Breeding Marble Bettas

Bettas are at their peak for breeding between four and 12 months.

Breeding marble bettas.

A mating pair should be in optimum health color and no older than 1 year 6 8 months old would be ideal. My marble koi betta fish pair have finally spawned. We shipped these bettas from our facility to brooke in boston. Sometimes however they marble for a very long time or even all their life.

In the process of their evolution marble bettas have helped to shape a great many of the new colors that are now possible to create in bettas. Breeding siamese fighting fish or bettas is a wonderful hobby. If you have the abundant time resources knowledge and commitment that breeding bettas demands it can also be a rewarding. 1 learn to distinguish between mature male and female bettas.

They should be roughly the same size and the female should be slightly smaller than the male. The marble betta is likely a partial dominant although some believe that the trait is a partial recessive or a co dominant. Never use a large female and a smaller male. Choosing the perfect breeding pair is essential using any old pair will likely produce mutt babies.

Finally you need to consider the size of the fish. Butterfly betta are also common carriers of the marbled genes so s he might start marbling. She spawned them and sent us the picture of them spawning. Make offer betta pair black blue marble star tail halfmoon hm male female premium pm02 live gold platinum fancy betta 1male 1female breeding pair gpfb 02 49 95.

Here is a list of nine things you really must know about breeding beta fish. When breeding bettas you should have an idea of the final tail type and or color you would like to achieve. I am excited to breed my fish betta fish and share the experience with you all d the male builds a bubbl. However it s not something to be taken lightly.

Most of the time they stop after a while. Older fish are still able to breed but you will have more success with younger ones.