http://forum.aqua-fish.net/ A forum devoted to aquarium fish, plants, techniques and fish keeping as a whole. en http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=betta-problemo#1 I have a Plakat and he is very pretty and tried to spawn him before but he broke his nest in the process and got so sidetracked in the female he didn’t bother with the nest soafterwards i separated them and He has not built another nest, is there some way to entice him into spawning thanks! original post: April 4, 2008, 3:36 pm Puffy 2008-05-04 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=betta-problemo#2 If you do daily partial water changes it should entice the male to want to build his nest again. Also, feeding him live or frozen brine shrimp couldn't hurt either. While you're doing this for the male you should do the same for the female so that she's prepared to lay her eggs when the male is ready. meliss_cole 2008-06-04