Among the different forms of fish breeding, the most anthropomorphic one should be the fighting fish. Below, petnet will introduce it to you in detail.

Whether it is the method of bubble nesting or mouth hatching, because it includes the action of the male fish hugging the female fish, which is not found in the general IVF fish. When the female fish is willing to mate, the female fish will The fish will show interest in the bubble nest made by the male fish. While the male fish is busy floating to the surface to inhale and make the bubble nest, the female fish will also enter and exit the bottom of the bubble nest, like evaluating the progress of the male fish bubble nest. It looks like he is fully looking forward to the completion of his beloved nest, and when the female fish is swimming close, the male fish will spread out his beautiful fins to show off to the female fish, and when the female fish leaves, it will start busy work again.When everything is ready, the male and female fish will float their heads on the water and start to circle in circles. After several attempts, the male fish bends down and hugs the female fish in a U-shape, and pushes the female fish. Reverse the abdomen upwards, and both ejaculate and ovulate at the same time. When the male fish sees the crystal eggs falling down, he will hurriedly put down the female fish, take the eggs one by one into his mouth, and put these future eggs in his mouth. The little life carefully stuffed into the bubble nest. At this time, the female fish also woke up from the joyful trance. After a short fin show, it repeated the mating movement in circles. Usually, this time will last three to three times. After six hours, the male will drive away the female and take care of the baby eggs alone.

If the temperature is around 28 degrees, the betta will hatch in about 48 hours The newly born betta fish can't swim yet, and each one sticks to the bubble nest from head to tail. Even if it falls to the bottom of the tank, it will struggle to swim upstream. I will come to help when the betta fish hits the ground. It is ready for food and hatching brine shrimp should be the most convenient method. I use this method. Of course, there are many friends who have many different ideas. For example, freshwater daphnia is a good way. Many plankton are also very small. Fish bait. As long as you pay attention to the palatability and the impact on water quality, it is not easy to make mistakes.

I still remember the first time I brought a small betta (1996 with the so-called powder feed of freshwater shrimp fry, although it was very troublesome) , but that time I also brought about 150 small betta fish, as long as you are careful, there is no problem. However, everyone will encounter the green water suggested by the most people, but the probability of feeding small fish is not high, maybe only five To 15 percent, about 20 or 30, this is because the betta fish is carnivorous and green algae do not help it. The plankton that eats green algae in green water is the favorite of the betta fish, but not too much. Too little is absolutely not enough for these newly born big stomach kings.

If the feeding is normal, the small betta will be about 0.8 cm in about a month after birth. Fish, about seven to ten days old, the betta can be seen as a double-tailed fish. The tail of the fish can be seen to be in the shape of ㄚ. When it is big, the male's sexual characteristics will appear one by one, and even start to spit bubble nests. The order of the male's fin lengthening is the anal fin, the dorsal fin, and finally the caudal fin; The shape of the betta fish can be fished out and kept separately.

Because the betta fish has a short lifespan, the regeneration ability of its fins is not Not as good as other fish with a long life span. Once the fins are damaged due to fighting, even if the fins grow in the future, they will not be able to fully recover. As soon as they can be identified as males, they should be kept separately. It should be to maintain the beauty of the males. the best way. On the other hand, because the feeding speed of each small betta is different, if the feeding amount is not enough, the size of the same batch of small fish may be much different, about a month old, you should pay attention to the size of the small fish, if the size difference is too large, it is best They are still kept separately, so as to avoid the situation that the elder brother and elder sister torture and kill the younger brother and younger sister.

Another thing that everyone will be concerned about may be about what color or fin shape the small fish will be when they grow up. In the author's dozens of experience of breeding bettas and raising them, the color and fin shape It takes four and a half months to six months to determine the type, and the color may change during the growth process due to the change of tank feeding or water quality.

Once a 4-month-old single-tailed fantail male was raised in a tank, the red color of the inner circle disappeared completely within a week, and the inner circle became transparent and colorless , the outer ring still maintains the original blue color, some red individuals will also appear some black mottled spots due to the transfer of the tank, and may return to pure white with the change of water quality; this part of the discoloration problem, the author also I can't find a certain rule. I hope you can discover this secret together. As for the fin type, it may take more than five months to determine. A well-developed male fantail is about three and a half months old, and each tail fin is stretched almost 180 degrees, but it may not be the same over time. If so, if a clearer criterion is required, it should be said that when the length of the caudal fin of the male betta exceeds three-quarters of the body length, or the body length of the fish exceeds three centimeters (excluding the caudal fin), the quality of the male betta can be determined. Bar.