Female Betta Carrying Eggs

If i don t get a male what will happen to her if the eggs aren t fertilized.

Female betta carrying eggs. The most obvious is that the female s color will change a little developing a striped pattern. In the meantime the male betta fish will collect all the eggs into the mouth. Feed your lady lots of good quality varied foods.

Once the female betta fish finish releasing the eggs male betta fish will help them with recovery as well. All the collected betta fish eggs will be placed on the nest. Female swims and eats like nothing is wrong.

Now the problem is what to do with her. That is not as common as the first 2 choices. I would prefer not to add a male to her tank.

I did some research and found out that she is not pregnant just carrying 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. The eggs would fall into the ground.

Should i get a male so he can fertilize the eggs. You will notice she will start to get round in her abdoment she has eggs at this time. There are instances where some female betta fish would eat.

I thought she was just full of eggs but not sure now. You will also be able to see the female s ovipostor an egg laying organ between her ventral fins. 3 she can become egg bound and usually die.