use a 10-15 gallon tank bare bottomed and with no filter or bubbles at all to bred them in ..... Fill the tank half full of water and give it a few days to mature ........ While you are waiting on the tank, feed both your male and female on good rich food ...... decap brine, mosquito larva, scuds, live brine ..... Any thing like this that is rich ......... Before you place the pair in the tank you need to provide a couple things that will make it go better ........ A clump of Java moss, horn wort, or even a mop will give her someplace to hide ....... nest take a stro coffee cup and cut it long ways place the half of cup on top of the water ....... The male will build his nest in it ....... temperature should be consistent ...... The actual temperature is not as important as the it being consistent somewhere in the upper 70's low 80's is fine ........ After breeding is accomplished, take the famle out and leave the male to tend to the eggs ... he will do a much better job than you can ........ Soon the eggs will hatch and you will see tons of tail in among the bubbles, still leave the male ....He will bring the young back up to the nest as they fall out ............ Also leave a light on so he can see what he is doing ..... this does not have to be right above the aquarium if you don't want but the more light he has the higher fry rate you will have ..... One morning you will find little fish swimming around, and that is a indicator that it is time to remove the father ....... The first thing I feed these day is golden pearls, and vinegar eels, be carful with the golden pearls as they can foul the water if allowed, a little goes a long way ........ at this time start a culture of brine shrimp (I find that betta fry do NOT accept de-capped brine as well at first. They have to be trained to take it) .... By the second day quite feeding eels and start feeding freshly hatched brine (less than 24 hours old) ..... By late in the third or forth day they should be on it all together ....... By the 5th day they will start to take decapped bring ......... I don't give a water change for the first 10 days, so limit the feeding to what they can use .
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