Betta too fat?

So I have two bettas and my female is super fat! I believe she is bloated/constipated. So she is off feed for a few days. Any opinions?

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Throw in a male Betta if you want fries ^_~. Her tummy is full of eggs.

Looks like she's loaded with eggs and ready to spawn. ;)

I have a male betta next to her and he has a good size bubble nest! :)

Maybe its time? I've put her with him a couple times and he gets super aggressive... I know its normal, but its gets to where she just hides when he is around. Almost too rough for her.
Should I try again?

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Make sure she's got plenty of hiding spots in his tank, and take her out immediately after they're finished. It can get pretty rough, but supervise and don't hesitate to remove her if he's getting too aggressive.

Wait until you see her breeding tube, but why would you want to breed betta.. they produce a metric crap ton of babies lol

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Wait until you see her breeding tube, but why would you want to breed betta.. they produce a metric crap ton of babies lol

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Her breeding tube (pearl) has been out for like 6 weeks. :)

If you separate them after 10-20 eggs then you will have a manageable spawn.

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well stick em together then if you want some babies! lol I was always tempted to try and breed them but the number of babies always made me think otherwise.. even though I did breed african cichlids and they had quite a few fry..

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Her breeding tube (pearl) has been out for like 6 weeks. :)

If you separate them after 10-20 eggs then you will have a manageable spawn.

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Yep, that's a great method of betta birth control. Another good thing to have around are hungry oscars.

So I put the male in the females tank and ham been checking on them for the past 7 hours. He has built his bubble nest but I have yet to see a "lock" or egg drops. How long should this take? Do you think they already locked and dropped eggs and I missed it? She is still super fat...

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I could be totally wrong here, but I thought you were supposed to put the female into the male's tank...? Or does it matter? Good luck - been keeping up with this thread! Super exciting!

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I could be totally wrong here, but I thought you were supposed to put the female into the male's tank...? Or does it matter? Good luck - been keeping up with this thread! Super exciting!

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I'm not quite sure, I think I read somewhere that putting her in his tank can be worse because he is territorial.

Ideally you are supposed to put them in a 3rd tank at the same time so they don't feel like someone is "in their territory". I don't have a 3rd tank so I put him in hers so hopefully she feels more comfortable. She knows the hiding spots in there as well and he can't find her when she hides lol.

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Bettafish.com is a good forum to go to. The people there are nice and helpful, like on here :)

It's kinda funny I was thinking of posting my betta and tank on here earlier but didn't do it haha

Anyways, good luck with getting babies! I don't think I'll ever breed them. Too many kids! Lol

Well my male is just sitting under his bubble nest, so I assume they did the deed while I wasn't looking.

So I just separated them and hopefully I will see some babies in 48 hours!

Fingers crossed!

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Cool! Fingers crossed for you too! What kind of Betta?


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I have a male betta next to her and he has a good size bubble nest! :)

Maybe its time? I've put her with him a couple times and he gets super aggressive... I know its normal, but its gets to where she just hides when he is around. Almost too rough for her.
Should I try again?

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Oh and P.S. I always wondered why my female Betta would always 'commit suicide' when I put them together.... :( now I feel bad. But... now I know! (Not like I plan to breed though at this point, anyway....)


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When i bred them i used a separator, i would put them together for a while till the hormones when crazy.. then they would do there dance.. its actually really cool to watch.

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When i bred them i used a separator, i would put them together for a while till the hormones when crazy.. then they would do there dance.. its actually really cool to watch.

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Do you think since he is watching the nest there is eggs in it?

BTW both are half moons.
They HATE pictures but I tried to get some of the male. He is blue/red/purple. His blue has kinda taken over though.

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And the nest in question:
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And another of max:
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He is pretty! Wishing you luck with that bubble nest!

He looks like a veil tail to me, halfmoons tail spread 180 degrees when they flare. I'd definitely check out that site I mentioned if you haven't already :)

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He looks like a veil tail to me, halfmoons tail spread 180 degrees when they flare. I'd definitely check out that site I mentioned if you haven't already :)

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He does goto 180 when flaring. Those pics are him relaxed. I'm pretty sure I bought him as a half moon, but I will look into it...

