Bad dad

[meesheelly]

My betta is a bad dad

He built a huge bubble nest, i let the female out, they did the deed and i removed the female. However i checked on him this morning and the bubble nest is gone and all the eggs are scattered on the bottom of the tank.

What does this mean???? :-?

[Rozski]

ignore me... it was late

[PENEJANE]

From my experience in breeding bettas I wouldn't do anything just yet.....

.... I have had my bettas breed, dad doing an awesome job untill the next morning and bubble nest basicly gone and eggs on the bottom of the tank............

Is there still a small bubble nest there or is it completly gone? Is dad still trying to franticly pickup all the eggs and spit them back up into a non existant nest?

..... because my male betta had a very small tightly compact little nest going even though many eggs were on the bottom. He kept on picking up the eggs that fell and picked up the extras that were still on the bottom. Give him a chance. If it still fails then yes give him 2-3 weeks rest and good foods and try again. He could be young yet and still needs to learn things.

Good luck with it.

Cheers

:bounce:

[meesheelly]

No nest left, not even concerned with the eggs.

Are they a lost cause then, will they hatch on the bottom?

[PENEJANE]

Well you could try I guess. Can't see why not. Even if you were to get a super low hatch rate at least you will still have some. Would be best to remove dad though or he will probably eat them as they hatch. With my last spawning most of my eggs were on the bottom but some of them still hatched. Make sure the tank is kept very clean. No harm in trying.

Hope all goes well.

Cheers