Aaron-Betta Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Hey all, we aquired an unusually large Betta female a few months ago and she has been large bellied ever since seeing our males. We have tried to match her with most of our boys (one at a time) and she keeps on beating up on them. I had an idea of breeding her with a friends "Fighting Betta" and at the moment they are getting on really well. They are really nice together and both have lost their bad attitudes (must be true love....) they are swimming around together and trying to spawn but he has troubles rolling her over (she is really fat). Does anyone have any ideas about this problem? She isn't releasing any eggs during their clutches. I moved her into a holding container for a while to observe her and added a tiny amount of melafix to her water, while i had gone to the other end of the house and come back to find she had released about 20 or so eggs. would these eggs be fertile from their previous attempts? also has anyone tried to put eggs into a tank with a male that is already brooding his eggs? if so will he look after these "adopted" eggs? That is a pic of them attempting to spawn. And below (i dont know if it will work) is a small video of them at it.... dont worry its not R18 http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/ ... V02461.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bOi Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 thats unusual. when u mean fat.. as in really fat or just fat-filled-with-eggs? ive seen some really fat ones but was told that they were eggs.. putting the eggs in might not be a good idea as the male would or may eat them.. but im not entirely sure that it cannot be done tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 bOi, when I say fat, i mean that she is chocka full of eggs. And for my theory about egg adoption, last night I came home to find the "Giant" Bettas had the floor of their tank covered with eggs. Wether they are all fertile is another story. The "giant" male betta was having a few troubles as it is his first time. I took a large syringe without needle and sucked up most of the eggs and transferred them into the blue cambodean males tank. He immediatly started catching them out of the syringe and blowing them up into his nest. He is looking after all the eggs well and is an excellent father. I left about 50 in the other tank for the "giant" betta to look after. He is doing better with the smaller amount. And is very protective of his first lot of babies ( wont even let me put my hand in the water to adjust the heater and flares at us when we look into his tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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