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How soon after mating can a Betta male do it all again without stressing him.?
My Siamese Fighters mated yesterday. The boy is guarding his bubble nest and seems happy.
I will remove him probably late tomorrow, after about 54 hrs, since mating.
I have 3 more girls ready to pop their eggs.
When can he safely do it all again.
I have several cycled tanks ready.
Of course I will wait until the fry are free swimming.
4 Answers
- mars41928Lv 41 decade agoFavourite answer
3-4 weeks. Feed him well the whole time after he is away from the eggs. Keep the females in his view so they keep their eggs. Just take care of him and he'll be fine to breed every 3 weeks.
Source(s): betta breeder - jogiLv 71 decade ago
Why will you move him out? You do realize his babies will fall to the floor and he will continually pick them up and place them back in the bubble nest till they can swim in a horizontal orientation, right? It takes 48 hours for them to hatch alone, but they will just fall to the floor and if he doesn't pick them up they will die.
Slow it down a bit I would say =) Until they can all swim in horizontal orientations, you should not remove him. When he's removed I would say at least give him a week off before breeding him.
