Do Female Betta Bubble Nest

All a female has to do is swim by and it can quickly prompt a male betta to start constructing a bubble nest.

Do female betta bubble nest. Mb wrote i have a strange problem. It is then the male s duty to guard the eggs making sure that they do not fall out of the nest. The female betta won t actually protect or guard the eggs and her job is virtually complete.

Almost all bettas make bubble nests from time to time even without the presence of a female betta as a natural instinct. Trad pk copper m betta online originally uploaded by daniella vereeken. When i went to take out what i thought was food it wasn t food i think that they are eggs.

Every betta has a unique pattern of. Under normal conditions only the male betta fish will build bubble nests. Once the spawning gets completed the female betta fish will release eggs.

I had a male and female in an aquarium together for almost 10 months not a nipped fin or hint of. While some male bettas can build a nest on a regular basis others might not create one so frequently or not create at all. My female betta is making bubble nests unless i have a male with very short fins.

Do female betta fish make bubble nest or only males. Why are the eggs kept in a bubble nest. It is believed that is the main reason betta fish build bubble nests.

Furthermore once a female betta fish releases her eggs into the build nest she no longer has any responsibility. The purpose of a male betta fish bubble nests is to invite the female fish to a spawning session. Aside from releasing the eggs the female betta fish do not play any role in raising or protecting the young.