Loopy Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 For those who don't know who Pierre is... http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/betta-soap-opera-vt15373.html Pierre and the red head are try to spawn. I emphasize the "trying". :-? I can't see any faults in the female. She is co-operating well, head down, banded and very patient and willing. Golly i am just pleased that she is not acting terrified like she normally does :bounce: Pierre just doesn't seem to know how to embrace her. He seems half hearted about it but persistent and patient too. He seemed to have the same problem with the brunette when he was with her too. I thought maybe the brunette was a bit too big for him which is why i thought i would try the red girl. So is Pierre "broken" How do you teach a betta to embrace? At the moment they are still trying. I will leave them to practice till i go to bed and then seperate them. Pierre got really exhausted when trying to spawn with the brunette so i don't want that to happen again. Otherwise everything is going well. The red girl is actually dropping eggs everywhere which pierre is picking up and putting in the nest but i am not going to get excited about babies because i don't think they will be fertile. She seems to drop a bunch if it seems to be a better attempt at an ebrace. She can go into the trance and he can too but they just don't lock together at all. He doesn't seem to be able to get himself round her properly. Will be keen to hear thoughts and opinions!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 My two can embrace fine, but my boy is a) bad at building nests and b) gets bored and abandons the nest and then it ends up disintergrating and the eggs sink to the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 In my opinion you should try and get your kicks somewhere else. Sounds like watching the fish just isn't gonna work :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Perhaps he just needs to grow a bit more Loopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 they may be being more successful than you think, check for fry over next couple of days. have you seen what you think is a proper embrace and they're not doing that? if they're not i'm sure practice and feeding of good foods will help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Yes i have witnessed many successful embraces and they are really trying but it is like he just can't get around her enough And i will still watch out for fry, i just don't want to get my hopes up. I will let him practice as long as he wants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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