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Know the Characteristics of Betta Fish that Have Layed – In keeping fish at home, you will definitely take care and care for them to become very healthy fish. Betta is a type of freshwater ornamental fish that has its own beauty when kept at home. The maintenance is also fairly easy, so it is quite recommended for beginners. As a beginner breeder, of course you have to know how the characteristics of male and female betta fish when mating or breeding.

Then how to know the signs they have married and laid eggs? Come on, follow the information we have summarized below.

1. Betta Mating Position
When the two betta fish are ready to mate, the male will turn the female betta and cover her to fertilize the eggs.

After the mating process occurs, the female hickey will look weak while releasing eggs. The mating position between the male and female betta will take place several times.

This is intended to ensure that all the eggs are successfully fertilized by the male betta. This process lasts a few minutes to hours, during which the eggs released amount to about 30-40 eggs.

2. Male Betta Swim Up And Down
The female betta fish that lay eggs will look weak throughout the mating process. The characteristics of female hickeys that have laid eggs are that they look like they are dead with their bodies turned upside down and minimal movement.

The female hickey will release eggs randomly, where the male hickey will move up and down to move the fertilized egg to the bubble nest.

Male bettas use their mouths to catch eggs that move to the bottom of the tank.

If the mating process is complete and the female betta looks fit again, you should immediately remove them from the aquarium.

Because in some conditions, female betta fish have a tendency to eat eggs and be aggressive again with male betta.

3. Bubble Nest of Eggs
Bubble nests are air bubbles filled with oxygen that are coated with male betta fish saliva which makes them more resistant and not easily broken.

The characteristics of betta bubbles that already have eggs are the presence of betta eggs in the form of small white spots, like grains of salt.

If the betta fish has not laid eggs, then these air bubbles will appear empty and clear, just like air bubbles in general.

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4. Male Betta Protects Egg Nest
After the process of mating and laying eggs, the female betta will not play much of an important role in guarding the eggs until the chicks hatch.

This is done by the male betta, where they will protect the bubble nest containing the eggs from predators and threats in the vicinity.

Over the next few days, some bubbles may burst and cause the betta’s eggs to fall to the bottom of the tank.

This is where the task of the male betta fish is to make new bubbles and move the fallen eggs. It’s also possible that the male betta will eat some of the eggs.

This is quite normal to happen, especially if the betta eggs do not develop due to the fertilization process that is not going well.

5. Betta chicks hatch
How long does it take for betta fish eggs to hatch? At least approximately 3 days after the marriage process. Newly hatched betta chicks do not need to eat.

For 2-3 days they will hang vertically on the bubble nest that the male betta mother has made. Only after 4 days, the chicks of the betta will swim horizontally in the aquarium.

As soon as the betta chicks are able to swim, you need to separate the male betta fish. To feed betta chicks, you can give water fleas (daphnia) or mosquito larvae.

You can tell the difference between male and female betta fish when they are 1.5 months old.

Separate by sex, where male betta fish should be separated and female betta fish can be mixed in one aquarium.…