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If you look closely from underneath, you can see if there are eggs in the bubbles. They're tiny and opaque.

As far as introducing the pair, I always used a spawn tank. Plain ten gallon set up with a sponge filter for gentle water filtration/flow and only about 6" of water. No gravel on the bottom, so dad could easily pick up fry that drop to the bottom. Put dad in tank, and let him acclimate for a few days. Put female into a quart mason jar, and set that down into the spawn tank. After a few days when she's looking ready, release her. Etc etc etc.

I loved bettas, but eventually got tired of cleaning all those jars.

Good luck!

After some research I believe he is a veil tail. They were both sold to me as half moons.

Another interesting thing I found is that two-color bettas are supposed to have 2 colors, body and fins. My female is a two color but has a "biohazard" black birthmark on her side making her 3 colors. I will try and get a pic later when I get home from work.

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I think mine is a half-moon... I forget what I bought him as. He is still kind of young (albeit fat, lol). Can you interbreed males and females? Or do they have to be the same? So many questions... :P
Here is my boy :)
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He's gorgeous kimbly! It's hard to tell whether he is halfmoon or delta without him flaring. I'm not even sure on mine because he doesn't flare at anything lol mine was sold as halfmoon but pet stores often mismark bettas. Get some good deals that way though, petco had an elephant ear marked as a delta. That's about $12 off and I really wanted him lol

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He's gorgeous kimbly! It's hard to tell whether he is halfmoon or delta without him flaring. I'm not even sure on mine because he doesn't flare at anything lol mine was sold as halfmoon but pet stores often mismark bettas. Get some good deals that way though, petco had an elephant ear marked as a delta. That's about $12 off and I really wanted him lol

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Thank you! I want an Elephant Ear soooo bad, too! :)


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"Halfmoon" bettas are often less than half moon in full flare, and therefor aren't really a Half Moon. But the ones that are almost half moon are often sold into the pet trade as halfmoons because they have a wider tail than a traditional veiltail betta

As far as the colors, the bright red one is a "red, mismarked", not really a two color. A red or blue or green or black is often mismarked with little bits of color on fins or body. A two color traditionally should be evenly marked in a particular pattern set. Same for the blue, although it's harder for me to tell exactly with the pictures, and it's been some time since I was identifying betta colors/patterns. My favorite was always mustard gas half moons.

The bubble nest looks awfully small to me. Is he tending it a lot? Is the female no longer fat? If he wasn't really ready or they didn't do it right, he might eat the eggs and go back to making a nest and hoping for a egg laden female to show up.

Definitely have a bare bottom, because once the eggs do hatch, he will need to be able to pick up stray babies. You can also easily siphon the bottom free of poo or extra food, without disturbing the rest of the tank, using some rigid airline for the vacuum "nozzle" and regular airline to siphon into a bucket.

I raised a lot of babies. They do give a ton, but you can put them into ponds when you separate out the ones that look best, and if they live in the pond, they'll eat mosquito larvae. They LIKE warm water so ponds are perfect, even if koi or goldfish die (those are both colder water fish).

I always gave the male a spawning tank that the babies could be raised in(10 gallons but only filled halfway) and introduced the female when she seemed ready(first introductions can be through a jar or glass chimney so he can't immediately beat her up, with loads of live plants for her to hide in.

Good luck for having babies!

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Do you think since he is watching the nest there is eggs in it?

BTW both are half moons.
They HATE pictures but I tried to get some of the male. He is blue/red/purple. His blue has kinda taken over though.

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the female would drop her eggs then the male would pick them up and place them in the nest. So if you have removed him and put him back in his own tank then no. The males guard the eggs after they are laid until they hatch, you will need to remove the female once they are finished quickly because he will try to chase her off. Once they eggs hatch you remove the male so he doesn't eat the babies. There are a lot of good references online and a lot of breeders who will offer good information, a lot like this site.