Betta Fish Blowing Bubbles At Top Of Water

Your betta i assume it is a male when is happy and ready to reproduce will blow air bubble nest and he will then stay close to the water surface kind of looking sleepy and like in a trans and on the water surface you will see the bubble nest.

Betta fish blowing bubbles at top of water. Betta fish blow large bubble nests if they want to spawn. In most cases that is great sign that your betta is healthy. When a male betta blow a nest he is really healthy and he wants to mate.

Let me now explain betta fish breathe atmospheric air so they need easy access to water surface. It is perfectly fine if you don t breed him. The bigger the nest is the heltier the fish is.

Bettas will also spend time at the top of the water drawing in atmospheric air which could result in them blowing some small bubbles. He told me that his betta has been swimming near the surface of the water a lot lately and he didn t know why. This behavior is primarily seen in male bettas and all males will blow a bubble nest at some point in their life though some females will do this as well.

The fish i have are a male and female goldfish that i bought from walmart. Bettas often blow the nest overnight to surprise. Well this confirms it my male betta fish is happy healthy loves the water condition and the live plants in his 10 gallon home he is already blowing bubble nests and its only been 5 days since i brought him home and 4 days since i introduced him to his new home.

This mean that he is ready to mate. Bubble nests which are also commonly referred to as foam nests are created by gulping air and blowing oral secretion saliva bubbles near the surface of the water. In your tank you can identify a bubble nest as the collection of bubbles on the surface of the water.

The male will instinctively build a bubble nest with or without a female. Hey mate that s a natural breeding ritual betta s do. A male betta will blow bubles on the surface of the water.