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How can i breed my Betta fish?

Can I breed my betta fish this way.?

  • Hey I wan't to know if I can breed my betta fish this way,with a tank under a gallon with out a heater or filter. Because when they are in the wild i dont think they have a filter in the water or they have a ceratain water temp. or all this supplies. I mean i know how to breed i already done 2 times. But I'm just wondering.

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    In the wild the bettas don't have tanks, they have lakes, or ponds, or rice patties, all of which contain far more water than one gallon. In these natural settings, the betta gives off waste, and that waste is diffused around the area, usually to 100 or more gallons of water. The filter helps to diffuse the waste material, and trap most of it, but if you had a large enough tank, and did water changes enough, you could probably do without the filter. I would imagine that you'd need at least 10 gallons, if not 50 or more for this to work well though. Bettas, even breeding couples also need some breathing room. They get pretty violent in close quarters, so 1 gallon is probably a dangerously small size for breeding. 10 gallons again is probably a lot safer. Bettas like it hot, in Thailand, where they come from, the temperature is rarely below 80, and often gets up to 95. If you are living somewhere with temperatures of this type, you will be somewhat miserable, but if the temperature in the aquarium water gets that hot from the air around it at all times, then no heater is necessary. I never used a heater in hawaii, and where I am now, I won't get a heater until summer is nearly over... but I am miserable, and if I could afford to keep my AC at the temperatures I like, I would need a heater for my betta.

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sorry, dont really know anything about breeding betta's. good luck

NBGirl

in the wild they have plants that do the filtering for them

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Rail

I'm an expert with these fish. I'm so great with them my last one "Sapphire" lived two be 2 years old which is twice its life span. Two have the male embrace the female you need a large tank with a filter and all that crap. Then make the male happy so it can make a bubble nest. Then the two fish will mate and the female will lay eggs in the bubble nest. If you tried it in your 1 gallon tank they will rip each other to shreaps.

Terrapin

bettas like to swim--they're only kept in small tanks when they're supposed to be decorations. as long as the tank is clean, you shouldn't have too much issues with a filter, but you'd probably need some Stress Coat or something else to relax them in such a cramped environment, you'd think? any reason you're asking, or just curiousity?

amaranth628!

yes and no it depends on the fish

sunshine girl

A gallon of water would be the minimum tank size for a Betta and the optimum water temperature would be 80 degrees consistently, You would probably need a heater/thermostat to maintain the water at the correct temperature. Your Betta would probably do okay without a filter, but you would have to do frequent water changes.

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merza

In the wild they live in pond, and rice paddies. These are shallow, but there is a lot of room. (Bettas found else where are generally washed there by flooding and will die if not washed soewhere else.) To successfully breed bettas you need a tank at least 10 gallons, and a heater. Not to mention sort sort of small live food. Then there is the question of the 100+ baby bettas.... If you want to succeed you're going to need a lot of research, and prep.

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