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Breeding Betta Fish Compatibility Issue?

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#1 ·
For a few weeks I have been attempting to breed my female (Gee) in hopes of success of fry, I have three males to choose from, Bluetail, Arrow and Fernando.

1. Bluetail, seems to get along with her. They swim and even embraced a few times; however no eggs were laid. After a while they stopped acknowledging each other and were content in the tank.

2. Arrow is quiet aggressive. He has almost completely torn her back fins apart. However she showed no signs of distress (horizontal black lines). He embraced with her a couple of times, but then Arrow seemed uninterested and obsessing over his nest. Finally she hid and would not go back to him.

3. Fernando is a smaller male who seemed to get picked on by my female! So this resulted in me taking her out and not breeding them.
What should I do? I feel like Arrow is my best contestant but he is more aggressive to her and I’m afraid they just won’t breed. Bluetail is calm, but they lost interest. Any thoughts?

The tank meets its requirements, but I have not used a almond leaf yet.. would that improve the issue? I have attempted to breed each one with a week 1/2.
 
#2 ·
The first thing that came to mind is "were they healthy enough". IME loss of interest in the middle of the process are usually health or water related. Since you are probably using new clean water, I then assume it must be health related.

An adequately healthy pair can go without food for a week or more without becoming less active. They use up a lot of energy for the whole process and especially the male MUST be in top condition because he will likely fast during the whole process.

On your next attempt, try using a smaller tank; say a 1-2g shallow/wide tupperware. Don't forget to use lots of stem plants crammed on a corner or on half of the container (female can get beaten up severely). Shallow and smaller space should reduce fatigue on the male.