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Where are there bubbles on top of the water in my beta fishes bowl2007-11-24 23:43:37

1. You have a MALE betta (only males make "bubble nests").

2. Your betta is already an adult.

3. Your betta is ready for mating and breeding.

4. Your betta feels at home in his environment.

5. You should put aquatic plants for female bettas to hide in because the males get aggressive toward the females during mating.

Suggestions: Your water is just fine. Add plants and other accessories. Your betta needs hiding places and stuff to play with.

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It's a bubble nest! Congrats! You have a happy, healthy beta! Mine always used to make them. Apparently, when they're happy and healthy, they (males) will blow a bubble nest, and a female will lay her eggs in it.

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This is a bubble nest. All males that are free from serious disease (not necessarily healthy) build bubble nests. If you would like to keep him happily building bubble nests, get him out of a bowl and into a filtered tank with a minimum 2 gallon capacity (5 gallons would be better.) Contrary to what hobbyists and pet stores will tell you, your Betta will not thrive in a bowl and does not prefer small tanks. Do not, as someone seemed to suggest, attempt to breed your Betta. You will end up with dead Bettas.

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It has something to do with breeding. I read somewhere that males do this when they they are in like heat, whatever its called for Bettas.