| Bettas are great fish to keep for fun. After | | | | healthy shape before babies can be easily bred. |
| gaining experience with the regular day to day | | | | Secondly, if one is successful, there can be |
| care of bettas, many people will get the itch to | | | | hundreds of fish. Short of culling down the spawn |
| start breeding bettas in their homes. This can be | | | | by 50%, a breeder needs to consider what they |
| done for fun, or in the hopes of turning it into a | | | | will do with all the fish. If show quality fish are |
| profitable hobby in the long-run. Unfortunately, | | | | bought, then it will be easier to find people willing |
| many first time breeders quickly learn that it can | | | | to pay for the babies that are raised. |
| be frustrating to get the fish to actually spawn | | | | 2 - Condition the parents properly. Conditioning |
| successfully. There are a few tips that can be | | | | bettas means using high quality foods (either |
| followed to help reduce the stress of this | | | | frozen of live works best) and giving them the |
| worthwhile process. Fortunately, not only do they | | | | freshest water possible to promote health and |
| make the job easier, they also improve the | | | | get them ready for the laborious task of breeding. |
| chances of having more babies and higher quality | | | | A variety of top foods fed three times per day |
| fish too! Learn how to breed bettas here: | | | | promotes more egg production in the female, and |
| 1 - Start with quality parents. Many beginners | | | | reserves energy in the male to allow him to |
| decide that they just want to learn the ropes | | | | spend 100 hours watching eggs and fry. Change |
| with some cheap pet store quality fish. There are | | | | the water every day if possible to keep water |
| a few things wrong with this thought process. | | | | quality at its highest levels! After conditioning in |
| The first is that these are usually in lower health | | | | this manner for two weeks, the bettas should be |
| overall, making it harder to successfully spawn | | | | ready to spawn with ease! |
| them. Siamese fighting fish need to be in a | | | | |