Hows easiest and beat way to breed betta?!?!?!

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So I'm thinking trying to breed some fighters. Think is When i tryed a couple months ago. But only got to the bubble nest stage, so i let the female into the main breeding tank but he beat 50 shades of sushi out of her. Killed the second female.

Im starting fresh again. Looking at new fish too.

Some body told me to half fill a 20L. No gravel with a sponge filter.

What i do t know is ;

What temp ?
Water flow/bubble speed?
When to add female ?
Fry care ?
How can i tell gender of fry ?
Genetic info ( if i breed a black with a yellow, will the batch be 50% of each or fry become half black/yellow) stuff like that.

Maybe a small step by step with pics would help me out tonnes

Thanks
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If had a lot of success keeping a pair in a 10 gallon with a bare bottom. add some floating plants for the male to anchor the bubble ness to. Separate the pair with a divider and then condition them with high nutritional food. I've had good success with blood worms and brine shrimp. Condition separately until the female appears ripe with eggs. When she is ready remove the divider but make sure u have some places for her to hide from the male because as you know he can get aggressive. Oh! It is key to have a filter with very low flow so it does not disrupt the bubblenest. After the pair have spawned take the female out or she will destroy the bubblenest (it has happened to me). I've heard the male will raise the fry until they are free swing but all my attempts the male ate the fry after a few days. So I dont know that much About fry raising fry. Hope this helped
 
cichlidnick7 said:
If had a lot of success keeping a pair in a 10 gallon with a bare bottom. add some floating plants for the male to anchor the bubble ness to. Separate the pair with a divider and then condition them with high nutritional food. I've had good success with blood worms and brine shrimp. Condition separately until the female appears ripe with eggs. When she is ready remove the divider but make sure u have some places for her to hide from the male because as you know he can get aggressive. Oh! It is key to have a filter with very low flow so it does not disrupt the bubblenest. After the pair have spawned take the female out or she will destroy the bubblenest (it has happened to me). I've heard the male will raise the fry until they are free swing but all my attempts the male ate the fry after a few days. So I dont know that much About fry raising fry. Hope this helped
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Your supposed to take the male out once they free swim, I believe.
 
It has been a long time but here we go. First I had a bare bottom 5 gal tank setup with a movable up/down divider. The male on one side the female on the other. The male will build a bubble nest and once it's pretty large you can lift the divider and encourage the female in to the males side. Close the divider and keep a close eye on the male if he's ready to breed he will do that if not he will start beating the female up. If he starts beating her lift the partition up and encourage her to the other side. If they breed the male will scoop up the eggs and spit them in to the bubble nest. When they are done lift the divider and encourage the female to go back to her side. The male will maintain the nest until they hatched then pull him out. Females can all be keep together in 10 gallon tanks. The males can be floated in canning jars in the ten gallon tanks. The tanks can have heaters on them and filters. Half the water should be poured out of the jars then refilled during water changes. The baby's have very small mouths and I would start them from a culture of Infusoria. It has been a very long time since I've done this so I may have left something out.
 
Yes Joe has a good post there. It's critical to use a damp towel over the tank and to keep the air hot and moist for the fry breathing organ the labyrinth. Also lowering of the water level is a good idea.
 
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