Female Betta Fish Breeding Stripes

Select fish with the characteristics that you want to breed for example if you want crowntail betta you ll need to choose the adult fish with the coloring you want to achieve.

Female betta fish breeding stripes. Click to vote now. Betta fish fish. When it comes to selecting the breeding pair you will need to think about the type of betta you are trying to create.

Breeding stripes are commonly confused with fear stripes but are actually really easy to identify. Introduce them and keep an eye on them to make sure that they aren t trying to hurt each other. He will care for the eggs.

It is generally agreed that stress stripes run horizontally while breeding stripes run vertically so make sure to check which ways the lines are running. But sometimes she gets paler than usual and has dark horizontal stripes. When the breeding happens take the female out and leave the male.

One of them has vertical stripes that are barely noticeable so it could just be her coloration. Some tares will happen. Only female bettas display breeding stripes.

Your fish may start to lose its bright colors and light and or dark vertical stripes may develop on the sides of its body. My female betta won t get vertical lines she s full of eggs and i ve been conditioning her and all giving her brine shrimps and live food. Betta stress stripes are your betta s reaction to sudden changes or unfavorable aquarium conditions.

The fish you choose should be actively swimming around with no sign of disease or infection. Young plakat bettas that i am trying to determine the gender of and quite a few are showing the vertical striping as females do when they are in breeding. Part 1 of the 2018 koi betta fish breeding series.