bettabrett Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 We are having all sorts of problems breeding siamese fish we have followed all the guidelines but no results. Our males are not blowing nests and when we intoduce them to the females the females are not interested.We have been putting the female in a container and leaving her for fifteen minutes twice a day then when the male gets excited putting the female in the tank he normaly nips her and we have to take her out in case she gets hurt. Can anybody please tell me what i am doing wrong?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Maybe your removing the female too soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 putting a small mirror next to the tank can help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 try putting the female in a clear breading trap in the tank with the male. also add an anchor for the bubble nest i.e a polystyrene cup cut in half, the male will then make his nest in the cup. when there is a good nest let the female out, she will get a bit beaten up tho. remove here after the spawning. using a bearbottom tank is better too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel1708 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Hi there, I left my female in the tank inside a plastic container until the male was sufficiently interested and had built/started to build a nest. This could take two hours or two days, so you need to put the female in a comfortably sized container. I used one of those blue simese fighter containers attatched to the side of the tank. The female will get hurt a little during breeding, you just have to decide when its too much and take her out. You will find that some males will not like the female they are put with and will never breed with her - very frustrating! Some male fighters are also too old to breed (low libido) or just not good fathers. You just have to find the right combination of fish. As long as the female has somewhere safe to hide once she is left with the male you should have success. I bred mine in a plastic fish bin which was really good because the fish couldn't be disturbed, the nest didn't disentegrate and a tight lid stopped the fry breathing in cold air later. Good luck! Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettabrett Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 thankyou so much every one for your advice we will let you know how we get on hopefully everything goes well, brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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