewis observed, "You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to" (Mere Christianity [Macmillan, 1952], pp. 40-41).
If the biblical claims of Jesus are true, He is God!
Jesus Is Holy
God is absolutely and perfectly holy (Isaiah 6:3), therefore He cannot commit or approve of evil (James 1:13).
As God, Jesus embodied every element of God's character. Colossians 2:9 says, "In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form." He was perfectly holy (Hebrews 4:15). Even His enemies couldn't prove any accusation against Him (John 8:46)
God requires holiness of us as well. First Peter 1:16 says, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
Jesus Is The Savior
Our failure to obey God--to be holy--places us in danger of eternal punishment (2 Thessalonians 1:9). The truth is, we cannot obey Him because we have neither the desire nor the ability to do so. We are by nature rebellious toward God (Ephesians 2:1-3). The Bible calls our rebellion "sin." According to Scripture, everyone is guilty of sin: "There is no man who does not sin" (1 Kings 8:46). "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). And we are incapable of changing our sinful condition. Jeremiah 13:23 says, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil."
That doesn't mean we're incapable of performing acts of human kindness. We might even be involved in various religious or humanitarian activities. But we're utterly incapable of understanding, loving, or pleasing God on our own. The Bible says, "There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God; all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one" (Romans 3:10-12).
God's holiness and justice demand that all sin be punished by death: "The soul who sins will die" (Ezekiel 18:4). That's hard for us to understand because we tend to evaluate sin on a relative scale, assuming some sins are less serious than others. However, the Bible teaches that all acts of sin are the result of sinful thinking and evil desires. That's why simply changing our patterns of behavior can't solve our sin problem or eliminate its consequences. We need to be changed inwardly so our thinking and desires are holy
Jesus is the only one who can forgive and transform us, thereby delivering us from the power and penalty of sin: "There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
Even though God's justice demands death for sin, His love has provided a Savior, who paid the penalty and died for sinners: "Christ ... died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God" (1 Peter 3:18). Christ's death satisfied the demands of God's justice, thereby enabling Him to forgive and save those who place their faith in Him (Romans 3:26). John 3:16 says, "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." He alone is "our great God and Savior" (Titus 2:13).
Jesus Is The Only Acceptable Object Of Saving Faith
Some people think it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere. But without a valid object your faith is useless
If you take poison--thinking it's medicine--all th
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well first you set the mood, turn down the lights, light candles, etc. then you blindfold the female and help the male to prepare a romantic dinner. when it is ready you pull off the blindfold and the female will be very shocked and thrilled. then you leave the room and let nature take its course...