Leaving The Father With The Fry
In order to make this spawn sucessful I suggest you have some experience in breeding bettas and taking care of betta fry ( this is not for begginers or people interested in having large spawns) first I introduced the male in his aquarium that is filled with alot of floating plants (water lettuce and water sprite) I also included a bunble of anacrus held down by a sinker and a small cave that the female betta and the fry can use when they are older. after the male was used to his surroundings I picked out one of my female bettas that looked exra plump and placed her inside a floating see through cup in the breeding tank. When the male saw the female he started to build a huge bubble nest under the floating water lettuce. I left the female in the cup for a couple of days untill I noticed that she was ready to spawn, I waited about 4-5 hrs and the nest was already full or eggs(if you dont see eggs right away don't panic it can sometimes take 2 days) I took out the female and waited. Suprisingly the eggs started hatching later that night and the dad was already showing good parental skills by not eatting them and and he was retrieving the small feefalling fry and returning them to the nest ( If you notice him eating some dont worry he is just culling the weak ones). It's been about 5 weeks and the male has culled mast of his spawn but he has spared about 6 that are bigger than the fry that I breed the regular way. People say fry raised this way seem to be less aggressive, they grow faster, and they become better parents when they grow up.
So if you feel lucky I would definatly recomend this meathod
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