AboutLynda Expertise I can help you with cichlids, african cichlids, betta fish. I have bred most of them, including the Discus, and Angel Fish, and Rams. I have also bred many african cichlids. I have bred bettas too...well I am a fish nut! I can help you with most diseases, and have experience in setting up a tank. I can tell you tricks on keeping your water alkaline without products. I also speak and write french. I have experience with salt water fish, but would rather not get into that field.
Please when writing to me, give me detailed information. The size of your tank, your water chemistry, etc. The more I know, the more I can help you. I cannot guess at what you have, so please give me information and I will do my outmost to help you with any question you ask me.
Please do not ask me questions on Goldfish, mollies, platies, and guppies. Lynda
Experience I have worked in Petshops in the fish department...was Manager in two...and alot of my experience came from my home where I had 26 aquariums from 20 gallons to 200 gallons.
Publications I have a MSN group but it has nothing to do with fish
Education/Credentials I have finished high school, and went to college, in accounting
Question Please Help! My daughter's beta female we put with the male when he was blowing tons of bubbles they were together for awhile to breed. She is fatter now and has a cloudy looking film on the top of her rocks at the bottom of the bowl. Before I clean it I want to be sure it's okay to. It has been about a week since we bred them.How long will she be pregnant? And what do we do after she has the babies,Do we separate her? Please help this is our first time to attempt breeding beta fish.Thank you so much for your time.We greatly appreciate it. May God Bless You for your time and effort! Thanks Again,Wendy
Answer Hi Wendy,
Please separate them as quickly as possible. Breeding Bettas is not a game, and you must really go by the book. When breeding Bettas, you must have another tank ready of at least 5 gallons. You put both the female, and male in at the same time with many many hiding places. Be ready to remove the female if the male attacks her. He will build his nest, she will go to him, and if he is not ready, he will chase her...she then hides, and keeps going back. When he is ready he will give her a sign, and she will go to him. He will squeeze her, wrap himself around her so that the eggs will go up into the nest. She then goes back to a hiding place. This can go on for 4 hours, sometimes more, sometimes less. Never keep your eyes off them, as the male will kill the female when she has no more eggs, or if he is not ready.
Never keep the male, and female together in the same tank, he will kill her.
After three days, remove the male as he will eat his young. Once the male removed you will have to feed the fry mealworms in small amounts. Rarely do Pet Stores sell mealworms, so be ready, and order them three weeks in advance. You cannot feed them baby brine shrimp, as they are to big for the fry.
You will have to do water changes every day once the fry are free swimming, and separate them once they get bigger. They are slow growing, but once the males show their colours, and you see aggression between them, you must remove them. They must have clean 8 ounce jars where you put in one betta.
You know when the female is ready when she has a small white tube where her anal fin is.
For now, separate them, as he will kill her.
Lynda
