I need as much info on breeding bettas as possible

when they are spawning, the female will stay close to the male under the nest, they will embrace in a handshake fashon for only a few seconds, at first there may be no eggs falling but as they continue a few more times you will see them fall. the female will appear dead while she releases her eggs and float under the nest. Dont pannic, it only lasts a couple of seconds so the male can gather the eggs falling and pick up a few from the floor of the tank. the female might help recover the eggs from the bottom (mine did) but sometimes she will just eat the ones on the floor. this is ok because they may spawn up to a 100 times. thats lots of baby eggs! let them spawn untill the female hides again. spawning can last for hours.

when she does, take her out and place her in another container seperate from the tank with water set up like the ten gallon tank. (aged, dechlorinated, a little salt, and the same temp as the tank) this helps her recover from any wounds she may have gotten from spawning and the temp keeps her from getting stressed and going into shock.

leave the male with the eggs! do not feed him for at least three to four days after the spawn. he will not eat the food and it will foul the water!

the eggs are very hard to see and you might see them as little white blotches on the bubbles if you shine a flashlight from underneith. dont worry if you cannot see them, believe me, they are there.

the male will take care of the eggs, putting them into his mouth and spitting them up to the nest making the nest bigger and fixing any bubbles that need it. after 24-36 hours, the eggs will hatch. you might see little tails hanging from the nest (also very hard to see) another 24-36 hours fry will fall from the nest, dad will scoop them up in his mouth and put back in nest. another day or so fry will free swim near the nest. at this time take daddy out and put him in a seperate container of his own and feed him frozen blood worms like mommy. pour some green water in the tank slowly.(water with algy growth) and some small snails (you get usually free from fish stores as they just throw them away) they help clean the tank.