Female Betta Fish Making Bubble Nest

How often do betta fish make bubble nest.

Female betta fish making bubble nest. There may be no other reason for building the nest. This is why you may find a bubble nest in your tank even if your betta has never seen or had contact with a female. Why are the eggs kept in a bubble nest.

With bettas the bubbles are coated with saliva to keep them stronger and more durable over time. On rare occasions female betta fish can blow bubbles in the tank when they are alone with no mate in the tank. You could try bringing in male betta to try mating the fish.

While female bettas do have the labyrinth that male fish use to make bubble nests they do not build them on their own. Nearly all male betta fishes will blow a bubble nest from time to time. Bubble nests and mating in the wild.

If housed with a male betta for breeding a female may occasionally assist with bubble nest building but will never make one if housed alone. 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. Fish that make bubble nests also known as foam nests are called aphrophilus.

Aside from releasing the eggs the female betta fish do not play any role in raising or protecting the young. They may build it just because of the natural urge. Other species also have saliva or other excretions that help protect the integrity of the bubble nest as well.

Why betta fish make bubble nests. When i went to take out what i thought was food it wasn t food i think that they are eggs. In the wild a male betta fish must fight for his territory against others.