Betta Breeding: Set Up

Some of my personal methods for setting up a betta breeding tank.

Music: "Inner Sanctum" James Newton Howard

Filmed on a Cannon Vixia HV30 HD Camcorder
Edited on iMove '08

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• awesome
• beautiful
• fish
• tank
• aquarium
• bubbles
• plants
• freshwater
• betta
• breeding
• set
• up
• filter
• sponge
• thermometer

[prakhar1999]

What Should be The Minimum Size Of The Tank For the Betta's To Breed??

[TheGreatPickles]

you CAN do smaller if you try the thailand method, but I strongly recommend 10 gallons so that you can use it for fill out without having to move your fry, which is stressful.

[cryomiequinox]

Ok can i use a 30 gallon tank

[TheGreatPickles]

Yes. That will be GREAT for fill out. Just make sure to start with a shallow depth so that the pair doesn't loose each other. :)

[Bff871]

i have a 15 gal and a light on top the light warms the tank up to like 70-80 degrees will that be ok and also will fake plants be ok and i have a breeding filter an elite not a sponge will that be ok respond plz

[TheGreatPickles]

Tank and temperature great. Just don't fill it up so that the male gets exhausted going from surface to bottom fetching eggs and fry. Fabric plants are okay, plastic pants you just worry about the fish tearing themselves on. Live plants culture infusoria, which is what the fry will eat for the first week of their lives. You can culture infusoria on a lettuce leaf or something as well. Just do some research to that effect. I highly recommend a sponge filter over anything else.

[TheDarkPlakat]

hey just curious but you didnt add a video where the fry to adult stage =] i love watching them grow^^

[wow10551]

hello my felmale betta is flaring at my half moon plakent and i dont know wants wrong should i get a other female? and im trying to breed them

[TheGreatPickles]

You could do actual spawning in a 5 gallon ,but then you'll have to get a bigger tank for fill out anyway, so may as well stick with the 10 from the beginning. Breeding bettas takes a TON of space, so, if you don't have it, you'll be disappointed. Females can stay together no problem. Males need to be separated from their sibs. they just have issues. Get yourself some gallon containers for them. Be prepared for fewer males than females, however. "fatness" plays no role. Many fry will be born.

[georgepetlover]

wat were u saiding on 1:55

[idunkoveryou54]

do i need the sponge filter? is it ok if i just siphon out wates when its dirty

[TheToanduong]

That's a really good explanation

[bettabreeder181]

I think you should make a video on conditioning the pair and then raising the fry :)