Betta Uberis, Betta Coccina

[starrynightxxi]

so my LFS owner recommended a site to me as a place for some quality fish. While I was checking them out, I noticed he had a few wild betta species in stock. I'm interested in the Betta uberis but it's so new there isn't much information on it, and even the guy who runs/owns the site and aquarium doesn't know a great deal about them as this is the first time he's carried them.

HOWEVER, they are supposed to be a part of the coccina family according to one of the few things I could find on them, so i would assume (perhaps incorrectly) that their care is similar. I barraged poor Frank with a lot of questions, and to his credit he replied quickly and answered them as best he could, but like i said, he doesn't know a great deal about them yet and so he couldn't answer all my questions.

<<What has your experience with them been? >>

Limited. They were on the import list, and I decided to bring them in.

<< Do they have very specific requirements? I know that sometimes wild
species of bettas can be touchier about their water specifications. >>

I am keeping them in slightly acidic water with little hardness.

<<Are these fish are wild caught? >>

Supposedly captive bred.

<<I haven't kept wild species before (only splendens), would these fish
not
be a good first wild betta?>>
<< Would they be okay in a peaceful community, or are they best in
pairs, or
singly?>>

I really don't have enough experience with them to give you a proper
answer.

<<will they eat frozen food (bloodworm, daphnia)>>

They are eating live Daphnia and frozen bloodworms.

He recommended me to IBC, which i've never really looked at a great deal so i'm going to try to find some info there, but if i'm correct in guessing that their care would be similar to Betta coccina, I would appreciate any experiences you wild-keepers have had with them.

thanks!

 

[Amerce]

HI sent you pm on these, seems there were recently renamed and they look fantastic I'd love some, I may have to make a visit to the US.

 

[starrynightxxi]

-lol- thanks for the pm. i saw that site, but i'm generally reluctant to join forums. bit the bullet though, and they are a nice fish. I may have to jump in on that and ask them for their opinions.

ever so intelligently, i managed to not tell you the site. It's Frank's Aquarium. Dunno how popular a place it is, but he's got some nice looking fish.

 

[Annastasia]

Oooh, oooh, I have Coccina!

I've had a great experience with my Coccina. They were my first Wild Betta, and I've had them for almost 2 years now. I have naturally acidic water, around 6.3, and they've flourished. I have a pair, and they've spawned a few times, but they always ate the eggs. I would have taken them out, but I don't have room right now. They won't eat any of the common foods, so they get frozen foods, and live, and occasionally some veggies. The male is about 3" long now, the female, a little shorter. And I have them in a species tank, just the two of them.

If you have any more questions, ask away or PM me. I'll be happy to tell you my experiences.

 

[starrynightxxi]

ah, i knew SOMEONE must have had them. my water is always about 7.0, is it worth getting into that ph fight, or, having had no experience with doing that, do you think they would do okay at 7? there's a guy on another forum keeping the uberis at 4.5

what size tank are your guys in? I figured it would be a species tank. i've also seen a discussion that these guys are fairly aggressive so I probably wouldn't want to keep them with anything else anyhow.

As for food, all my guys get frozen bloodworm or daphnia, some flake (if i'm too lazy for bloodworms) and occasional veggies anyhow so it's all good

thanks for the reply