spawning fun

This past week I have had nothing but betta trouble, my fish did not want to
spawn, h*ll, I had two that decided they wanted to be friends and play
instead of doing what I wanted them to...ugh
Finally I found two who seemed to be ready, except the female is a bit of a
witch with a "B", my male built this big nice bubble nest, I left her in the
glass an extra day because I got busy and forgot..opps...so his nest got
very big, my husband said frustration...she had stripes and was well fed so
I let her out, she went over and the first thing she did was try and destroy
his nest, which she did mess up half of it, so this poor guy was doing his
best at blowing another half, he looked pretty well exhausted when she
decided she was ready...figures, so they start to spawn, every time he lets
her go she floats up into the nest...this poor betta if he could talk you
would have to take children out of the room...So about six hours later they
were done and even if they were not I think he had his hands a little full,
to many eggs not enough bubbles because of the little witch, so now he has
spent last night and today catching eggs and trying to keep his nest
together, I see some eggs beside the bubble nest that are not in bubbles and
he is doing his best but I think he is starting to think "maybe I should of
ate them"
so thought you guys might enjoy hearing about his journey into parenthood.
Since this was his first time, I don't know if we will end up with fry or
not but I will let you know tomorrow
Nik
Oh and the best was the look on this bettas face when he is going down to
pick up eggs after she released them and she is sneaking up top to try and
eat them, lol.. what a mother