I have a male siamese fighting fish, And I want to introduce a female as he...

[Sallow]

...has made a bubble nest.? I introduced the female and she started attacking his fins.Is this normal behavior?
He is meant to make a nest and then he cares for the eggs. Please people work with me!!!

 

[catx]

Just because he made a nest, doesn't mean he's instantly ready for breeding. They will often make nests when in a tank with still water, if anything to alleviate boredom or stake out their territory.

When breeding they need to have controlled introductions with them separate so they can't get to each other, at least for a week or two. Only when the male is posing at the female, that nest is built, and that the female is full of eggs, has vertical stripes and is being submissive towards the male can they be introduced. Some nipping and chasing is part of the natural courtship, but this can get out of hand. I had a male from a breeder, she gave up on him after he showed all the right signals, then killed the female, after the loss of a third female she gave up on him. Larger females than males can also kill the males - if she's larger than him they can't spawn anyway as he can't wrap her properly therefore cannot fertilise her eggs.

Breeding Bettas is not simple, and neither is raising the fry.

 

[Jessica M]

Obviously, you have to condition both the male and female for several weeks prior to placing them in the same tank together. Keeping their tanks close to each other, where they can see one another every day for at least 2 weeks is best. Also, feed them protein enriched foods like freeze dried blood worms during this time.

When you begin to see the female get vertical stripes on her body, this means she is ready to begin the breeding process and that she is gravid with eggs. The fish should NOT be together in the same tank unless the female is gravid. Also, they should not be together for more than 48 hours, but some say no more than 24. This is because you have to keep close eye on if and when the eggs are squeezed out and after that, the female must be taken out.

Please, do some more research before attempting this again. Also remember that you may get 200 fry or more so prepare for this.

 

[LolFish!]

maybe your fish is gay, i mean, he made a nest AND let a woman attack him lol

 

[Luke T]

lol, whatever i put 2 males 3 females in a 40 gal tank. they get along fine. they never fight. and they bred, so i sold all the fry to my local pet shop for £4 per fish.

 

[geomark]

That's a little bit odd that the female attacked the male. Usually the female takes a bit of a beating. Time for some conditioning to toughen up that bad boy.

 

[Brad]

Yeah, let them kill eachother, they are fighting fish, and so when they take a punch, it turns them on