Betta Not Building Bubble Nest
Sadly though if you can t get either to build you wont have fry i dont have much experiance gave up on breeding bettas temporarily as i warm up to.
Betta not building bubble nest. Temperature is at the correct level and there are even plants floating at the surface however my male still isnt building a bubble nest. Well i actually breeded my bettas and introduced them in a 10 gallon tank. They have been in the same tank 1 hour and a half and i dont know wether to release the female without the male s bubble nest.
Maybe the male isn t quite up to date with his duty as a father. There is nothing wrong if your male betta does not build a bubble nest but it is a good idea to promote nest building. This act of betta fish bubble nest building could should be taken as a good sign that your fancy finned one is happy to be in his new home.
Aside from releasing the eggs the female betta fish do not play any role in raising or protecting the young. Male betta not making bubble nest breeding first time. Not all aphrophilus will build bubble nests all the time.
If you see a bubble nest in the tank there is no need to destroy it because it is completely a natural behaviour. Not all bettas do and while the bubble nest is a sign that your fish is happy and healthy it s certainly not a sign otherwise that he isn t happy. The only thing is that the male is too aggresive and only wants to bite the glass and female.
As martha stewart would say this is a good thing. 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. My betta is trying to build a bubble nest since 3days and its not eating.
In the wild betta fish habitats are often quite dirty shallow puddles without much oxygen. It keeps flaring and not making a bubble nest. Betta not building bubble nest.