Hello guys, welcome to pet fish channel! And today we are breeding betta fish using
recycled materials, we will give you our best tips, right after this!
All sorts of waste are all around us, and in this video we will use all repurposed materials.
We will show you tips of what it is that we do which makes us successful in breeding betta
from start until the the eggs are hatched, so please stick around until the end of this
video Let's get to our list of tips
At number 5 on our list - use a small breeding tank
This is a 6 liters water bottle which serves as our breeding tank. This is just the right
size for our breeding. This enables the male to pursue the female without exerting much
effort due to the tank not being so big Time to fill this tank with water, that brings
us to our next tip. At number 4 on our list - aged water with
almond leaves. Almond leaves are great water conditioners
that kill bacteria. This is a tap water aged for a week to make sure the water is free
from harmful chemicals. The yellow coloration is due to the almond leaves and that is the
ideal water for breeding bettas At number 3 on our list - add bubble wrap
and floating plant. This bubble wrap serves as a shed to help
the male betta make his bubble nest faster. It protects it from popping and the female
betta will think that the nest is really big which signals her to prepare her to mate.
While the plant will also help in making the tank as natural as possible, mimicking the
betta's natural environment Time to introduce the male to the tank. Leave
him there for 30 minutes so he can claim the tank as his territory. After that, time to
introduce the female. That brings us to our next tip.
At number 2 on our list - water bottle We will use this water bottle as a barrier
so they get to see each other without hurting one another. This will stimulate both of them
to prepare for mating. Leave them like this for a day and then we release the female.
once the female is ready, she will go near the nest heads down. This means she is submitting
herself for mating. Then the mating dance begins.
That brings us to the top of our list At number 1 - don't disturb
This process is very sensitive. Some bettas will abort this process when they
feel there are threats around them. Worst case scenarios, the male will eat their eggs
so don't get too close to them. If possible cover the tank with lid.
Can you guess how many recycled materials we used in this video? Please leave your answers
in the comments below. Don't go just yet, here's the highlights of
the entire breeding process: Day 1 - We used a small breeding tank which
we added a week old tap water with almond leaves.
We added some floaters to help establish the nest faster
We let the male claim the tank as his territory for 30 minutes and then we add the female
in a platic bottle to let them get acquainted without hurting each other
Day 2 - we released the female and they started breeding.
the male wrapped his body around the female while the female is floating in suspension
while releasing her eggs. after the breeding process, we take out the
female and leave the male to attend to their eggs
Day 4 - the eggs are hatched. Fries are hanging from the bubble nest with tails down
Day 7 - fries are free swimmers. At this stage you can remove the male
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