I think I want to try my hand at breeding. I've got everything you need to do so but I never gave it a thought before. I guess I've always had just males but now that I have a female the temptation is great.

I know of a aquarium shop here in town that will take the fry and sell them. I'm not looking to make any money I just try it out and see what I get.

The two I'd try to spawn would be Narcissa and Caviar,

Narsissa,
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/onepic.jsp?id=1125575

Caviar,
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/onepic.jsp?id=1125555

You all think I'm crazy? Be honest!

hmmm, I don't think your crazy...but then agian, I don't know much about bettas. I've heard though thats its pretty complicated

Breeding bettas is a hard thing and I honestly don't know much about it. A few members here do have experience tho However, I do know that you need to be very careful when breeding (males and females can be very aggressive) its a LOT of work, and you need a very large tank for the babies. Once the babies start showing aggression toward eachother they need to have their own containers...that is a WHOLE lot of containers and waterchanges. Also, read up on betta breeding and genetics. You don't want to end up with 100 muddy colored babies that no one will want to buy.

Hey breeding is always fun!

Check out www.bettatalk.com, they got some good tips and some pics of the breeding setup.

Good luck!

love your bettas. great color combinations. i have the same interest when i had my first betta. all males at the start. fortunately i managed to get a female one on the pet shop when i stopped by. spawning is something hard. based on the mag i read (and a little practice myself), you have to ensure that the female is "flirting" with the male betta. some nipping can happen but in a while they would eventually stop. the female would just lay on its back while the male would wrap around it. something like that. got some eggs out a few minutes later. note: males take care of the eggs so move the female out of the same tank after she has let-out all the eggs. males tend to be more protective of the eggs in the bubble nest. im sure some betta experts can give you a more detail instruction. good luck.

good lu kwith breeding them!
As others have said, it can be a very hard job! especially with all that seperate tanks they will need!!

Thanks everyone for your input. I've done my research and know what I'm getting myself into. I'm letting Narcissa chill for a while to recover from her poor care that she endured where I purchased her. I also may have to make an emergancy trip to FL so it will be at least a couple of weeks before I'd try to spawn anybody.

Autumn

Very pretty fish. The red fins will probably dominate the spawn but there may be some blue fins as well. It's worth a shot.

I've heard veiltails are great for breeding... big spawns, spawn easily etc. I've been spawning bettas (yes, I'm mad, it's not like there's money in it) for the last 5 months.

Mine are crowntails and as most of them are around a year old they are hard to get going. The girls are still willing but the boys are like little old men... it's quite frustrating.

They either ignore each other, or tear each other to shreds or even more frustrating lay infertile eggs! That I have one spawn is just amazing.

So get your spawning tank set up while Narcissa and Caviar are still young and make sure you've got your infusoria and microworms started already... they'll tick over alone while you're away... and get ready to make baby brine shrimp from about a week old to about six weeks old.