This is the first female betta I’ve had. Got her about a month or two ago and she’s been acting perfectly normal and even getting healthier! But today I went to feed her and noticed all these little white balls in her tank and she was eating them! I have literally no clue what these are, but my best guess is eggs? There’s two white wizard snails in with her but I know for a fact that those aren’t white wizard snail eggs as they do not lay eggs, they give live birth. I just wanna make sure these aren’t going to harm her!
Some are on the green patch, some are on the substrate and some are in her fake plants (I do plan on getting her tank fully planted, just a little broke at the moment)
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Posted by _117unknown_
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No, your betta did not release her eggs. A male betta would have to embrace her, fertilizing the eggs as she releases them.
I’m surprised you have 3 bettas but haven’t researched mating. That was one of the first things I was curious about when getting into this hobby. It’s quite a beautiful process really.. especially the embrace. 😁
Hi! My girl betta did the same thing alone in her tank, unlike what that person said above that a male would be needed for that to happen. I wad in disbelief when I saw little white balls come out of her LOL. I’m a first time fish mom and I learned the hard way that you’re actually not supposed to leave them in the tank for very long or they’ll decay and cause an ammonia spike, which could screw up your water parameters. That’s what happened to me, and I spent the better part of a month trying to treat my baby for ammonia poisoning and trying to fix my tank’s cycle. If you don’t have one, I highly recommend getting a gravel vacuum to clean the gravel and suck the eggs out.