Breeding Betta Splendens (cupang)

Breeding Betta Splendens is an exciting experience.And also breed betta splendens is very unique. When both mature female and male bettas  put together in one place, the male will be  aggressive  and move around to persuade the female

The male  will flare his fin and its color will change become stronger and sharp The female also change the color become more stronger with stripe around its body. The mature female which is ready for a reproduction will have rather big belly containing the eggs and also there is white spot under her belly.

The male  create the  bubble for breeding process, the bubble will be the nest for puting  the eggs  from the female. The male create the bubble on water surface at side of the stone or under the floating leaf of water plant or other floating material. When it is ready the male will  attrack  the female  and drive her to the bubble with him.  The male will bit the female and sometime the male will bite the female to force her for breeding.

 Once the female ready, the male will  bend his body and wrap the female and the female will looks like drifting and small white eggs will come out  from her belly. The male will collect the eggs by his mouth and put them in the bubble he created before. When this process is finished, the male will keep the eggs and moves around the bubble.The male  will hinder the female form the bubble. At this point, the female should be taken out or the male will mess up the eggs because he chase the female around the bubble or even kill the female.

The eggs will hatch in one to two days and will look like small white object with small black dot. The babies  will grow and look like needle after three or four days. The  babies will move around the bubble and some of them fall down to the bottom and the male will put them back to the buble. The funny thing is to watch the babies  twist  as they can not swim well  yet. 

To keep the babies fine and health, the temperature should be controlled at 27-29 degreeC or around 80 -82 F. For the food, start it by feed them with infusoria and  change  the food gradually by feeding them with Daphnia when their size is bigger enough to it (after two to three week).

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