Female Betta After Laying Eggs

After that let nature do the.

Female betta after laying eggs. Most bettas lay between 30 40 eggs per spawn but some can lay up to 500. The male betta might kill her unless you take her out of the tank. There are instances where some female betta fish would eat.

This is a normal and natural thing and it is not a sign of illness or something wrong with your fish. Get jars and lots of them to separate the fry if and when you get them. The male will start to catch all the eggs taking them up to the nest.

Female swims and eats like nothing is wrong. This process can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. In the meantime the male betta fish will collect all the eggs into the mouth.

Once the female betta fish finish releasing the eggs male betta fish will help them with recovery as well. Females just see the eggs as food. Males take care of the eggs after they mate sucking them up in his mouth and spitting them into the bubble nest that he built and he protects and defends the nest full of babies.

In fact it is typically an indicator of a healthy adult betta who is being fed an excellent diet. The eggs would fall into the ground. In conclusion female betta fish can lay release eggs without a male betta being present.

I thought she was just full of eggs but not sure now. She usually doesn t die after laying her eggs. Is this dropsy or is femal betta fish full of eggs.