Betta Fry In Bubble Nest
These bubble nests are part of a natural process of reproduction and are typically made by the male of the species though on rare occasions females make them as well.
Betta fry in bubble nest. You can see them in my breeding tutorials as well and these are the best nests one can ever use for breeding bettas do not use wax. Securing eggs inside bubbles means that they are kept moist and are surrounded by oxygen rich air and this is why betta fish build bubble nests. It is important to cover the top of the tank so as to reduce draft wind which distroy the bubblebest but allow enough air exchange to take place.
Some fry can stick to the side walls of the tank where there are water surface tension to hold them. Aside from releasing the eggs the female betta fish do not play any role in raising or protecting the young. If he does you may not see it if you have floating plants or.
The fry will stay close to the bubble nest for the next two weeks or so. For this reason you can notice a bubble nest in your betta tank even if there is no female betta inside. The fry stays in the bubble nest until they can start swimming on their own.
But the bubble nest building comes impulsively to the male betta fish even without the attendance of a female. Nearly all male betta fishes will blow a bubble nest from time to time. When i went to take out what i thought was food it wasn t food i think that they are eggs.
Betta fish are a bubble nesting species. The male betta will keep a close eye on the new fry and carry them back to the nest if they explore too far. Female betta making bubble nest and eggs with no male my sons female betta hasn t been eating like normal and today i found a bubble nest in the corner of the tank above one of the plants.
Another theory is that betta fry need to develop close to the surface of the water for their swim bladder to develop properly but this hasn t been proven. In a home environment a male betta fish may or may not make a bubble nest depending on a number of factors. Occasionally there will be a fry that wanders too far away from the nest.