Can bettas breed with

[afireinside]

the title says it all. and if they can, can someone post some pictures.

 

[yeeviabetta]

Hahahahaha I don't believe you post this question. OK!! Here is my reply, Yes, you can breed betta with fighting fish. LOL

 

[Seahorse]

Hahahahaha I don't believe you post this question. OK!! Here is my reply, Yes, you can breed betta with fighting fish. LOL

Why are you laughing at them like that? They just wanted to know if bettas could breed with other types of fish (like guppies for instance).

 

[BettasRFriends]

Typical of Yeevia so ignore him . I think you should post this in the hybrid section but here's my opinion: No. Bettas are a bit aggressive and their breeding habits are different.

 

[Kiarra]

Betta splendens (our typical Betta) can hybridize with Betta imbellis and Betta smaragdina, and probably other types within the Betta genus.

They cannot breed outside the Betta genus.

 

[BettasRFriends]

I agree with Kiarra. The betta genus can breed with it other like Imbellis with Bellica and so on.

 

[afireinside]

could u post links to info on those fish?

 

[Kiarra]

http/ibc-smp.org/ You can find info on them in there.

I don't know if they can breed with B. bellica, but I know they can breed with B. imbellis and B. smaragdina.

 

[Synirr]

I agree with Kiarra. The betta genus can breed with it other like Imbellis with Bellica and so on.

Weeell, I wouldn't say hybridization within the genus is quite that rampant and easy
Generally bettas can interbreed within their species group (splendens, bellica, coccina, picta, pugnax, waseri, akarensis, foerschi, albimarginata, and patoti) but bettas from two different groups are too genetically dissimilar to produce offspring. Mouthbrooders and bubblenesters don't mix, either, for obvious reasons
According to some opinions I've heard on this forum, splendens can only hybridize with smaragdina, imbellis, and mahachai.

 

[daudy_dojo]

Synirr your so smart o.o

 

[Kiarra]

I KNEW I'd forgotten Mahachai. I knew there was a third in there...I just forgot the name.

 

[Synirr]

Synirr your so smart o.o

<--- Biology nerd, right here!

 

[daudy_dojo]

im a human anatomy nerd and physics nerd!

 

[afireinside]

history nerd, cept it's been going away over the summer, over playing all of those video games.

 

[FalconStorm]

Does trivia count for nerdship? I swear I know entirely too many useless facts... *sigh*

So, could hybrids of imbellis, smaragdina and mahachai breed with some of the other members of the betta genus?