Breeding Bettas in a Bucket!

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[benjaminguith]

Have I bred bettas multiple times? Yes.
Did I still watch this whole video? Also yes.

[carlycharlesworth]

I had a Beta fish many decades ago. I bought him a female on two occasions, and both times he was so rough on the females that He killed first the first one, and then weeks later the second one. So in the end he lived out the rest of his days solo. Eventually he died and I sold the tank because I was so disheartened. I did everything by the book, but as your video shows us, when it goes wrong, it goes wrong and there is nothing you can do about it. Thanks for your video. Fascinating.

[rrotley]

A real fish breeding video with all the mistakes and failures, showing things often do not go right the first time but persistance does pay off. A very well presented video.

[Sergioexotics]

Hello, I am writing to you from a Spanish aquarium and terrarium hobby channel. And a little advice if you want to carry it out is when you put the female in the container, separated from the male, the container that has some type of hole so that hormones can live through them and thus the Male and female, so to speak, will know each other better, not just visually (It works very well for me, then it is less "aggressive" when it comes to reproduction ( Great channel and good information.

Hola, te escribo desde un canal español de acuariofilia y terrariofilia.Y un pequeño consejo si quieres llevarlo acabo es cuando metas la hembra en el recipiente separada del macho el recipiente que tenga agun tipo de agujero para que livere hormonas atraves de ellos y asi el Macho y la hembra por decirlo de alguna manera se conocerán mejor, no solo visual ( A mi me funciona muy bien, luego es menos "agresivo" a la hora de la reproducción )
Gran canal y buena información.

[BettaFreaks]

I'm kind of an expert betta breeder after 10 years...when breeding bettas always take into account the conditioning of the pair for at least two weeks, in this time you want the fish to see each other to induce them into breeding. Once the male has his bubble nest prepare the water at 6.5- 7 pH and 100-110 ppm to not fail. An almond leaf on the surface is awesome for conditioning the water and supporting the nest. The container we use to separate them needs to share water so fish can smell themselves on the second day of introducing the pair you can release the female at sunset and with the temperature at 28 Celsius they will spawn in the morning. PD: if the female releases the eggs by herself, she is overstimulated and could not spawn... Excellent video as always

[sopardo]

Tom Sellek called. He wants it back, Nick!

[marouskataliana]

I love keeping fish simple only people who love keeping fish simple can like this comment

[falcon]

Your are the only reason I decided to buy fish and live plants. I started watching a year ago and bought 2 betta males 2 months ago. They are thriving and I am addicted to the hobby now. Thanks bro

[EJSKATE]

Yesterday morning, I had to drain my 200-gallon tank (757 liters) due to a slow leak; thanks for the epic videos that lift us up on rainy days.

[bat-vb]

That little dog is SO cute just resting it's head on your leg <3 Thanks for the information!

[kingbeastie]

Fantastic!
Please show us these fish again when they have colour, I'd love to see how they look and if there is much variation in colours and patterns.
Great video, thanks.

[hattiedowdy]

If you take a clear plastic juice bottle and cut the top and bottom off of it, use it to put the female in it works really well. You just left it up to release the female

[ollieworth]

Been breeding Bettas on and off for years. Had a male in my community tank and he I don't think I ever remember him flaring, he wouldn't chase his tank mates and would vibe and hang out with all my other fish. I had an eggbound female that I tried everything to save, I eventually put her in my community tank with my gentle male and he took care of the eggbound problem super fast. No showing off, just greeted eachother and did that cute lil hug. His nest was in around a chunk of driftwood that peeked out of the tank and the pair did awesome, I ended up leaving the female, something I'd never recommend to anyone, and the pair would always hang out with the corydoras together or they'd hang out with my adf's and swim all weird to act like them. They ended up breeding for me multiple times in the tank and they always protected their lil babies from my other fish who were indeed interested. They loved the driftwood but a couple times they accepted a big flowerpot at the surface of my tank so they were separated.
Lately I haven't had good luck with females, my pretty galaxy girl went on a 7-8 month hunger strike, bounced back and was nice and round, then she just died randomly a few months later, I think she may have been eggbound but I'm not sure. She had no tank mates or anything either, broke my heart when she died. Now I have two males that since losing her I've been thinking of rehoming them

[rosehawke]

Something I ran across a long time ago for the setup was to use a glass lamp chimney in the tank/bucket to separate the female from the male. It's basically a clear tube so they can see each other but it easily lifts out without disturbing anything.

[blackfeathercrafts]

I have bettas that press themselves against my hand now. They are such amazing fish! I love them!

[rimc]

This is cool! I'm breeding Betta's right now experiencing the same things. First two sets and I have 135 fry. And waiting for 3 more to hatch.

[luciaandducks]

Did you do water changes throughout the project? I was curious about it

[jackwasserman]

There’s a million videos of this working out perfectly. This was much more interesting

[chrizzly]

Pro-tip from a european betta breeder (I won several prizes at European betta shows in England, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany). Use a coca cola bottle cut in half with the bottom cut out as well, like a cilinder. It will not disturb the water as much when you release the female. I also feed beef Heart to the females to condition them. All the other stuff is mostly luck 🙂

[erlangenemutya]

Do you have video of black worm culture without starter? It would be a big help for us starting fish hobby like me😊