Breeding Marble Bettas

Never use a large female and a smaller male.

Breeding marble bettas.

However it s not something to be taken lightly. Choosing the perfect breeding pair is essential using any old pair will likely produce mutt babies. If you have the abundant time resources knowledge and commitment that breeding bettas demands it can also be a rewarding. Older fish are still able to breed but you will have more success with younger ones.

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. They should be roughly the same size and the female should be slightly smaller than the male. She spawned them and sent us the picture of them spawning. The marble betta is likely a partial dominant although some believe that the trait is a partial recessive or a co dominant.

Most of the time they stop after a while. Bettas are at their peak for breeding between four and 12 months. Here is a list of nine things you really must know about breeding beta fish. I am excited to breed my fish betta fish and share the experience with you all d the male builds a bubbl.

1 learn to distinguish between mature male and female bettas. The art of breeding marbles leave a comment breeding genetics by admin betta fish come in a dazzling array of forms and colors each with a different back story and genetic profile. Sometimes however they marble for a very long time or even all their life. Finally you need to consider the size of the fish.

When breeding bettas you should have an idea of the final tail type and or color you would like to achieve. We shipped these bettas from our facility to brooke in boston. Look for white betta. They have a big chance of being marbled since cellophane white betta often pop up in marbled batches.

Butterfly betta are also common carriers of the marbled genes so s he might start marbling. 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.