mouthbrooding-betta
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Hello, I thought I would share my (thus far limited) experience with Betta mahachaiensis since they seem to be pretty popular lately.
I bought a trio from a local breeder and brought them home on April 8th. They were still pretty young and it turned out that I ended up with 2 males; thankfully the seller was happy to exchange one for another female. Hereās one of the young males when I brought them home.
And then after getting a little bit more comfortable:
The moment one of the males was removed from the tank, the remaining male was much happier and almost instantly spawned with the female. By now, the male had colored up a lot more. You could still tell he was young by his fins though.
And hereās a photo of one of the females. As far as the splendens complex goes, I think Iām a bigger fan of the females. Thereās something about their subtle beauty.
The fry started hatching a few days later and the tank was plagued by these tiny, tiny guys.
I was able to feed them paramecium until they grew a little, then I moved them to BBS and whatever fun snacks they found in the tank. Hereās a photo of them looking like actual bettas.
Note: The male has been spawning with the females *very* consistently so I have a lot of fry of different ages.
And now, recent photos of the fry and dad!
Heās grown up so much!
And an out of focus photo of one of the girls.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this thread! Hopefully Iāll have some updates coming before too long.
I bought a trio from a local breeder and brought them home on April 8th. They were still pretty young and it turned out that I ended up with 2 males; thankfully the seller was happy to exchange one for another female. Hereās one of the young males when I brought them home.
And then after getting a little bit more comfortable:
The moment one of the males was removed from the tank, the remaining male was much happier and almost instantly spawned with the female. By now, the male had colored up a lot more. You could still tell he was young by his fins though.
The fry started hatching a few days later and the tank was plagued by these tiny, tiny guys.
I was able to feed them paramecium until they grew a little, then I moved them to BBS and whatever fun snacks they found in the tank. Hereās a photo of them looking like actual bettas.
Note: The male has been spawning with the females *very* consistently so I have a lot of fry of different ages.
And now, recent photos of the fry and dad!
Heās grown up so much!
And an out of focus photo of one of the girls.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this thread! Hopefully Iāll have some updates coming before too long.