Male Betta Fish Making Bubble Nest
Letisha july 30 2013.
Male betta fish making bubble nest. Each betta fish is different and so is the frequency of creating bubble nests. Almost all bettas make bubble nests from time to time even without the presence of a female betta as a natural instinct. Other species also have saliva or other excretions that help protect the integrity of the bubble nest as well.
They simply have a natural urge to make these bubbles and how often they do so can depend on a variety of factors such as water parameters the environment water changes their health and age and more. 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. Maybe the male isn t quite up to date with his duty as a father.
The male will instinctively build a bubble nest with or without a female present. You can get a female but only put it with the male when breeding. Sadly though if you can t get either to build you wont have fry i dont have much experiance gave up on breeding bettas temporarily as i warm up to.
The male betta will then gently transport the egg up and secure it into the nest of saliva coated. Apart from the male betta fish other species. A male betta fish will build a bubble nest using its own saliva bubbles in the tank whether a female is present or not.
Aside from spontaneously providing your betta with something to do betta fish can build nests for an actual purpose. After spawning the eggs will drop only to be caught by the mouth of the male betta fish. Other fish species that make bubble nest.
With bettas the bubbles are coated with saliva to keep them stronger and more durable over time. Ok my male betta fish layed bubble nest and i want to get a girl can i do that get a femal and but it with the male. The majority of these.