Black Male Halfmoon Plakat Betta Flaring with Black Orchid Female (Siamese Fighting Fish)
7 November 2009
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Male and female bettas trying to impress each other (and, apparently, succeeding.) Beautiful halfmoon male plakat! The female is longfinned and striping like crazy (vertical bars mean she's ready to spawn.) His name is Brutus and her name is Orchid. Sounds like a weird couple, I know... Note: this is NOT a spawning tank, it is not set up for fry, I am just floating her in a jar and then taking her back out. He hasn't even begun building a bubblenest yet. And the water is a bit murky because ...
Hey man im new into fish so would male betta and female betta fight and can they stay in one place or sparet them?
Hi, male and female bettas do fight. Well, it’s said that you can keep them together if the tank is big enough (really big) and if there are lots of hiding places for the females, but you’d probably end up with a lot of ripped fins and I personally wouldn’t risk it. It’s best to separate them. I put this female and this male’s brother together to spawn, and though they did spawn, it took days and they both have torn fins now. Hope that helps!
thanks it really helped..:)
Man the water looks grow and dirty.
That’s the indian almond leaves (see the info top right)
mine has vertical bars…what dwaidu?
Hi– if you have a betta female you don’t intend to breed (i.e., if you don’t want to spend money and raise possibly hundreds of fry) then don’t worried if she has vertical bars. It just means she’s receptive at the moment. But there’s no need to breed her if you weren’t already planning to. Horizontal bars means stress and fear– vertical bars just means that she’s interested in males.
thanx by the way mines an imbellis
why do the male attack the female???
please reply
These fish are territorial. They have high levels of aggression, especially the males (though the females often fight too). Eventually, after beating up the female, he will try to mate with her. It takes hours though.
I guess that in the wild, the males who are the most aggressive get to fight off the other males and win more territory and more females so they produce more offspring…
so i shouldnt worry about them fighting and getting hurt ?
Ah… depends if you’re trying to breed them. If you’re a serious breeder and you do it right, the injuries should be minimal. But if you’re just keeping the fish as pets… then you should definitely worry about that. Just keep them apart.
my male has a really big bubble nest so i think its ready to breed but he is really still attack the female i put them together for about 3 days already they still fighting
Oh, I see. Did you condition them first? Conditioning is essential, otherwise they won’t mate.
If she’s getting really hurt you probably want to separate them and try again later, maybe with a different male if this one is too aggressive. If you don’t want to do that, make sure the female has lots of hiding-places (plants, etc). Three days is a bit much, although it’s not unheard of. But if they don’t mate soon, I think you should take the female out.
Good luck!
what is condition?
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