Will the male goldfish kill the female during mating?

Answer 1

In combat, Siamese fighting fish fight by biting at each other. Even though Siamese fighting fish, as well as most tiny fish, are too small to seriously injure each other, they tear fins and scrape through their opponent’s slime coat; revealing scrapes and wounds, leaving them open to infection.

However in an aquarium setting, they most likely Die from stress and exhaustion.

Answer 2

No. After spawning the male will chase the female away from the nest and then defend the nest. In the wild, the female would be able to move well away from the area, but in a tank she should be removed. Have a look here for further information: bettaparadise.co.uk.

Answer 3

Bettas are bubblenest breeders. The male will blow bubbles on the surface of the water, using his saliva to make them long-lasting. If given a chance to mate, he wraps himself around the female, squeezes out the eggs, fertilises them and puts them in the nest to hatch. Only females lay eggs but sometimes bubblenests look like eggs; they certainly resemble frogspawn. It is possible to mistake a female for a male. The halfmoon strain has very long fins and it is not uncommon to see females with fins as long as many males. If the female is not given a chance to breed she will lay the eggs to get rid of them so she does not become eggbound.

Answer 4

the Betta the female should have dark vertical stripes that's how you know shes ready to breed.

at about 5 months old is a breeding Betta both male and female, when the male betta sees the female Betta they should flare at another, you should cut apiece of stiafoam cup in half,put it in the males tank put the female the tank in the jar, you can use duck weed for a bubble nest but the Styrofoam cup should do, the male should have alot of bubbles under the cup/duckweed, release the female if so,the male Will lead her to the bubble nest then they should embrace and then eggs will come out of the female and male will fertilized them and bring them to the surface over the next few days they'll hatch take female out after spawning leave the male in there once the eggs hatch remove the male.

Answer 5

Yes but i suggest that you put only the male or only the female in.because i put my only male Betta in with my other fish and i dont want to disturb him by adding a female Betta.if your breeding them,take another tank that has no fish in it.ptu your male inside and let him make the bubble nest.then take him out and put the female in. if she lieks it,then you can put the male back in and see what he does.if he attacks her,take him or her out and wait about half an hour than try again.if he does it again,then he is probably not interested in breeding,event hough he made the bubble nest.but you can try again until you think it wont work.

Answer 6

I would not do that...

Male bettas are extemely agressive-

towards other bettas.

Male bettas can be kept in aquariums with other fish, but coming from me (a betta breeder), i have bred many bettas and almost every time the female ends up with torn fins. Two females together is usually (USUALLY) fine, but I would not put a male in the mix.

If it is absolutly neccessary. see how they react to each other first by placing the male in a small plastic container and place it next to the aquarium.

the male should flare his gills, which is a sign of agression. (this should be happening after around ten minutes of exposure to each other.

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

No. Goldfish do not kill their mates. They have been known to accidentally jump out of their pond during the spawning frenzy though.

Answer 8

Yes. Along time ago, they where trained for fighting. but please don't put them in the same bowl.It is a cruel thing to do.

Answer 9

no