Betta Fish Eating Eggs

Hello i have a 5 gallon planted aquarium with a betta and 2 mystery snails i think that s what there called one is yellow or orange in color and the other is white or grayish.

Betta fish eating eggs. So don t worry he just being a good father and have a clean bubbles nest. Your female betta doesn t need the male to lay eggs as they hardly live in the same aquarium. I ve read about female fish doing that if they are especially gravid with eggs.

This video will explain this situation. Secondly some eggs may not fertilized during spawning to prevent fungus infection from spreading to other eggs the male betta have to clear them off by eating the eggs. How many eggs do betta fish lay.

If you feed the female a high protein diet she will again become gravid with eggs. Female betta dropping and eating eggs. This is one of the coolest things we ve ever seen and we are so happy we get to go through this process with you.

I bred my crowntail bettas and the male did what he was suppose to to like building a bubble nest and scooping up the eggs and putting them into the nest but now he keeps eating them what should i do. But remember after 2 days the fry will come out and you must separate the male betta to another tank. Should i remove him and if i do will the babies still survive.

Your bettas can lay bout 30 40 eggs. While it is possible for female betta fish to lay eggs without a male being present the eggs will not be able to hatch and will often rot leading to ammonia and nitrite spikes. Our betta s officially bred and laid eggs.

In some species the females reabsorb their eggs when they don t spawn. And if it still doesn t work. But if you hardly notice any eggs then your fish might be eating up their eggs.