Breeding experiences not described in the book

[Lyon Goh]

ok. I'm intending to spawn my blue imbellis pair.
I place the female in a small tall tank into the breeding tank. Put the male into the breeding tank. Now the female is blowing bubbles and not the male

WHY???:

[Jonathan_Tan]

sometimes it happens..
had females that built their own nests, dropped ther own eggs and put them in the nest they built..onli thing is that the eggs were not fertilised

[Myron Tay]

I have one in which the poor guy blew a mini-nest and was frantically picking up the eggs day and night. However, despite his efforts, the majority of the eggs would on the base of the tank most of the time. Took pity on him and hatched the eggs artifically after giving him 2-days to prove himself. Surprising, most of the eggs hatched!

The variations in betta spawnings is one of the most fasinating appeal of breeding bettas. You should expect the unexpected! And there is always something to learn every spawn, so that your next spawn would be even better!

[Lyon Goh]

well, wad should i do with this female? This female seriously injured another male before. Not sure whether want to release this female with the male or not

[Myron Tay]

Lyon

Have you seen butterfly cocoons before? There are some very shiny nice irridescent ones at Sentosa recently. But what lies within each cocoon is a beautiful butterfly. But we would not be able to see the beautiful butterfly if we do not allow the butterfly to break out of the cocoon, destroying the beauty of the cocoon in the process.

The same would be said of breeding bettas. Get my drift?

[Lyon Goh]

so let it try to breed???

[Myron Tay]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Have a clear objective and breed the best pair you can get your hands on. Why don't you take pictures of the pair and let us advise? Alternatively, you can bring your pair down to the 28 Sep competition and get the experts to give their pointers.

[Lyon Goh]

i'm only getting my male imbellis into the com. really little red wash. Ventrals only half got wash.

[Jonathan_Tan]

u last time ask me abt imb females ryt?
can prob check back with me nxt month..
shud be ready to breed by then..mine havent jar yet

[Lyon Goh]

ok. Next month find you again. Now i dunno why. treating all my bettas like fighters. Giving them training!!!

[Jonathan_Tan]

good wad..
gives them interaction..if not they just stay one corner make nest..

[derrick kuah]

If your female still gives problem(beating up male. put her with a good fighter bettas. Let her get wallop for a while then try breeding her again(it works, try it).

[Myron Tay]

Any other unusual breeding experiences to share?

[steven tang]

Once had a male that made a bubble nest with eggs inside and then the female went to make her own bubble nest at the other end of the breeding box. However the female had fewer eggs and a smaller bubble nest. In the end, both the male and the female looked after their own fry.