Our male hasn't blown a bubble nest but our females are laying eggs. Is this a bad thing? What should we do?
Answers:
females will release their eggs without a male. it is common as when they have to release them they will.
The male doesnt sound right. it seems that he isnt conditioned well.
Are you feeding them live foods for 2 weeks, and conditioning them right,
You can switch the male out, but you will have to condition that male for 2 weeks.
This isnt a big problem but a common one, usually switching the breeding partners will help, but remember to condition.
Well, from what I understand...if there is no bubble nest then the babys wont survive or ever happen really.did the male even fertilize them? What are they doing to the eggs?...they will probably eat them. You can always try again...just make sure that the male has a bubble nest before you put the female in. Good luck next time!
Heres a site, it shows what the tank should look like when breeding...theres lots more, just search:
http://www.najrickbettas.com/breeding_be...
It is possible for the babies to live without a nest.
Look here:
www.bettysplendens.com
Plenty of great breeding info!
The female shouldn't be in the same tank as the male unless you are trying to breed. If he has not made the bubble nest, he is not going to fertilize them, and if he's not harassing that female it makes me wonder if something isn't wrong. Female should not be housed with males except at breeding times, but I do assume you know this. Take her out and begin to recondition both of them. Feed them a diet high in protien like brine shrimp and blood worms for about a couple weeks, and wait until the female is round again with eggs and has the white spot under her anal fin, and the male has the nest up.
You can get more help at fishless cycling.com just use the link on my profile.
JV
You need that nest to get them going, if he is not making it, then he is not ready yet. Just seperate them for now and try a couple more weeks of conditioning.
